Close-Up (1990)
0.1945Canon Score · ranked #109 all time
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About the film
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
Why it ranks #109
Every list on which Close-Up appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Sight & Sound Directors' 100 (2022) | Major international poll | #11 / 104 |
| Sight & Sound Critics' 250 (2022) | Major international poll | #17 / 264 |
| Letterboxd Top 500 (2026-07 snapshot) | Editorial list | #54 / 500 |
| Village Voice 100 Best of 20th C (2000) | Critics' canon | #64 / 100 |
| Variety 100 Greatest (2022) | Critics' canon | #86 / 100 |
| 1001 Movies (2003-2024 union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| NYT Best 1000 Movies (2004) | Critics' canon | Selected |