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Author Callahan, Dan, 1977- author.

Title The art of American screen acting, 1960 to today / Dan Callahan.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, 2019.

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Summary "Contemporary screen acting in English is dominated by two key figures: Method acting guru Lee Strasberg and English theater titan Laurence Olivier. This book explores the work of screen actors in detail and charts the shift away from more internal Strasberg-based work in the 1970s into the more external way of working.]"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: Method and Meryl; Jack Nicholson: Dance with the Devil; Warren Beatty: Take Off Your Clothes; Al Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of Town; Dustin Hoffman: Midnight of the Method; Robert De Niro: Born to Lose; Harvey Keitel: Body Artist; Gene Hackman: Keep It Real; Albert Finney: Married People; Anthony Hopkins: High, Wide and Handsome; Daniel Day- Lewis: In Character; Jeff Bridges: Straight No Chaser; Nick Nolte: Crucified; Sean Penn: By Himself; River Phoenix: Only Once; Denzel Washington: The Duke in His Domain; Viggo Mortensen: Set Apart
Christian Bale: TransparencyLeonardo DiCaprio: Bad Influence; Michael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil Sent; Ben Whishaw: Diamond in the Rough; Jane Fonda: The Search; Faye Dunaway: Touched to the Quick; Ellen Burstyn: The Shadow Self; Gena Rowlands: Love Streams; Maggie Smith: The Acid Queen; Julie Christie: Darling; Glenda Jackson: Tension Clenching; Diane Keaton: In the Moment; Sissy Spacek: Down Home; Debra Winger: Feathers in a Tornado; Sigourney Weaver: Above It All; Glenn Close: Command Performances; Kathleen Turner: Lust for Life; Alfre Woodard: Wait and See
Judy Davis: High AnxietyEmma Thompson: A Star Danced; Jennifer Jason Leigh: Hard Knocks; Julianne Moore: Lying in Wait; Samantha Morton: Chaos/Control; Patricia Clarkson: On a Dare; Conclusion: Chaos Theory; Bibliography; Index
Subject Motion picture acting -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Motion picture acting. (OCoLC)fst01027093
Motion picture actors and actresses. (OCoLC)fst01027096
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Callahan, Dan, 1977- Art of American screen acting, 1960 to today. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019 9781476676951 (DLC) 2019001469 (OCoLC)1057306428
ISBN 9781476635965 (electronic book)
147663596X (electronic book)
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