The Soul of Cinema

"Le gros plan est l'âme du cinéma." -Jean Epstein This is my love letter to close-ups (and I might define close-ups very, VERY loosely at times). Click here if you want to see the list of films shown here. All images posted here will be original content and not reblogs. This blog is a branch of my main film blog. Like silent films? Check out this blog's sister blog, which focuses on intertitles.

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Lonesome (1928)

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Vanina (1922)

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Nedbrudte nerver (1923) 

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Why Change Your Wife? (1920)     

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It (1927)

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The Forbidden City (1918)

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Bara no Konrei ~Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku~ (2001)

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The Ace of Hearts (1921) 

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Præsidenten (1919)

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The Flapper (1920) 

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

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Johanna Enlists (1918) 

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America (1924)

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The Extra Girl (1923)

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Himmelskibet (1918)

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Engelein (1914) 

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Altair (1995)