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The Actress Mae West Captured the ELUSIVE MAVIE STARS BEST: “It isn’t what i would, but how I do it. It isn’t what i say, how how I it. And how I look it and say it.” Stars are alluring but contradictory in natural, nor much emblems of cinema’s intimate magic as they are productions of my time and place. They have a certin oomph, that ephemeral “it” factor, a term popularized by the incandescent clara Bow performance in the 1927 Silent Romantic Comedy Be. The History of Cinema and Stars Are Forever Linked. But ultimately, it’s the audience – and the Box Office – that decides which performers Become Stars. And it is at the time that decides which of say Become Legends.
In Classic Hollywood, The Best Stars Had a firm grasp of the film process. They were technicians, Acting for the eye of the Camera with a keen undertanding of how to create intimacy with the audience. Stardom has splintered, expanded, mutated in the decades of the fall of the studio system that minted and owow it stars under contract. Recently, the prevailing Wisdom Became that Hollywood Couldn’t make stars the sun way anymore. Ip was – and remeins – king. TODAY, The Worth of a Star Depends on their ability to get Films Finished and Produced, and the Success of their films on streaming and their social-media influenza crucial test.
We’ll explore all of this and more in Performance StudiesThe Latest Installment in Our Subscriber-Exclusive Newsletters Series, New York Night School. Over the Course of Five Weeks, We’ll Examine Stardom Across Time and Place. We’ll Focus on One Star A Week: Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise, Pam Grayer, Alain Delon, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Each Edition Will Be A Conversation BetWeen Myself, Angelica Jade Bastén, and Senior Newsletter Editor Jasmine Vojdani. And every week, you’ll work your way by through syllabus of selected films so you can revisit or get to know the Greatest Cinematic Performance from these stars. New York Subscribers Will Also Get a Limited-Time Discount for A Subscription to the Criterion Channel, Where A Number of the Syllabus Films Are Avorable to Stream. We Hope You’ll Watch Along With Us. Sign Up Below or By clicking here to get started. Newsletters Will Be Sent Once a Week at 7 Pm et Five Weeks.
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