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Playing to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema (Nonfictions) - Softcover

Cohen, Thomas

 
9781906660222: Playing to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema (Nonfictions)
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ISBN 10: 1906660220 ISBN 13: 9781906660222
Publisher: Wallflower Press, 2012

Synopsis

Playing 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.

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About the Author

Thomas F. Cohen teaches in the Communication Department at the University of Tampa. He has published on broadcasting and film, documentary cinema, and audiovisual technology.

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Publisher
Wallflower Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1906660220
ISBN 13 
9781906660222
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224

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