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Man with a Movie Camera

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Man with a Movie Camera

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Silent experimental documentary from director Dziga Vertov. A cameraman sets out to explore and film Moscow, capturing the spark of its inhabitants and their everyday lives.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Ronald Bergan

Dziga Vertov claimed that his purpose in making this remarkable panorama of Moscow life - the workers, shoppers, holidaymakers and machines that keep the city moving - was to film "life as it is". To achieve this, Vertov displayed all the techniques of cinema at his disposal: split-screen, dissolves, slow-motion and freeze frames. Indeed, it's the camera that is the hero of this influential documentary. Born Denis Kaufman, Vertov took his name from the Ukrainian words meaning spinning, turning or, more appropriately, revolution. The film was shot (sometimes perilously) by his brother, Mikhail; a third brother, Boris Kaufman, became an Oscar-winning cinematographer.

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rolenameDirectorDziga Vertov

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Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

2015-07-31

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video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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