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OverviewPlaying to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from rock concert films to experimental video art featuring modernist music. Unlike the 'music under' produced for films by unseen musicians, on-screen 'live' performances show us the bodies that produce the sounds we hear. Exploring the link between moving images and musical movement as physical gesture, this volume asks why performance is so often derided as mere skill whereas composition is afforded the status of art, a question that opens onto a broader critique of attitudes regarding mental and physical labor in Western culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas CohenPublisher: Wallflower Press Imprint: Wallflower Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.256kg ISBN: 9781906660222ISBN 10: 1906660220 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 23 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: In Praise of Performance 1. Cool Jazz, Hot Jazz and Hard Bop on a Summer's Day 2. Wild Guitarists and Spastic Singers: Virtuosic Performance on Film 3. Direct Cinema, Rock's Public Persona and the Emergence of the Rock Star 4. Instrumental Technique and Facial Expression On Screen 5. Free Jazz Meets Independent Film: Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America 6. 'I'm Looking at Them and They're Looking at Me': Observation and Communication in Sex Pistols: Live at the Longhorn Conclusion: Simple Gestures and Smooth Spaces in Robert Cahen's Boulez-Repons Bibliography IndexReviewsThis interestingly conceived and well-annotated book managed to change the way I looked at and perceived musical performance captured on film.--Cynthia Close Documentary Magazine (01/01/0001) Author InformationThomas Cohen. n/a Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |