Man with a movie camera [videorecording - DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: London : BFI, 2008Description: 1 videodisc (68 mins.) : sl., b&w. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Michael Nyman's Man with a movie camera
Subject(s): Summary: 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
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark - Multimedia - Documentary
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 791.4372 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G112680

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

Originally released USSR, 1929

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