Blockbuster Performances : How Actors Contribute to Cinema’s Biggest Hits
2018 ed.
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1137518782
ISBN-13
9781137518781
Edition
2018 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 6th, 2018
Print length
211 Pages
Weight
1,365 grams
Dimensions
21.20 x 14.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Films, cinemaFilms, cinema
Ksh 17,100.00
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This book examines performances in the American film industry’s highest-earning and most influential films.
This book examines performances in the American film industry''s highest-earning and most influential films. Countering decades of discourse and the conventional notion that special effects are the real stars of Hollywood blockbusters, this book finds that the acting performances in these big-budget action movies are actually better, and more genre-appropriate, than reputed. It argues that while blockbusters are often edited for speed, thrills, and simplicity, and performances are sometimes tailored to this style, most major productions feature more scenes of stage-like acting than hyper-kinetic action. Knowing this, producers of the world''s highest-budgeted motion pictures usually cast strong or generically appropriate actors. With chapters offering unique readings of some of cinema''s biggest hits, such as The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, Iron Man and The Hunger Games, this unprecedented study sheds new light on the importance of performance in the Hollywood blockbuster.
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