Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances Thomson David
Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances Thomson David From the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema's…
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Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances Thomson David
From the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema's finest actors and how they approach their craft.Meryl Streep, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan. How are they able to transform our world in this way? When we watch these remarkable actors in a performance, we see only Sophie, Stanley Kowalski, Hannibal Lecter, or Cassie from Promising Young Woman.
In Acting Naturally, David Thomson sheds light on the actors who have shaped the film industry. How and why do they do what they do? He shrewdly analyzes these stars--among them, James Dean, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, Louise Brooks, Riz Ahmed, Sir Laurence Olivier, Viola Davis, and Jean Seberg--revealing how a sly smile, an extra-long pause, even a small gesture of the hand can draw in an audience.
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