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Watching Them Be, James Harvey
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Watching Them Be
- ISBN
- 0571211976
- EAN
- 9780571211975
- Type
- Hardback
- Binding
- Hardback
- Date of Publication
- 2014-07-31
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Release Title
- Watching Them Be
- Artist
- James Harvey
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Watching Them Be
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Item Width
- 152mm
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Product Information
One does not go to see them act, James Baldwin wrote about the great iconic movie stars, one goes to watch them be. It seems obvious...Where else besides the movies do you get to see other persons so intimately, so pressingly, so largely? Where else are you allowed such sustained and searching looks as you give to these strangers on the screen, whoever they really are? In life you try not to stare; but at the movies that's exactly what you get to do, two hours or more-safely, raptly, even blissfully. It's this sort of amplified, heightened, sometimes transcendent seeing that James Harvey explores in Watching Them Be. Marvellously vivid and perceptive, and impressively erudite, this is his take on how aura is communicated in movies. Beginning where Roland Barthes left off with the face of Greta Garbo and ending with Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar (and its inscrutable nonhuman star), Harvey moves nimbly and expertly through film history, celebrating actors and directors who have particularly conveyed a feeling of transcendence. From Marlene Dietrich to John Wayne to Robert De Niro, from Nashville to Jackie Brown to Masculine/Feminine and the implicitly or explicitly religious films of Roberto Rossellini and Carl Theodor Dreyer, this is one man's personal, deeply felt account of the films that have changed his life. They will also, Harvey suggests, change yours.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571211975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212765896
Product Key Features
Book Title
Watching Them Be
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- u***t (2242)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseA smooth and professional transaction throughout. The item was exactly as described, clearly listed, and fairly priced. Communication from the seller was prompt, polite, and helpful, with dispatch confirmed quickly. The parcel was securely packaged and arrived in excellent condition, ahead of the expected delivery date. Care was taken at every stage of the process. I would be happy to buy from this seller again—many thanks for a reliable and well-handled sale.
- h***i (37)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe seller kindly got in touch to say the book I ordered did not meet the quality advertised due to being found to be in a poor condition at the packing stage. Unfortuntely no replacement was available and would I like to pick a book of equivalent value from the marketplace - which I did. That book arrived safely and was in the condition advertised. I have used this seller many times before and I am grateful for their quality control decission, rather than send me a damaged book. Will use again.Elements of Programming Style, Secon..., Plauger, P. J. (#146388497207)
- a***m (183)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAmazing seller! Very fast shipping 2 days, with tracking number, item in great condition-as described, well made package for protection, nice communication-friendly people-quick response, very good price for item and shipping, Thanks a lot!