Download or read book Eloquent Gestures written by Roberta Pearson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-11-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pearson writes beautifully, clearly, and entertainingly (with a touch of sardonic sarcasm here and there). This is the single best work centering on performance in film that I have read."—Thomas Gunning, author of D. W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film