{"product_id":"im-not-a-film-star-9781501368684","title":"Im Not a Film Star","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first collection dedicated to David Bowie''s acting career shows that his film characterisations and performance styles shift and reform as decoratively as his musical personas. Though he was described as the most influential pop artist of the 20th century, whose work became synonymous with mask, mystery, sexual excess and ch-ch-ch-changing genres, Bowie also applied his genius to the craft of acting.Bowie's considerable filmography is systematically examined in 12 scholarly essays that include tributes to Bowie''s performance craft in other media forms. Classic films such as\u003ci\u003e The Prestige \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,\u003c\/i\u003e cult hits \u003ci\u003eLabyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell To Earth, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as lesser-known roles in \u003ci\u003eThe Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristiane F.\u003c\/i\u003e and Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Man \u003c\/i\u003eare viewed, not simply through the lens of Bowie's mega-stardom, but as the work of a serious actor with inimitable talent. This compelling analysis celebrates the risk-taki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lively, welcome and often surprising addition to our knowledge of the mercurial David Bowie and his place in popular culture. This is a wide-ranging and significant stimulus to Bowie studies. * Rodney Hall, Former Distinguished Visiting Professor at Victoria University, Australia, and author of Captivity Captive (1988) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’m Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds in being not only scholarly, thorough and enlightening, but also highly readable. Whilst it covers perhaps the least explored facet of Bowie’s career, the authors weave in-depth analyses across his entire film (and stage) career intertwined with his better known (other) work and life. Bowie was an artist who resisted being pigeonholed concerning what it was to be one, and this book follows, thereby shedding new light on his whole oeuvre. I wish the research had been published when we were developing the exhibition \u003ci\u003eDavid Bowie is\u003c\/i\u003e. * Victoria Broackes, Director, London Design Biennale, UK, and co-curator of David Bowie is (2013-2016) *\u003cbr\u003eThe rich and engaging essays Dixon and Black have collected in \u003ci\u003eI’m Not a Film Star\u003c\/i\u003e treat everything from Bowie’s cameos, short films, and videos to his notable starring performances. Together, they teach us that Bowie was more than a rock star dabbling in the movies. Rather, he chose his roles carefully and made thoughtful decisions about acting styles as he rethought his relation to realist acting and Brechtian ideas of gestural performance. The range of approaches represented here, including celebrity studies, close analysis of individual scenes, and performance theory, matches the diversity of Bowie’s work in film. * Glenn Hendler, Professor of English and American Studies, Fordham University, USA, and author of David Bowie's Diamond Dogs (Bloomsbury 2020) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributor Bios\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e  Preface \u003ci\u003eShelton Waldrep, University of Southern Maine, USA \u003c\/i\u003e Introduction \u003ci\u003eIan Dixon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Brendan Black (Independent Scholar, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e   1. Ziggy Stardust, Direct Cinema and the Multi-modal Performance of \u003ci\u003eGesamtkunstwerk \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Perrot (University of Waikato, New Zealand)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. David Bowie Is…Actor, Star and Character: Entangled Agencies in \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell To Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDene October (University of the Arts, London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Posed and the Unposed: Inhabited Clowns and Grotesques in Bowie’s \u003ci\u003eScary Monsters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Man\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmedeo d’Adamo (American Film Institute, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Consuming Bowie: \u003ci\u003eChristiane F’\u003c\/i\u003e and the Transgressive Allure of Anglo-American Pop Culture in Cold-War West Berlin \u003ci\u003eSusanne Hillman (San Diego State University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e5. Gesturing Dust: Sensing David Bowie’s Performance in \u003ci\u003eMerry Christmas Mr. Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSean Redmond (Deakin University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e’s deathly shadow: The sweet annihilation of David Bowie, NYC, circa. 1980-83  \u003ci\u003eMitch Goodwin (University of Melbourne, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. ‘Who Can I Be Now?’: Codpieces, carnival and the blurring of identity in \u003ci\u003eLabyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrendan Black (Independent Scholar, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Bowie as Actor\/Bowie as Icon: Authenticity versus Iconography in Martin Scorsese’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Dixon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. The Surveillant Power of the (A)Temporal Cameo In \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me \u003c\/i\u003e(1992)  \u003ci\u003eTyne Daile Sumner (The University of Melbourne, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Loving the Alienation: Bowie, \u003ci\u003eBasquiat\u003c\/i\u003e, Brecht  \u003ci\u003eGlenn D’Cruz (Deakin University, Australia) \u003c\/i\u003e11. Performative Emotional Symbolism and Stylistic Gesture in Christopher Nolan’s \u003ci\u003eThe Prestige \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eToija Cinque (Deakin University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  12. \u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003eJust Like the Films’: \u003ci\u003eLazarus\u003c\/i\u003e and Cinematic Melancholia \u003ci\u003eDenis Flannery (University of Leeds, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFilmography\/Discography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography Index\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409313767767,"sku":"9781501368684","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501368684.jpg?v=1730506387","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/im-not-a-film-star-9781501368684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}