Close Up (Jul-Dec 1928)

Page scan 000669 from Close Up

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jul-Dec 1928
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000669
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 seaward of Hollywood. This studio, to be devoted wholly to phonofilms, occupies a space of forty acres and includes among its many buildings four concrete sound-proof stages, each 225 x 125 feet in dimension. * * * Preparations are under way at First National studios for an elaborate screen production of Max Reinhardt's The Miracle, The film rights to this celebrated morality play were secured a short time ago, after more than two years of controversy and competitive bidding on the part of several Hollywood film companies. It is estimated that the filming of the play, including its photophone musical accompaniment, will involve an outlay of some two million dollars. C. H. Mention must be made of the interesting experiment of Pierre Ramelot, who founded a few months ago Le Club de L'Ecran, where twice a month hitherto unseen non-commercial films are shown or old classics are revived. A public debate is held after the projection. Young directors who experience difficulty in getting their work shown can enquire of the Club de L'Ecran in Paris, who will be glad to aid them and to consider the presentation of their films. The death of Maurice Stiller has been a genuine loss to the whole cinema world. This great Swedish director, pioneer of the artistic film, did more for the screen than people will ever realise. When others were despising the lowly medium. 77