Publication

2009 - Wallflower Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100231161611
  • ISBN-139780231161619
  • Better World Books9780231161619
  • Open LibraryOL28478521M

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.--Publisher's website.

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Other Editions

  • Playing to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary CinemaWallflower Press2009-01-01

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