Acting in the cinema / James Naremore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naremore, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture acting.

Motion pictures--United States.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Performance in the age of mechanical reproduction

pt. 2. Star performances

pt. 3. Film as a performance text.

Notes:

First paperback printing 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612758638

9780520910669

0520910664

9781282758636

1282758632

OCLC:

773565105