Man with a movie camera

Man with a movie camera [videorecording - DVD] Michael Nyman's Man with a movie camera - London : BFI, 2008 - 1 videodisc (68 mins.) : sl., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.

This is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking, a montage of urban Russian life showing the people of the city at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city going. It was Vertov's first full-length film, and he used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal - dissolves, split screen, slow motion and freeze-frames - to produce a work that is exhilarating and intellectually brilliant




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Feature films--Soviet Union