Close Up (Jul-Dec 1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Jul-Dec 1930
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
000337
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 during the Exhibition. An important feature will be a Model Class demonstrating the use of the Film in teaching children ; this Class will be run under the auspices of the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films, and will be conducted for one hour in the morning and afternoon on each day of the Exhibition. By the kindness of Mr. Will Day, a portion of his well-known Collection illustrating the History and Evolution of the Cinema will be on view at the Exhibition. The Exhibition will be opened at 3 p.m. on September 4th by Lord Gorell, with Sir Benjamin Gott, Chairman of the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films, in the Chair. Admission on this opening day will be by ticket of invitation only, and limited to representatives of public education authorities, universities, teachers' organisations, and other bodies concerned with education. On Friday, September 5th, and Saturday, September 6th, the Exhibition will be open to the general public between the hours of 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Admission will be by catalogue, purchaseable at the door (6d.) . The catalogue, which will be fully illustrated, will serve both as a guide to the Exhibition and as a permanent descriptive record of the verious mechanical devices shown. This is the first exhibition of this kind which has been held in the world. 225