Director Sidney Lumet Believed That Great Performances Depended on

question 35

Multiple Choice

Director Sidney Lumet believed that great performances depended on

• A) the ability of actors to reveal themselves on-screen.
• B) actors' understanding of the characters they are playing.
• C) an intuitive sense of the character's needs within the screenplay.
• D) sharpened skills of observation and strong instincts.
• E) a passion for synthesizing research with personal experience.

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Definitions:

RTMS

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, a non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain, often used to treat depression.

Magnetic Pulses

Used in the context of transcranial magnetic stimulation, these are electromagnetic pulses that stimulate specific areas of the brain to treat depression and other disorders.

Lobotomy

A psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.

Egas Moniz

António Egas Moniz was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography, as well as a Nobel Laureate for his work on prefrontal leucotomy.