{"product_id":"moment-of-action-riddles-of-cinematic-performance-9780813564968","title":"Moment of Action Riddles of Cinematic Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelves 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 and films, Murray Pomerance traces the common dynamics that work to structure the complex relationship between the act of cinematic performance and its eventual perception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache.\" -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *\u003cbr\u003e\"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting.\" -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMoment of Action \u003c\/i\u003emagnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive.\" -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *\u003cbr\u003e\"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache.\" -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *\u003cbr\u003e\"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting.\" -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMoment of Action \u003c\/i\u003emagnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive.\" -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgmentsPreamble: Saw the Air            Thinking about actors and their allure; Natalie Wood in \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e; viewers’ love of acting; momentary performance; acting, action, and activity; acting, evidence, and biography; Linda Darnell; casting and gatekeeping.1                Fantastic PerformanceThinking about acting style and culture; innocent and scientific watching, and “falling in”; \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWith Blood on My Hands\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003ePusher II\u003c\/i\u003e; predictive performance and John Wayne; transcendent performance and Katharine Hepburn; \u003ci\u003eBringing Up Baby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNow, Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEl Dorado\u003c\/i\u003e.2                Beaux Gestes            Thinking about language and gesture; \u003ci\u003eThe Disorderly Orderly\u003c\/i\u003e; Anthony Perkins in \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e; Jeff Goldblum in \u003ci\u003eLe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e; the flower of the gest; Ralph Richardson and Christophe Lambert in \u003ci\u003eGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e; effects gesture; \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e and keyframing; animated performance and puppetry; \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e; Robert Walker in \u003ci\u003eMy Son John\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Stepford Wives\u003c\/i\u003e; The Musée Grévin; Jacques de Vaucanson’s duck; \u003ci\u003eThe Thief of Bagdad\u003c\/i\u003e; Charlton Heston and Gary Cooper in \u003ci\u003eThe Wreck of the Mary Deare\u003c\/i\u003e; cinematic gesture and \u003ci\u003eThe King of Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Man\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCool Hand Luke\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e; hands and handfulness; actors under direction; John Frankenheimer, Burt Lancaster, and \u003ci\u003eThe Train\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e; Hitchcock, gesture, and “cattle”; Kim Novak, \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, and vertiginous gesture.3                Curtains            Thinking about the actor’s multiple selves; Vivian Sobchack and the actor’s four bodies; performance amplification; Alec Guinness and preparation; rehearsal and “downkeying”; curtain calls; \u003ci\u003eWhose Life Is It Anyway?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Seed\u003c\/i\u003e; “behind-the-scenes” musicals; theatrical exhibition spaces; credit-roll “goofing”; Peter O’Toole and Winona Ryder offscreen; \u003ci\u003eBirdman\u003c\/i\u003e; fans and fan logic; actor-in-the-street stories; acting audiences; the Academy Awards.4                “It’s Not a Man, It’s a Place!”            Thinking about setting and the actor’s labor; workplaces under capitalism and factory design; the sound stage environment; \u003ci\u003eRope\u003c\/i\u003e; acting and make-up; Technicolor; \u003ci\u003eMy Dinner with André\u003c\/i\u003e; Ian Carmichael; Ingrid Bergman and \u003ci\u003eUnder Capricorn\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e; Grey Gardens; Simon Callow and \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e; Charles Laughton in \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e; Boris Karloff; \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e; Haruo Nakajima, Godzilla, and body division; \u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Brain\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe French Lieutenant’s Woman\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e; Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers; the sound boom; the “caffeination schedule”; acting, editing, and lighting; predetermined focus; \u003ci\u003eSuddenly, Last Summer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Hands of Orlac\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u003c\/i\u003e; “Instructions for John Howell”; panoptical setting; Laurence Olivier in \u003ci\u003eSleuth\u003c\/i\u003e; setting and characters; Bette Davis in \u003ci\u003eThe Letter\u003c\/i\u003e; the character “at home” in \u003ci\u003eMarnie\u003c\/i\u003e; “hypothetical” performance, Sandra Bullock, and \u003ci\u003eGravity\u003c\/i\u003e; Andy Serkis; the actor’s mirror; animation vocalizing; \u003ci\u003eThe Member of the Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e.5                Acting Intimate            Thinking about actors’ trade secrecy; Philip Seymour Hoffman in \u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e; Anthony Hopkins and Hannibal Lecter; Colin Farrell and truth-telling; Joaquin Phoenix in \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e; zombie performance; George Herbert Mead; \u003ci\u003eHud\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBob \u0026amp; Carol \u0026amp; Ted \u0026amp; Alice\u003c\/i\u003e; onscreen urination and bleeding; Leonardo DiCaprio in \u003ci\u003eDjango Unchained\u003c\/i\u003e; the actor’s voice; acting and musculature; the actor’s touch; interpersonal contact and audience exclusion; \u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Identity\u003c\/i\u003e; anxious interiors; Peter Lorre in \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHotel Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e; Richard Burton in \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e; the “Doctrine of Natural Expression”; anti-intellectualism, the portrayal of genius, and Jesse Eisenberg; acting the “amnesiac”; forgotten moralities and cathartic awakening.NotesWorks Cited and ConsultedIndex ","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742326554967,"sku":"9780813564968","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813564968.jpg?v=1758384289","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moment-of-action-riddles-of-cinematic-performance-9780813564968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}