Show People

Show People
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9781789141849
ISBN-13 : 1789141842
Rating : 4/5 (842 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Show People by : Michael Newton

Download or read book Show People written by Michael Newton and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show People offers a comprehensive history of the idea of the film star from Mary Pickford to Andy Serkis, traversing more than one hundred years and drawing on examples from America, Britain, Europe, and Asia. Renowned film writer Michael Newton explores our enduring love affair with fame, glamour, and the cinematic image. Newton builds up an expansive picture of movie stardom through explorations of striking and diverse figures such as Ingrid Bergman and John Wayne, Anna Karina and Sidney Poitier, Maggie Cheung, and Raj Kapoor. He celebrates the great performers of the past, and he looks forward to developments in the future, while also illuminating the inner workings of the movie industry and what moves us in a film and in an actor’s performance. An encyclopedic, illustrated history of film idols ready for their close-ups, Show People is ultimately a book about cinephilia, the love of cinema, and our complex connection to that celebrated and beleaguered figure, the movie star.

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