Close Up (Jan-Jun 1930)

Page scan 000443 from Close Up

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jan-Jun 1930
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000443
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 the family. To-day there is a chance of such tidings being received with general rejoicing — but not then. Both Millie's family and mine behaved badly. But we were determined to be movie stars and our relatives were powerless to detain us. They were, however, in a position to refuse us the use of the family cars. If," said they with admirable accord, you wish to be common little movie actresses, you can be common little movie actresses and you can arrive at your chosen place of work by means of streetcar, bus and foot." This was, indeed, a cruel blow. We were due on the lot ready for work at eight-thirty of the morning. The journey (street-car, bus and foot) required at least an hour and a half. The terrible rising hour was a blight that never grew less. Once in awhile we managed to sneak off with one car or the other, but this was rare and the results painful. Ince had provided buses to meet the Santa Monica streetcar at its terminus. These vehicles possessed a sort of light sprightliness which would have been delightful on a smooth road. But the road between Santa Monica and Inceville was not smooth. The Japanese fishing village stank hideously and the drivers hurried perilously to come out on the other side. We never happened to be in a bus that overturned but it did occur and the imminent possibility added to the general thrill. We felt, that first day at Inceville, as though we had been transplanted to a strange planet. There was an air of ease and at-homeness about the regulars " that made us feel awkward and shy. Most of them were friendly but we did 299