Playing to the Camera

Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
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Author: Thomas Cohen ISBN: 9780231501804
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: March 13, 2012
Imprint: WallFlower Press Language: English
Author: Thomas Cohen
ISBN: 9780231501804
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: March 13, 2012
Imprint: WallFlower Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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