Name: Close-Up
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Author: Murray Pomerance
ISBN: 9781474431798

Close-Up

Murray Pomerance

Kyle Stevens

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from American film

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 complementary ways 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 in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force.
This volume focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sellers, Kristen Stewart, and Ethel Waters, amongst many others.
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Contributors

Brenda Austin-Smith, University of Manitoba
Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Texas State University
Charles Ramírez Berg, University of Texas at Austin
Janet Bergstrom, UCLA
John Bruns College of Charleston
Alex Clayton, University of Bristol
Shonni Enelow, Fordham University
Anna Everett, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh
Lester D. Friedman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Frances Gateward, California State University Northridge
David Greven, University of South Carolina
Jason Jacobs, University of Queensland
Elliott Logan, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Douglas McFarland, Flagler College, Saint Augustine
Adrienne L. McLean, University of Texas at Dallas
R. Barton Palmer, Clemson University
Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona
Murray Pomerance, Ryerson University
William Rothman, University of Miami
Steven Rybin, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Kyle Stevens, Appalachian State University
George Toles, University of Manitoba
Daniel Varndell, University of Winchester
Timotheus Vermeulen, University of Oslo
Rick Warner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history. This volume focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino.