About Close Up
- Released on September 30, 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.
Full Cast of Close Up
Michelangelo Antonioni plays Self (archive footage)
Asia Argento plays Self (archive footage)
Dario Argento plays Self (archive footage)
Roberto Benigni plays Self (archive footage)
Jim Carrey plays Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton plays Self (archive footage)
Sean Connery plays Self (archive footage)
Kevin Costner plays Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise plays Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro plays Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve plays Self (archive footage)
Johnny Depp plays Self (archive footage)
Michael Douglas plays Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford plays Self (archive footage)
Vittorio Gassman plays Self (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Godard plays Self (archive footage)
Tom Hanks plays Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog plays Self (archive footage)
Dustin Hoffman plays Self (archive footage)
William Hurt plays Self (archive footage)
Peter Jackson plays Self (archive footage)
Nicole Kidman plays Self (archive footage)
Kevin Kline plays Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis plays Self (archive footage)
George Lucas plays Self (archive footage)
Marcello Mastroianni plays Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau plays Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson plays Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck plays Self (archive footage)
Brad Pitt plays Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski plays Self (archive footage)
Vasco Rossi plays Self (archive footage)
Alberto Sordi plays Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg plays Self (archive footage)
Meryl Streep plays Self (archive footage)
John Travolta plays Self (archive footage)
Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders plays Self (archive footage)
Bruce Willis plays Self (archive footage)
Neil Young plays Self (archive footage)
Crew of Close Up
Directing
Editing
Production
Crew
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Asia Argento
- Dario Argento
- Roberto Benigni
- Jim Carrey
- Eric Clapton
- Sean Connery
- Kevin Costner
- Tom Cruise
- Robert De Niro
- Catherine Deneuve
- Johnny Depp
- Michael Douglas
- Harrison Ford
- Vittorio Gassman
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Tom Hanks
- Werner Herzog
- Dustin Hoffman
- William Hurt
- Peter Jackson
- Nicole Kidman
- Kevin Kline
- Jerry Lewis
- George Lucas
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Jeanne Moreau
- Jack Nicholson
- Gregory Peck
- Brad Pitt
- Roman Polanski
- Vasco Rossi
- Alberto Sordi
- Steven Spielberg
- Meryl Streep
- John Travolta
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Wim Wenders
- Bruce Willis
- Neil Young