Maxify Theory returns to Barthes' construction of "Myth," this time using it to explore to fallacy of the "Cinematic Performance," taking into account some of the most relevant theoretical commentaries on the topics of intention, individualism, and film stardom to better understand how a ideological myth of "performance" has been built around the actor's contribution to filmmaking.
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Song: Kom Igen Konstapel (Akin Jensen)
Concepts courtesy of...
Roland Barthes, "Mythologies" & "Death of the Author"
Edgar Morin, "The Star and the Actor"
Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"
Pascal Bonitzer, "Partial Vision: Film and the Labyrinth"
Peter Callero, "The Myth of Individualism"
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