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Man with a Movie Camera
Directed by Dziga Vertov • 1929 • 68m • ★ 7.8
Man with a Movie Camera
Documentary
Original Title
Человек с киноаппаратом
Director
Dziga Vertov
Writer
Dziga Vertov
Cast
Mikhail Kaufman
Year
1929
Country
Soviet Union
Language
No Language
soviet union
odessa, ukraine
black and white
montage
silent film
cameraman
moscow, russia
1920s
kyiv (kiev), ukraine
city symphony
soviet realism
wonder
semi-fiction
docufiction
kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine
critical
awestruck
exhilarated
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Summary
A man roaming the streets with a camera slung over his shoulder captures the flow of life on the streets of the Soviet Union in the early 1920s. The dynamism of major cities like Moscow and Odessa is brought to life on screen through the possibilities of silent cinema. Dziga Vertov uses rapid editing techniques to transform ordinary moments into a mechanical symphony. Factories, streets, and working people take their place in the frame as elements that shape the city’s rhythm. This documentary simply shows, without questioning what it means to view the world through the lens of a camera.
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