Extreme close-up: the film explores the cinematic technique
Nick Roddick10 October 2016
Lurking behind a dull title lies a cinematic wonderland which will, at the very least, make you reconsider what you thought you knew about the history of cinema and, in particular, the ‘invention’ of close-ups.
Smith was an early 20th-century scientist working with the then-new technology of film coupled with microscopes to record nature in action.
Directed by Stuart Staples, the film makes ingenious use of Staples’s day job as a musician - he was one of the founders of Tindersticks - to produce a truly immersive experience. Who knew science lessons could be such fun?
Showing: NFT1, 21:00
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