Close-Up : : Great Cinematic Performances Volume 2: International / / Murray Pomerance, Kyle Stevens.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Pomerance, Murray,; Stevens, Kyle,
• MitwirkendeR: Anjaria, Ulka,; Bergstrom, Janet,; Chung, Hye Seung,; Creekmur, Corey K.,; Danks, Adrian,; Davis, Nick,; Desser, David,; Diffrient, David Scott,; Duckett, Victoria,; Jacobs, Jason,; Kannas, Alexia,; Landy, Marcia,; Marchetti, Gina,; McFarland, Douglas,; McLean, Adrienne L.,; Mosher, Jerry,; Oeler, Karla,; Palmer, R. Barton,; Pettey, Homer B.,; Pomerance, Murray,; Rigoletto, Sergio,; Stevens, Kyle,; Taylor, Aaron,; Taylor, Alison,; Tierney, Dolores,; Tsika, Noah,; Vermeulen, Timotheus,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International Film Stars : IFS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinemaThis 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 perf...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Close-up: great international performances
• 1 Victor Sjöström in Wild Strawberries
• 2 Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel
• 3 Charles Laughton in Hobson’s Choice
• 4 Nikolai Cherkasov in Ivan the Terrible
• 5 Peter Lorre in M
• 6 Anna Magnani in The Golden Coach
• 7 Alec Guinness in Last Holiday
• 8 Ingrid Bergman in Stromboli
• 9 Toshirô Mifune in Throne of Blood
• 10 Setsuko Hara in Tokyo Story
• 11 Marcello Mastroianni in 8½
• 12 Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black
• 13 Michel Serrault in La cage aux folles
• 14 Madhubala in Mughal-e-Azam
• 15 Michael Caine in Alfie
• 16 Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar
• 17 Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• 18 Jean-Pierre Léaud in Stolen Kisses
• 19 Isabelle Huppert in Th e Piano Teacher
• 20 Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day
• 21 Tilda Swinton in I Am Love
• 22 Denis Lavant in Holy Motors
• 23 Choi Min-sik in Oldboy
• 24 Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love
• 25 Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde in Mortal Inheritance
• 26 Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries
• The cast
• The contributors
• Index