Blockbuster Performances

How Actors Contribute to Cinema’s Biggest Hits

AvDaniel Smith-Rowsey

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance

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Beskrivning

This book examines performances in the American film industry’s highest-earning and most influential films.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt:1 365 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance
Antal sidor:211
Upplaga:18001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137518781

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Daniel Smith-Rowsey teaches Communication Studies at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. He is the author of Star Actors in the Hollywood Renaissance: Representing Rough Rebels (2013) and a co-editor of The Netflix Effect: Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century (2016).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Why Do Critics and Scholars Dismiss Blockbuster Performances?.- 2. Historical Epic Blockbusters: Are You Not Entertained…By Actors?.- 3. Magic Fantasy Blockbusters: One Whimsy to Rule Them All.- 4. Superhero Blockbusters: Actors Ahead of the Curve.- 5. Crime Action Blockbusters: Performing Shaken, Not Stirred.- 6. Male-Led Science Fiction Blockbusters: Performing “Faster, More Intense”.- 7. Female-Led Science Fiction Blockbusters: Performing “Stop Taking My Hand!”.- 8. Conclusion: Once More Around the Blockbuster.