Close-Up (Mar-Dec 1933)

Record Details:

Title:
Close-Up
Date:
Mar-Dec 1933
Publisher:
[London, etc., Pool]
Volume:
Close up ... devoted to the art of films
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Switzerland, Global Cinema, and Early 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 Editor : K. Macpherson Assistant Editors : Bryher ; Oswell Blakeston Published by POOL London Office : 26 Litchfield Street, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Swiss Office : c/o F. Chevalley, Case Postale, Carouge s/ Geneve. Contents PAGE Cinematography With Tears. S. M. Eisenstein .. .. .. .. .. 3 Pseudomorphic Film. Oswell Blakeston . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Note on 5 Bruguiere Photographs. K.M. .. .. .. .. .. 25 The Year of the Eclipse. H.A.Potamkin 30 Fan Males. Robert Herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 A Film Actor. Elizabeth Coxhead . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Published Scenarios. Roger Burford .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 Three Paris Films. Jean Lenauer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Japanese Film Problems, 1932 Y. Ogino.. .. .. .. .. .. 61 Reality Isn't True. O. Blakeston and R. Burford .. .. .. .. 67 Cinema Psychology. Clifford Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Beginning of the Year in Germany. A. Kraszna-Krausz . . . . . . 74 Comment and Review : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Facts Only ; The Last of the Silents ; Spectators' Groups in America ; Tachyscope Daedaleum and Fantoscope ; Publicity Again ; Film-Studio ; Zurich ; Genossenschaft Filmdienst ; The Lake of the Wild Swans ; Correction; Men and Jobs; A Technical Achievement ; An Avant-Garde Film-Show in Vienna ; The Light Within ; The Cartoon ColourFilrnJ; A Film School in Geneva ; Book Reviews. London Correspondent : Paris Correspondent : Berlin Correspondent : Geneva Correspondent : Hollyzvood Correspondent : New York Correspondent : Moscow Colrespondent : Vienna Correspondent : Robert Herring Jean Lenauer A. Kraszna-krausz F. Chevalley Clifford Howard H. A. Potamkin P. Attasheva Trude Weiss Subscription Rate. ENGLAND . . . . 15 shillings per year SWITZERLAND . . 15 francs per year All other Countries . . 15 shillings (English) per year Copyright 1933 by Pool. A