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DescriptionWhy Acting Matters (Why X Matters Series) Hardcover – February 17th 2015 by David Thomson (Author) {Bindaredundat}  Format: epub / mobi / pdf (pdf converted from epub) File Size: 4.59MB Product Details Series: Why X Matters Series Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Yale University Press (February 17, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0300195788 ISBN-13: 978-0300195781 Does acting matter? David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theater, answers this question with intelligence and wit. In this fresh and thought-provoking essay, Thomson tackles this most elusive of subjects, examining the allure of the performing arts for both the artist and the audience member while addressing the paradoxes inherent in acting itself. He reflects on the casting process, on stage versus film acting, and on the cult of celebrity. The art and considerable craft of such gifted artists as Meryl Streep, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis, and others are scrupulously appraised here, as are notions of “good” and “bad” acting. Thomson’s exploration is at once a meditation on and a celebration of a unique and much beloved, often misunderstood, and occasionally derided art form. He argues that acting not only “matters” but is essential and inescapable, as well as dangerous, chronic, transformative, and exhilarating, be it on the theatrical stage, on the movie screen, or as part of our everyday lives. Editorial Review "Gossip and insight go hand in hand in this witty, exuberant essay on the acting greats by one of our most imaginative writers on film. Backstage, off-stage and what might have been infuse Thomson’s compelling examination of the storied performances of our time. He brings a fresh eye to Olivier, Kazan, the evolution and demise of Method acting. But he also speculates. After all, what are actual memories but an invitation to new, hypothetical ones? Brando as Archie Rice? Olivier as Stanley Kowalski? Read it and wonder (or argue) with Thomson."— Molly Haskell "Entertaining and thought-provoking . . . This is a book for appreciators of film and theater; for actors, whether aspiring or established; and for anyone who wants to know why acting has fascinated and enlightened us for centuries."—Sarah Grant, Booklist (Sarah Grant Booklist) Customer Review Indispensible By Eric Wagner on March 1, 2015 Format: Hardcover Great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It has deep insights into the nature of acting and its relevance in 2015. It focuses on Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, and Daniel Day Lewis. I loved the story about Lewis getting so into the part of Hamlet that he saw his own father's ghost on stage and walked out of the performance, never to return. Highly recommended. About the Author David Thomson is the author of more than twenty books, including biographies of David O. Selznick and Orson Welles, and The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. He lives in San Francisco, CA.  Sharing Widget |
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