Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
General
| Director: | Dziga Vertov |
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A cameraman travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness. This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film. Even the editing of the film is documented. We often see the cameraman who is purportedly making the film, but we rarely, if ever, see any of the footage he seems to be in the act of shooting!
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 68mins |
| Origin: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
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Jeff D.
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As pointless as doof doof. Maybe it makes sense on ecstacy.
Lianne C.
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Loved this movie, what a wonderful peek into the Soviet Union of the 20s....
Nigel W.
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Innovative, fast moving and exilerating documentary focusing on a day in the life of Soviet people living in a big city. A bit risque at times given it was made before total political correctness and censorship was imposed by Stalin and the party. While a propaganda piece, it is nevertheless fairly restrained in this regard when compared to the DVD extra made 5 years later by the same director Three Songs for Lenin which is awful.