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The Video Essay:Jonathan Demme's Creepy Close-Ups

By David Schonauer   Tuesday September 1, 2015

The close-up is a filmmaking basic, but not all close-ups are alike: In his video essay at Indiewire’s Press Play blog, Jacob T. Swinney shows how director Jonathan Demme uses close-ups to create a sense of urgency, poignancy and, sometimes, creepiness. “Demme prefers to line up his characters in the …

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