Overview
- Offers a new approach to the discourse on Hollywood blockbusters by countering the conventional wisdom that “special effects are the stars” of big films
- Closely examines often-dismissed performances and establishes “auteur” status for certain actors
- Unearths surprising connections between blockbusters and independent films
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance (PSSIP)
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About the author
Daniel Smith-Rowsey teaches Communication Studies at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. He is the author of Star Actors in the Hollywood Renaissance: Representing Rough Rebels (2013) and a co-editor of The Netflix Effect: Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Blockbuster Performances
Book Subtitle: How Actors Contribute to Cinema’s Biggest Hits
Authors: Daniel Smith-Rowsey
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51879-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51878-1Published: 06 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51879-8Published: 27 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-2495
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2509
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 211
Number of Illustrations: 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Screen Performance, American Cinema and TV