I doubt the Marcel Pagnol assertion. He didn't make a movie until 1931, and by then closeups were everywhere. I don't know who invented them--I'm sure Griffith claims to have--but it wasn't Pagnol.
goatdog | Homepage | 05.28.06 - 11:57 am | #

Well, that's Godard for you. Maybe Pagnol was the one who created the philosophy of the closeup.
rabbit | 05.29.06 - 4:19 am | #