Close Up (Jul-Nov 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jul-Nov 1927
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000420
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Global Cinema, Switzerland, and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
As an active film magazine, CLOSE UP lasted only a short time, from 1927 to 1933. Yet the legacy of this English-language periodical, which was published in Switzerland, continues to matter. Edited by Bryher and her husband Kenneth Macpherson, CLOSE UP became THE magazine for energetic debates about the nature of cinema and manifestos imagining new forms of filmmaking and spectatorship. The magazine published articles by filmmakers, such as Sergei Eisenstein, and female literary modernists, such as H.D. and Gertrude Stein. As film scholar Anne Friedberg explains in the anthology CLOSE-UP, 1927-1933: CINEMA & MODERNISM, 'CLOSE UP became the model for a certain type of writing about film -- writing that was theoretically astute, politically incisive, critical of films that were simply 'entertainment.' For six and a half years, CLOSE UP maintained a forum for a broad variety of ideas about the cinema; it never advocated a single direction of development, but rather posed alternatives to existing modes of production, consumption, and film style.' Like Friedberg's own writing, CLOSE UP continues to be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of film and media theory. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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CLOSE UP revue is achieved with fades and mixes and superimposed pictures, a margarine magnate and his family and son are caricatured Vvdth just that restraint you would almost never find in such a theme. The party given in Suzanne's honour was a most sardonic and humorous touch. Oh, those relations ! And Ellen Richter, with consummate wdt and consummate beauty and with acting so electric that it almost gave off sparks, made slaves of the whole House. "Isn't she marvellous," you heard on every side. She frohcks and storms through the film like a cyclone ; you are lifted off your feet and haven't time even to protest or wonder wh}' ! It doesn't seem to matter that it is the old (almost doddering) story of temperamental star and career versus Love. The thing goes with a swing, that is what matters. And Ellen Richter matters. She is as great a comedienne as she is tra> gedienne. See it. BOOK REVIEWS The Motion Picture Cameraman hy E. Lutz. Price 10 /6. This is a useful little book, designed for beginners, and we would like to add, warmly recommended to beginners. Its purpose is to give an outline of moving-picture photography with explanation of technical problems. ]\Ir. Lutz wisely did not attempt too much, but what he has done is well done, and anybody who reads it carefulty is bound to 66