{"product_id":"blockbuster-performances-daniel-smith-rowsey-9781137518781","title":"Blockbuster Performances: How Actors Contribute to Cinema's Biggest Hits","description":"This book examines performances in the American film industry's highest-earning and most influential films. Countering decades of discourse and the conventional notion that special effects are the real stars of Hollywood blockbusters, this book finds that the acting performances in these big-budget action movies are actually better, and more genre-appropriate, than reputed. It argues that while blockbusters are often edited for speed, thrills, and simplicity, and performances are sometimes tailored to this style, most major productions feature more scenes of stage-like acting than hyper-kinetic action. Knowing this, producers of the world's highest-budgeted motion pictures usually cast strong or generically appropriate actors. With chapters offering unique readings of some of cinema's biggest hits, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Pirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIron Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, this unprecedented study sheds new light on the importance ofperformance in the Hollywood blockbuster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Smith-Rowsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137518782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137518781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.75d","brand":"Daniel Smith-Rowsey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013893304575,"sku":"9781137518781","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_909fa745-22f0-4e0a-bd2e-60b3540e1b05.jpg?v=1767745422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blockbuster-performances-daniel-smith-rowsey-9781137518781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}