THE METHOD: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

表演的藝術:二十世紀是如何開始表演?

類別 : 藝術設計
ISBN:978-1635574777
頁數 : 512
出版 : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022 年 2 月 1 日
版本 : 精裝版
版權窗口 : 繁體博達代理Changchih / 简体博達代理Changchih

內容介紹

「這是我讀過關於表演,最好、最重要的書!」——美國演員、作家納坦·朗(Nathan Lane)

 

如果你對表演藝術感興趣,這是你絕對不能錯過的紮實好書!

 

透過舞台、銀幕的呈現,觀影時我們可以知道,這是一場精彩的表演!但演員如何從自身的肢體與心靈汲取精神,讓自己的演出變成一場藝術?

 

上個世紀,畢生致力劇場藝術的俄國著名戲劇和表演理論家,康斯坦丁·史坦尼斯拉夫斯基(Konstantin Stanislavski),提出了這個問題,最後他深入內心找到了答案…….作者詳實描述,「斯坦尼斯拉夫的表演體系」如何重塑,永遠改變了美國戲劇和電影,這段歷史是一段鮮少全盤梳理的傳奇。

 

知名評論家兼戲劇導演,艾薩克·巴特勒(Isaac Butler)以敘事的方式,記錄了「斯坦尼斯拉夫的表演體系」這個表演方法的歷史。引領讀者從莫斯科,到紐約再到洛杉磯;走讀了俄國大文豪安東・契訶夫(Anton Chekhov)《海鷗》(The Seagull)、慾望街車 (A Streetcar Named Desire)到蠻牛 (Raging Bull)。追溯了一群美國標新立異的藝術家,包括美國演員和演技老師史岱拉(Stella Adler)、李・史特拉斯堡(Lee Strasberg)和傳奇性的群體劇場 (Group Theatre)——如何重新找回史坦尼斯拉夫斯基的精神,讓這個苦於經濟蕭條的國家找到藝術強國的地位。

 

群體劇場的角力和競爭,好萊塢成為今天全球的夢工廠。這個表演方法能使有些表演者升級、有些則不然。在美國文化中極具影響力,儘管它容易被誤解,但至今依然屹立不搖地存在著!

作者介紹

劇院導演兼作家,明尼蘇達大學的創意非小說碩士學位,並教授戲劇史和表演,過去曾和新聞記者丹·科伊斯(Dan Kois)合著《只有世界旋轉:美國天使的崛起》(The World Only Spins Forward)。此書被NPR譽為2018年最佳書籍。

 

巴特勒的作品可見於《紐約雜誌》(New York magazine)、《衛報》(Guardian)、美國劇院(American Theatre)等媒體,另外也主持關於創作的Podcast節目。其導演事業於美國各地發光發熱,與達西·詹姆斯·阿格(Darcy James Argue)和彼得·尼格里尼 (Peter Nigrini) 共同籌劃一場多媒體使用場景的探索,被《紐約時報》(New York Times)評為2015年最佳現場活動之一。

書評

“[An] engaging and meticulously researched history … Like a good 19 century omniscient novelist, Butler hops seamlessly among his characters’ points of view while recounting their lives and times … Butler’s history is an indispensable account of a revolution in acting that ramified beyond the theater.” - Los Angeles Times



“Thoroughly engrossing … Butler makes an airtight case for the Method as an artistic revolution on par with other mid-century advances.” - The Boston Globe



“Delicious, humane, probing, and beautifully researched, [The Method is] a cultural history that reaches beyond its immediate subject to point at the currents moving under America herself.” - Vulture, Most Anticipated Books of 2022



“Butler’s lively, well-researched and marvelously readable book isn’t just for actors, but also for anyone who loves watching them … The Method is a rich book, highly entertaining but also gratifyingly specific, about the point of connection between actor and observer, the lightning flash between us and them that, when it happens, is impossible to adequately describe or explain. If it’s grand, it’s also granular, a gift of humility drawn from an actor’s ego.” - Time Magazine



