Playing to the Camera: Film Actors Discuss Their Craft

Publisher Marketing: Over the last century, film actors from Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish to Meryl Streep and Jeff Daniels have spoken about the art and technique of playing to the camera. This anthology of their insiders observations should interest film lovers and aspiring film actors everywhere. Review Citations:

Booklist 04/15/1998 pg. 1410 (EAN 9780300069839, Hardcover)

New York Times 03/29/1998 pg. 18 (EAN 9780300069839, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 02/15/1998 pg. 234 (EAN 9780300069839, Hardcover)

Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 51 (EAN 9780300069839, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Cardullo, Bert BERT CARDULLO is the author of many books and articles on cinema and theater. He previously translated Bazin's work in the volumes Bazin at Work, Andre Bazin and Italian Neorealism, and French Cinema from the Liberation to the New Wave. Cardullo's recent books include Theories of the Avant-Garde Theatre: A Casebook from Kleist to Camus, Stage and Screen: Adaptation Theory from 1916 to 2000, and Regarding the Cinema: Fifteen Filmmakers and Their Films. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. Contributor Bio:  Woods, Leigh LEIGH WOODS is Associate Professor and Head of Theatre Studies, Department of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Contributor Bio:  Geduld, Harry M Geduld is professor of Comparative literature at Indiana UniversityContributor Bio:  Gottesman, Ronald Gottesman is professor of English at the University of Southern California. Contributor Bio:  Kauffmann, Stanley Stanley Kaufmann is internationally recognized as a film critic and writer.