{"product_id":"close-up-19271933-9780691004631","title":"Close Up 1927-1933","description":"\u003cp\u003eClose Up was the first English-language journal of film theory. Published between 1927 and 1933  it billed itself as \"the only magazine devoted to film as an art \" promising readers \"theory and analysis: no gossip.\" The journal was edited by the writer and filmmaker Kenneth Macpherson  the novelist Winifred Bryher  and the poet H. D.  and it attracted contributions from such major figures as Dorothy Richardson  Sergei Eisenstein  and Man Ray. This anthology presents some of the liveliest and most important articles from the publications short but influential history.  The writing in Close Up was theoretically astute  politically incisive  open to emerging ideas from psychoanalysis  passionately committed to \"pure cinema \" and deeply critical of Hollywood and its European imitators. The articles collected here cover such subjects as women and film  \"The Negro in Cinema \" Russian and working-class cinema  and developments in film technology  including the much debated addition of sound. The contributors are a cosmopolitan cast  reflecting the journals commitment to internationalism; Close Up was published from Switzerland  printed in England and France  and distributed in Paris  Berlin  London  New York  and Los Angeles. The editors of this volume present a substantial introduction and commentaries on the articles that set Close Up in historical and intellectual context. This is crucial reading for anyone interested in the origins of film theory and the relationship between cinema and modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932336357429,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691004633","price":103.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691004631.jpg?v=1794224512","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/close-up-19271933-9780691004631","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}