Acting Hollywood Style

By Foster Hirsch

Book Overview

Exploring the art of screen acting as it has developed in Hollywood films for nearly seven decades, this book presents 262 photographs - many of them from the archives of the Kobal Collection - depicting actors from Rudolph Valentine to Meryl Streep. The accompanying text examines topics such as the collaboration between film actor and director, the physical presence of the actor, and the face of the actor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810926857
• ISBN13: 9780810926851
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Acting: Hollywood Style

A cache of pictorial treasures coupled with the authors great knowledge of film make this one of the great books on film. Hirsch does what not many intelligent film critics can. He has made a book that the average filmgoer, who is not concerned with complicated syntax, can love.