Close Up

Close Up

1997
16min

A young photographer wanders the city taking pictures with a Polaroid 600, but on each print the silhouette of a woman on a bicycle appears. The sequence of photos makes it clear that the woman is about to be hit by a trolleybus. Based loosely on Stephen King's novella "The Sun Dog" and Julio Cortázar's short story "Blow-Up" ("Las babas del diablo").

Close Up

Storyline

A young photographer wanders the city taking pictures with a Polaroid 600, but on each print the silhouette of a woman on a bicycle appears. The sequence of photos makes it clear that the woman is about to be hit by a trolleybus. Based loosely on Stephen King's novella "The Sun Dog" and Julio Cortázar's short story "Blow-Up" ("Las babas del diablo").
    Released
    February 1997
    Runtime
    16min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK), The Polaroid Corporation
Cast