Close Up (2012)

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and 2002. Presented the first time in 2012 (ten years after the last shooting) in Napoli Film Festival and in 2013 at the Art Institute of California in Santa Ana. An anthropological experiment on the facial expressions of famous people showing the human being aspect. All original footage from Mel Gibson to Peter Jackson, from George Lucas to Catherine Deneuve, from Michael Douglas to Giancarlo Giannini and many others.

Cast (40)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Michelangelo Antonioni

Self (archive footage)

Asia Argento

Self (archive footage)

Dario Argento

Self (archive footage)

Roberto Benigni

Self (archive footage)

Jim Carrey

Self (archive footage)

Eric Clapton

Self (archive footage)

Sean Connery

Self (archive footage)

Kevin Costner

Self (archive footage)

Tom Cruise

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve

Self (archive footage)

Robert De Niro

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Depp

Self (archive footage)

Michael Douglas

Self (archive footage)

Harrison Ford

Self (archive footage)

Vittorio Gassman

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (archive footage)

Tom Hanks

Self (archive footage)

Werner Herzog

Self (archive footage)

Dustin Hoffman

Self (archive footage)

William Hurt

Self (archive footage)

Peter Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Nicole Kidman

Self (archive footage)

Kevin Kline

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis

Self (archive footage)

George Lucas

Self (archive footage)

Marcello Mastroianni

Self (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau

Self (archive footage)

Jack Nicholson

Self (archive footage)

Gregory Peck

Self (archive footage)

Brad Pitt

Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski

Self (archive footage)

V

Vasco Rossi

Self (archive footage)

Alberto Sordi

Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg

Self (archive footage)

Meryl Streep

Self (archive footage)

John Travolta

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Self (archive footage)

Wim Wenders

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Willis

Self (archive footage)

Neil Young

Self (archive footage)

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