Moment of Action : Riddles of Cinematic Performance / Murray Pomerance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomerance, Murray, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture acting.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

There are hundreds of biographies of filmstars and dozens of scholarly works on acting in general. But what about the ephemeral yet indelible moments when, for a brief scene or even just a single shot, an actor's performance triggers a visceral response in the viewer? Moment of Action delves into the mysteries of screen performance, revealing both the acting techniques and the technical apparatuses that coalesce in an instant of cinematic alchemy to create movie gold. Considering a range of acting styles while examining films as varied as Bringing Up Baby, Psycho, The Red Shoes, Godzilla, and The Bourne Identity, Murray Pomerance traces the common dynamics that work to structure the complex relationship between the act of cinematic performance and its eventual perception. Mining the spaces where subjective and objective analyses merge, Pomerance offers both a deeply personal account of film viewership and a detailed examination of the intuitive gestures, orchestrated movements, and backstage maneuvers that go into creating those phenomenal moments onscreen. Moment of Action takes us on an innovative exploration of the nexus at which the actor's keen skills spark and kindle the audience's receptive energies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preamble: Saw the Air

1 . Fantastic Performance

2. Beaux Gestes

3. Curtains

4. "It's Not a Man, It's a Place!"

5. Acting Intimate

Notes

Works Cited and Consulted

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

0-8135-6497-2

OCLC:

957249093