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Title
Nonprofessional film performance / Miguel Gaggiotti.
ISBN
9783031323829 (electronic bk.)
3031323823 (electronic bk.)
3031323815
9783031323812
Imprint
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-32382-9 doi
Call Number
PN1995.8 .G34 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43028
Summary
This book offers a critical account of film performances by nonprofessional actors. Nonprofessional actors actors without previous acting training or experience have performed in films since the days of the Lumire brothers. Generally associated with currents such as Early Soviet Cinema, Italian Neorealism and New Argentine Cinema, nonprofessional actors also feature prominently in the works of celebrated directors including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Robert Bresson and Joanna Hogg. Since the turn of the century and the rise of digital filmmaking, the performances of nonprofessional actors have remained a staple of independent cinemas from all over the world, including films associated with the loose trend often referred to as Slow Cinema. Despite their enduring presence in acclaimed and widely discussed films, nonprofessional actors have received scant scholarly attention. This book proposes to analyse exemplary nonprofessional performances from across the history of cinema as a means of illuminating their significance and celebrating the performers contributions to the films.
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Includes index.
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Series
Palgrave close readings in film and television.
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Print version: 9783031323812
1. Introduction
Part I Historical Perspectives
2. Naturshchiki, Types and Non-actors: Nonprofessional Performance in Early Soviet Cinema
3. Italian Neorealism and the Nonprofessional Protagonist
4. The Corruption of Nonprofessional Performance in Pasolinis Cinema
Part II Contemporary Approaches
5. Misael Saavedra in La libertad: The Work of Gestures
6. Lluis Serrat and Lluis Carb in Honor de Cavalleria: Nonprofessional Performance and the Quixotic
7. Honor Swinton Byrne in The Souvenir: Self-Consciousness and Privilege
8. Conclusion.
