Between 1927 and 1933, the journal "Close Up" championed a European avant-garde in film-making. This volume republishes articles from the journal, with an introduction and a commentary on the lives of, and complex relationships between, its writers and editors.

Between 1927 and 1933, the journal "Close Up" championed a European avant-garde in film-making. It was edited by the writer and film-maker, Kenneth MacPherson and among its regular contributors were the poet H.D., Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf (whose essay on cinema is reprinted here in full). This volume republishes articles from the journal, with an introduction and a commentary on the lives of, and complex relationships between, its writers and editors.

Enthusiasms and execrations
from silence to sound
the contribution of H.D.
continuous performance - Dorothy Richardson
"Borderline" and the POOL films
cinema and psychoanalysis
cinema culture
fade. Appendices: the contents of "Close Up", 1927-1933
notes on the contributors and correspondents
publishing history
a chronology of "Close Up" in context
POOL books.