The Complicated Stardom of Alain Delon

Behind the Alain Delon’s piercing blue eyes, perfectly styled hair, and glistening filmography, is a complicated man with a troubled personal history. In this video essay, I dissect Delon’s accidental start in European cinema, his meteoric rise to superstardom, the factors that made him an icon, and all the scandal in-between. MUSIC CREDITS: BLUE MOOD by Robert Munzinger ESCAPISM by Yung Logos METRO by Yung Logos FRENCHMAN STREET by Otis McDonald FILMS FEATURED: Magnificent Obsession (1954) Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (1957) Christine (1958) Women Are Weak (1959) Purple Noon (1960) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) L’Eclisse (1962) The Leopard (1963) Any Number Can Win (1963) Joy House (1964) The Yellow Rolls Royce (1964) Lost Command (1966) Le samouraï (1967) Spirits of the Dead (1968) La Piscine (1969) Borsolino (1970) Le Cerlce Rouge (1970) Mr. Klien (19