Man with a Movie Camera on DVD

Film Description

One of the most extraordinary films in the history of cinema and as important and watchable now as when it was made. Filmed in Odessa and other cities in the late 1920s, it's an exhilarating and often hilarious montage showing people at work and play and the machines that keep the cities moving. Vertov uses a dazzling array of cinematic techniques - dissolves, double exposure, fast and slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, tracking shots, backwards footage - to create a witty, politicised commentary on his times and ambitions.

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By Anon on

An exhilarating montage of various facets of Moscow life, including the moment of birth itself, propelled way beyond its documentary base with a relentlessly inquisiti... more >

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DVD Extras

3 soundtrack options: A score which adheres closely to Vertov's notes
a newer, high tech score from The Nursery and an expert commentary by Yuri Tsivian.