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Editeur : Edinburgh University Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/01/2018

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 312

Expédition : 544

Dimensions : 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.3

ISBN : 1474417000

Résumé :

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from American film

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. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force.

This volume focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sellers, Kristen Stewart, and Ethel Waters, amongst many others.

Read the introduction (pdf)

Contributors

• Brenda Austin-Smith, University of Manitoba
• Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Texas State University
• Charles Ram?rez Berg, University of Texas at Austin
• Janet Bergstrom, UCLA
• John Bruns College of Charleston
• Alex Clayton, University of Bristol
• Shonni Enelow, Fordham University
• Anna Everett, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh
• Lester D. Friedman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Frances Gateward, California State University Northridge
• David Greven, University of South Carolina
• Jason Jacobs, University of Queensland
• Elliott Logan, University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Douglas McFarland, Flagler College, Saint Augustine
• Adrienne L. McLean, University of Texas at Dallas
• R. Barton Palmer, Clemson University
• Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona
• Murray Pomerance, Ryerson University
• William Rothman, University of Miami
• Steven Rybin, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Kyle Stevens, Appalachian State University
• George Toles, University of Manitoba
• Daniel Varndell, University of Winchester
• Timotheus Vermeulen, University of Oslo
• Rick Warner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Biographie:

Murray Pomerance is an independent scholar living in Toronto. He is the author of many books including The Man Who Knew Too Much (BFI, 2016), A King of Infinite Space (Oberon, 2017) and Moment of Action: Riddles of Cinematic Performance (Rutgers, 2016).

Kyle Stevens is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Appalachian State University. He is the author of Mike Nichols: Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological Realism, and his essays have appeared in Cinema Journal, Critical Quarterly, Film Criticism, World Picture, as well as several edited collections. He is also editor-in-chief of New Review of Film and Television Studies.

Sommaire:

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from American film

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. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force.

This volume focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sellers, Kristen Stewart, and Ethel Waters, amongst many others.

Read the introduction (pdf)

Contributors

• Brenda Austin-Smith, University of Manitoba
• Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Texas State University
• Charles Ram?rez Berg, University of Texas at Austin
• Janet Bergstrom, UCLA
• John Bruns College of Charleston
• Alex Clayton, University of Bristol
• Shonni Enelow, Fordham University
• Anna Everett, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh
• Lester D. Friedman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Frances Gateward, California State University Northridge
• David Greven, University of South Carolina
• Jason Jacobs, University of Queensland
• Elliott Logan, University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Douglas McFarland, Flagler College, Saint Augustine
• Adrienne L. McLean, University of Texas at Dallas
• R. Barton Palmer, Clemson University
• Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona
• Murray Pomerance, Ryerson University
• William Rothman, University of Miami
• Steven Rybin, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Kyle Stevens, Appalachian State University
• George Toles, University of Manitoba
• Daniel Varndell, University of Winchester
• Timotheus Vermeulen, University of Oslo
• Rick Warner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill