My small contribution to the suggestions re. enlarging images:
Several and various examples in 'Koyaanisqatsi' (1982) directed by Godfrey Reggio; of image enlargement in combination with time expansion.
In Jean Luc Godard’s film 'Two or Three Things I know About Her', there is an impressive e.c.u. shot of coffee (starting at 26’15” in my DVD copy). Coffee swirling around in a cup, forming patterns and shapes that seem to take on a heightened significance due to their extreme enlargement; a revolving galaxy captured in a mundane coffee cup.
Hope this helps.
Gavin
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Subject: Re: [FILM-PHILOSOPHY] Enlarging images
The conversation by francis ford coppola is surely worth a mention in terms of 'the myth of enlargement' though of course it relates to sounds rather than images
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On 23/12/2012, at 11:40 PM, "Henry M. Taylor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> in Antonioni's BLOW-UP (1966) it is at first suggested that by blowing up or enlarging an image, more of reality can be shown. The enlargement purportedly reveals increasingly more and more layers of reality, which at first were hidden to the naked eye.
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> This motif seems to run through many films since the beginnings of cinema history, and is still present in more recent movies where, for instance, the blurry surveillance camera image of a car licence plate with the use of computer technology can be enlarged into a perfect image and rendering of the depicted number.
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> What I'm looking for is a range of examples across film history which present this motif of the 'myth of enlargement' or variations thereof. Any ideas? Feel free to mail on- or offlist ([log in to unmask]).
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> Thanks for all pointers and
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> Henry
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