Virtuoso film performance and the actor's magic / Murray Pomerance.

Author/creator Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Descriptionxviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents A brief history of the virtuosic moment -- Showing off -- Effacement and allure -- Money -- "I am acting" -- "I am on show" -- Charisma as commodity -- Outstanding -- Virtuosity superimposed -- Spontaneity -- In dreams awake -- A feminine mystique -- Tortures -- Secret virtuosity -- (In)credible belief -- Touched by the camera -- Improvise -- Breathe -- Director/virtuoso -- Heimlichkeit -- Collapse -- Bigger than life -- The spectacle of things falling apart -- Limping on -- The eternal return -- Borders -- Facing -- Louder louder, softer softer -- Virtuosity classical -- Near misses -- Discounts -- Virtuosic silence -- Virtuosic support -- Control -- Virtuosic play-within-play -- Upstairs downstairs -- Lost in the stars -- Virtuosity pianissimo virtuosity forte -- Virtuosity as event -- Indelibles -- Virtuosity and "the virtuoso" -- Negative virtuosity -- Virtuosic slippage -- The end or "end" of virtuosic performance -- Coda. A thought of conclusion.
Abstract "Explores virtuosic performance in film, ranging from classical works through to contemporary productions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018048922
ISBN9781501350689 (hardback)
ISBN9781501350672 (paperback)
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