Close Up (Jul-Dec 1929)

Page scan 000442 from Close Up

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jul-Dec 1929
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000442
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:
June 20, 2024
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CLOSE UP bv televised variety, acted at the same moment : certainly the theatre will have to give many new attractions to bring folk from the fireside. The precise effect of this on renters, showmen and producing companies is, of course, still too obscure to make prophecy valuable. It is probable, however, that broadcast film will be national in sentiment. One sees government monopolies. Who will be the first Minister for Films ? R. d'E. BURFORD. POUR LA DEFENSE DU CINEMA ARTISTIQUE R^cemment encore, nous singalions, ici meme, la necessite d'une entente entre cinephiles et metteurs en scene independants, pour permettre aux uns comme autres de sauvegarder Tinteret du film personnel. La constitution de clubs prives dans bon nombre de villes europeennes 6tait un premier pas dans cette voie. Le principe d'association demeure a la base de toute activite fructueuse et Ton a constate avec satisfaction que de telles initiatives furent generalement bien accueiilies. Les effectifs de ces groupements d'amateurs de films de qualite, assez m.inces au debut, se grossirent bientot de tous les esprits curieux de formules d'art nouvelies. Ms-is la liaison n'etait pas assuree de facon 304