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By aworldoffilm Posted on January 20, 2017April 13, 2019

An Archaeology of the Close-Up

I recently wrote an academic essay exploring the historical and cultural origins of the cinematic close-up. The piece is a long read, but I think any reader interested in cinema … Continue reading An Archaeology of the Close-Up

Categories: Cinema, essay, FilmTags: art, cinema, director, Entertainment, essay, film, Joan of Arc, movie, movies, news, Oscar, page

By aworldoffilm Posted on December 17, 2013December 24, 2013

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer

Short Plot Summary: A chronicle of the trial of “Jeanne d’Arc” on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Joan to recant her claims of … Continue reading The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer

Categories: 1920s, All Films, Art, Cinema, Film, French CinemaTags: art, Arts, camera, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Citizen Kane, Close-up, Depth of Field, Dreyer, Emotion, film, godard, Jeanne, Joan, Joan of Arc, Lars von Trier, movie, Passion of Joan of Arc, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, sight and sound, Silent film, silent movies, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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