“Intense, deeply researched, historically alert, well-written, eminently readable (and gossipy).” - Wall Street Journal



“Meticulous, immersive.” - The Atlantic



“Expertly and exactingly told … Butler clearly parses the murky divisions that continue to define the Method, then and today.” - AV Club



“Intelligent and entertaining … Butler’s appreciation of acting―and art in general―as an expression of the temper of its times brings welcome insights throughout the book. Like The World Only Spins Forward, the excellent oral history of Angels in America he coauthored, The Method gives us cultural history that’s both smart and wonderful fun to read.” - American Theatre



“Butler accomplishes what the Method’s devotees sought to do in their performances, bringing color and dimension to figures who might have been boxed into archetypal roles (omniscient godhead or exploitative charlatan) and presenting them to us in all their brilliant, infuriating complexity. The scope of the book is sweeping, the figures entering and exiting the narrative often larger-than-life, but each quote and anecdote Butler chooses to include draws them close enough to touch.” - Bookforum



“An engaging and accessible account of a niche, complicated subject … [Butler] dispels common misconceptions about the Method and shows just how much 21st century actors owe to a handful of acting teachers and their esoteric ideas … a fascinating study in how intellectual movements splinter.” - Washington Examiner



“What a production! … A print-form master class in The Method. This comprehensive history of the great American acting style is the present and likely future standard-bearer for books on the subject.” - Shelf Awareness



“Elegantly written, filled with remarkable detail and incisive commentary, Isaac Butler’s sweeping historical epic is the literary equivalent of an irresistible binge-watch, propelled by emotional twists and turns, surprising cliffhangers, and a cast of the greatest actors, directors, writers, and teachers of the last two centuries. The fact that he has done all that while also writing what I think is the best and most important book about acting I’ve ever read is a major achievement. This is an essential book for anyone in the acting profession as well as for anyone who’s ever wondered ‘How did they learn all those lines?’” - Nathan Lane



“Butler is the perfect guide―brilliant, insightful, and slyly funny―through the long life of contemporary performance. The Method, like its subject, is forceful, restless, and, above all, real.” - Vinson Cunningham, theater critic, The New Yorker



“An intoxicating mix of history, illuminating character studies, delicious gossip, and a persuasive and revelatory argument about how the Method has been used, abused, and misunderstood. Essential reading, glorious reading.” - Megan Abbott, screenwriter and bestselling author of THE TURNOUT



“A brilliant book that brims with exuberance, compassion and―of course―a keen eye for the dramatic.” - Glenn Frankel, author of SHOOTING MIDNIGHT COWBOY



“Riveting and comprehensive. A narrative one doesn't simply read, but experiences.” - Caseen Gaines, author of FOOTNOTES



“The Method is erudite and deeply researched, but it’s also vibrant, energetic, accessible, and often very funny―rich with personalities and packed with insight.” - Mark Harris, bestselling author of MIKE NICHOLS: A LIFE and PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION



“Vividly recreates a fascinating moment of time, filled with creativity, rivalry, artistry, and absurdity, that profoundly transformed American film and theater, with reverberations still being felt today.” - William J. Mann, author of THE CONTENDER: THE STORY OF MARLON BRANDO



“A rich, rollicking dive into one of the most influential philosophies of the century, The Method. Tracing a century of schisms, experiments, breakthroughs, and breakdowns, Butler brings to life the desperate, sometimes dark struggle to turn acting into a science and a faith.” - Emily Nussbaum, author of I LIKE TO WATCH



“Isaac Butler has turned a brilliant concept into a compulsively readable cultural history that’s truly unique. I was entertained and enlightened!” - Julie Salamon, author of THE DEVIL'S CANDY and WENDY AND THE LOST BOYS

表演的藝術:二十世紀是如何開始表演?

THE METHOD: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

表演的藝術:二十世紀是如何開始表演?

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