Close Up (Jul-Dec 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jul-Dec 1928
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000392
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Switzerland, Early Cinema, and Global 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:
July 25, 2024
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CLOSE UP out in the private theatres of the W. & F. Company, at secret conclaves of sportsmen who enjoy a bit of leg-pulling. A couple of years ago I made with Ivor Montagu another ulira-cheap production which cost approximately £20. This was done during a house party at the late Lord Swaythiing's place outside Southampton, and was entitled Love, Life and Laughter at Sieaythliug Court. I was the cameraman and Mr. Montagu was a featured player, under the nom-de-guerre of Monte Glue. A feature of the film's one and only showing at a private party in London was that we included excerpts from the Press notices we might have received. My only advice to anv group of enthusiasts who embark upon cheap little films is to fight their battle on paper before shooting a single scene. Prepare vour shots in elaborate script form first, working out every detail of cost, cast, camera angles and action ; if vou don't vou will surely fall into trouble and find }T)urselves without enough money to complete. KING VIDOR OX EUROPEAN FILMS European producers, instead of competing with American films on a straio:hr production basis, are fighting for supremacy with freak and futuristic screen experiments. This was the finding of King \'idor, noted director, who studied the foreign production field during his extensive trip abroad. 46