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The 18 pages that link to Close-up, each with the reason it gives.

• D. W. GriffithRelated: Griffith used close-ups to direct attention to actors’ expressions within larger narratives.

• Screen actingRelated: A close-up makes small changes in expression legible and can reward restrained performance.

• The Birth of a NationRelated: The film’s expressive close-ups helped make facial performance legible in large theaters.

• The Great Train RobberyRelated: The film's close-up of a gunman firing directly at the camera breaks from distant stage-like views.

• Ingmar BergmanRelated: Bergman used faces at close range to make inner conflict visible without explanatory dialogue.

• Lillian GishRelated: Close-ups made subtle shifts in Gish’s expression legible to audiences in silent films.

• Once Upon a Time in the WestRelated: Prolonged close-ups turn small gestures and waiting into sources of tension.

• Jonathan DemmeRelated: Demme’s frequent close-ups make characters’ reactions central to scenes.

• The Passion of Joan of ArcRelated: Dreyer’s unusually tight framing makes faces carry the trial’s emotional force.

• Lois WeberRelated: Her films used intimate framing to focus attention on characters’ emotional and physical circumstances.

• Carl Theodor DreyerRelated: Dreyer uses enlarged faces to make minute expressions carry dramatic weight.

• French Impressionist cinemaRelated: Close-ups isolated expressive details and intensified psychological attention.

• Sven NykvistRelated: Nykvist and Bergman used close framing to make minute changes in expression visually legible.

• Asta NielsenRelated: Close framing made small changes in Nielsen’s expression readable as dramatic events.

• Ivan MosjoukineRelated: Close-ups made Mosjoukine’s facial expressions central to his silent-screen performances.

• Neues SehenRelated: Close framing isolated details from their familiar surroundings.