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The Camera Lies - Acting for Hitchcock (Hardcover)
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The Camera Lies - Acting for Hitchcock (Hardcover)
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Alfred Hitchcock is said to have once remarked, "Actors are
cattle," a line that has stuck in the public consciousness ever
since. For Hitchcock, acting was a matter of contrast and
counterpoint, valuing subtlety and understatement over flashiness.
He felt that the camera was duplicitous, and directed actors to
look and act conversely. In The Camera Lies, author Dan Callahan
spotlights the many nuances of Hitchcock's direction throughout his
career, from Cary Grant in Notorious (1946) to Janet Leigh in
Psycho (1960). Delving further, he examines the ways that sex and
sexuality are presented through Hitchcock's characters, reflecting
the director's own complex relationship with sexuality. Detailing
the fluidity of acting - both what it means to act on film and how
the process varies in each actor's career - Callahan examines the
spectrum of treatment and direction Hitchcock provided well- and
lesser-known actors alike, including Ingrid Bergman, Henry Kendall,
Joan Barry, Robert Walker, Jessica Tandy, Kim Novak, and Tippi
Hedren. As Hitchcock believed, the best actor was one who could "do
nothing well" - but behind an outward indifference to his players
was a sophisticated acting theorist who often drew out great
performances. The Camera Lies unpacks Hitchcock's legacy both as a
director who continuously taught audiences to distrust appearance,
and as a man with an uncanny insight into the human capacity for
deceit and misinterpretation.
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