Close-Up: Great Cinematic Performances Volume 2: International (International Film Stars) - 9781474417037

What actors do on-screen is a fascination for audiences all over the world. Indeed, the cultural visibility of movie stars is so pronounced that stardom has often been regarded as intrinsic to the medium's specificity. Yet not all great cinematic performances are star turns, and so, whatreally makes a cinematic performance good, interesting, or important has been a neglected topic in film criticism. This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementaryways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays inthese books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force.This second volume focuses on international cinema, and includes case studies of key performances from actors like Ingrid Bergman, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nikolai Cherkassov, Alec Guinness, Setsuko Hara, Isabelle Huppert, Peter Lorre, Madhubala, Anna Magnani, Toshiro Mifune, and Choi Min Sik, amongstmany others.

• | Author: Murray Pomerance|Kyle Stevens, Murray Pomerance
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1474417035
• | ISBN-13: 9781474417037