menu
{ "item_title" : "Playing to the Camera", "item_author" : [" Thomas Cohen "], "item_description" : "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.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/90/666/022/1906660220_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "21.00", "online_price" : "21.00", "our_price" : "21.00", "club_price" : "21.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
Playing to the Camera|Thomas Cohen

Playing to the Camera : Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema

local_shippingShip to Me
In Stock.
FREE Shipping for Club Members help

Overview

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.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781906660222
  • ISBN-10: 1906660220
  • Publisher: Wallflower Press
  • Publish Date: March 2012
  • Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
  • Page Count: 224
  • Reading Level: Ages 22-UP

Related Categories

You May Also Like...

    1

BAM Customer Reviews