ENGLISH

Acting in the Cinema

By James Naremore

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0520071948, 9780520071940
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11911640 bytes)
Pages
318\318
Time added
2018-03-11 11:38:12

Description

In this richly detailed study, James Naremore focuses on the work of film acting, showing what players contribute to movies. Ranging from the earliest short subjects of Charles Chaplin to the contemporary features of Robert DeNiro, he develops a useful means of analyzing performance in the age of mechanical reproduction; at the same time, he reveals the ideological implications behind various approaches to acting, and suggests ways that behavior on the screen can be linked to the presentation of self in society. Naremore's discussion of such figures as Lillian Gish, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Cary Grant will interest the specialist and the general reader alike, helping to establish standards and methods for future writing about performers and their craft.

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