{"product_id":"monsieur-o27-le-figurant-en-smoking","title":"Mr. O27 - The Extra in a Tuxedo","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLimited edition of 700 copies.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 189, 242);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first 150 orders for \u003cem\u003eMonsieur 027 \u003c\/em\u003ewill include an original print based on a photogram from the book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than ten years, author Christophe Bier tracked down the appearances of a mysterious, anonymous extra in several hundred films from the 1930s to the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the edge of the frame, in the background, in a blurry close-up… Monsieur 027* is everywhere: through nearly 600 film stills and promotional photos—a veritable treasure hunt across hundreds of films spanning nearly forty years—this comprehensive volume traces the cinematic journey of this illustrious unknown and his role as a multifaceted extra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis almost obsessive collection of images is accompanied by a scholarly and in-depth critical analysis, followed by a comprehensive investigation and analysis spanning over 200 pages that explores the life and career of Monsieur 027.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a powerful testament to a golden age of French cinema through one of its most prolific anonymous actors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e* The name “Monsieur 027” was given to this extra by the author during his research, serving as a sort of identification number to refer to this anonymous, uncredited actor throughout the book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor twenty years, he was a columnist and reporter on France Culture’s program *Mauvais Genres*, where he celebrated the creators on the fringes—pulp novelists, B-movie starlets, and *graphzine* artists— Christophe Bier demonstrated his penchant for editorial challenges by publishing, after twelve years of research, a \u003cem\u003eDictionary of French Erotic and Pornographic Cinema \u003c\/em\u003e(16 and 35 mm), a thousand pages of scholarship, without a single illustration. More recently, he has become fascinated by the Select-Bibliothèque, one of the most bizarre imprints in interwar fetishist literature: \u003cem\u003eL’Obsession du Matto-Grosso\u003c\/em\u003e is an autobiographical essay on this passion and, at the same time, an investigation revealing the identity of a publisher whom an abundance of pseudonyms had rendered elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: inherit;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19.5 x 22 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 616 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper\u003c\/strong\u003e: Gardapat Kiara 115 g - Holmen Cream\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover, Imperial cloth\u003cbr\u003ePrinted and bound in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice\u003c\/strong\u003e: 60 euros\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Innocences\u003cbr\u003eEditor: Jean-Marie Donat\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Christophe Bier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePUBLICATION (AND SHIPPING OF THE BOOK): November 12, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Innocences","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60036920508761,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1381\/1033\/files\/couv027aplat.png?v=1793269825","url":"https:\/\/innocences.net\/en-fr\/products\/monsieur-o27-le-figurant-en-smoking","provider":"Innocences - Bookmaker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}