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Acting in the Cinema

Paperback • 1988 • English

Acting in the Cinema

By James Naremore

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About the book

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...Show more

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ISBN

9780520071940

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1988

Language

English

Original title

Acting in the Cinema

Format

Paperback

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