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Author Pomerance, Murray, 1946-

Title Moment of action : riddles of cinematic performance / Murray Pomerance.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fantastic performance -- Beaux gestes -- Curtains -- "It's not a man, it's a place!" -- Acting intimate.
Summary Moment of Action delves into the mysteries of screen performance, revealing both the acting techniques and the technical apparatuses that coalesce in an instant of cinematic alchemy to create movie gold. Considering a range of acting styles while examining films as varied as Bringing Up Baby, Psycho, The Red Shoes, Godzilla, and The Bourne Identity, Murray Pomerance takes us on an innovative exploration of the nexus at which the actor's keen skills spark and kindle the audience's receptive energies.
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Subject Motion picture acting.
Motion picture acting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pomerance, Murray, 1946- Moment of action. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2016 9780813564968 0813564964 (DLC) 2015032500 (OCoLC)919316292
ISBN 9780813564975 (electronic book)
0813564972 (electronic book)
9780813564968 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780813564951 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0813564956
0813564964