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Jun 23, 2021
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Joseph Owen explores the camera apparatus in three early silent shorts.
Credit: George Méliès

Joseph Owen

A Flight from the Void

There is a man, standing, with a top hat and cane, gesticulating wildly. His appeals to the camera seem to grow more vociferous, but the viewer cannot hear him because the film is silent and its soundtrack consists of a jaunty, music hall staccato. Performing the extreme close-up par excellence, the …

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