Close-Ups, Part I: Extremities of Emotion

This is the first in a planned three-part contribution to Matt Zoller Seitz's Close-Up blog-a-thon, running October 12-21 at The House Next Door.

Broken Blossoms (1919):


The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928):


The Black Cat (1934):


All That Jazz (1979):


The Last of the Mohicans (1992):

Body Snatchers (1993):

Magnolia (1999):

Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Interior Decorator" (2000):


Munich (2005):

Miami Vice (2006):

Death Proof (2007):