| Description |
320 pages |
| Series |
International Film Stars |
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International Film Stars
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| Contents |
Volume 1. America -- Volume 2. International |
| Summary |
This book analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinema. What actors do on-screen is a fascination for audiences all over the world. Indeed, the cultural visibility of movie stars is so pronounced that stardom has often been regarded as intrinsic to the medium's specificity. Yet not all great cinematic performances are star turns, and so, what really makes a cinematic performance good, interesting, or important has been a neglected topic in film criticism. This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Motion picture acting -- Case studies.
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Motion picture acting.
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Motion pictures -- History -- Case studies.
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Motion pictures -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
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Stevens, Kyle.
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| ISBN |
1474417035 |
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9781474417037 |
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