SOURCE: "Magnification, and other Writings," in October, No. 3, Spring, 1977, pp. 9-25.
In the following excerpt, which was originally published in French in 1974 as part of Ecrits sur le cinema, Epstein expounds on the cinematic concepts of the closeup and the different means by which he conveys the passing of time in his films.
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