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- Title
Referential acting and the ensemble cast.
- Authors
MATHIJS, ERNEST
- Abstract
This essay examines the connection between film actors and audience by studying contemporary appearances of ensemble casts. It explores the ensemble casts of several motion pictures including comedies by John Hughes and horror films by Kevin Williamson. It identifies the tools used in ensemble acting: mimesis, ostentation, characterization, polysemous expression, referentiality, expertise, authority and received action.
- Subjects
MOTION picture acting; MOTION picture actors &; actresses; MOTION picture audiences; HUGHES, John; WILLIAMSON, Kevin; MIMESIS; FILM characters
- Publication
Screen, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
0036-9543
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1093/screen/hjq063