Shots to the Heart: For the Love of Film Performance

This book continues the author's project, begun in the 2017 monograph Gestures of Love, of exploring the place of film actors in an emotional and thoughtful reception of movies. Shots to the Heart aims to provide both concrete critical engagements with moments of performance as well as philosophical explorations of and reflections on the implications of a love for performance in viewing cinema.

List of contents

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1. Making an Entrance; 2. A Little Notepad; 3. Androgynous Eyes; 4. A Human Something; 5. Gesture and Desire; 6. Broken Glass; 7. A Way of Moving; 8. A Glint of Deathlessness; 9. Possible Stars; 10. A Little Love; 11. In Any Other Pair of Eyes; Notes; Index

About the author

Steven Rybin is an associate professor of film studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Summary

This book continues the author's project, begun in the 2017 monograph Gestures of Love, of exploring the place of film actors in an emotional and thoughtful reception of movies. Shots to the Heart aims to provide both concrete critical engagements with moments of performance as well as philosophical explorations of and reflections on the implications of a love for performance in viewing cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Rybin
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781839985911
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-591-1
• No. of pages: 86
• Series: Anthem Impact; Anthem Film and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Films, cinema, Reference works, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Film history, theory or criticism, actors' gestures; movements; and expressions