This book offers a critical account of film performances by nonprofessional actors. Nonprofessional actors — actors without previous acting training or experi

This book offers a critical account of film performances by nonprofessional actors. Nonprofessional actors - actors without previous acting training or experien

Provides the first critical overview of acting, stardom, and performance in post-war Italian film (1945-54), with special attention to the figure of the non-pro

Presenting new and diverse scholarship, this wide-ranging collection of 43 original chapters asks what European cinema tells us about Europe. The book engages w

Gilberto Perez draws on his lifelong love of the movies as well as his work as a film scholar to write a lively, wide-ranging, penetrating study of films and fi