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Close Up
95%
Movie
8h 20m
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Close Up (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Close Up (2012) — a movie tagged as Documentary with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: 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 anth… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~500 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Close Up 95% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-09-30
- Runtime
- 8h 20m
- TMDB rating
- 9.5
- TMDB ID
- 1113682
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What is Close Up about?
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 yea... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Close Up?
The official runtime for Close Up is approximately 500 minutes.
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Cast

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)
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