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A cameraman wanders around Moscow, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with...
A cameraman wanders around Moscow, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention, in this cinematic classic.
Man with a Movie Camera is one of the major manifestos of the world cinema avant-garde. According to the aesthetic principles of Vertov, the film was not based on a script. In Man with a Movie Camera, Vertov implemented experiments that he carried out for many years and theoretical developments in cinematography and editing, turning the film into a film-making methodological guide for subsequent generations of directors. The camera of a talented cinematographer Mikhail Kaufman captures the motley life of Ukrainian megalopolises – Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kyiv – under New Economic Policy.
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"A truly radical and liberating work."
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Time Out
Time Out"Rightly considered one of the best films ever made."
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times"Upends reality in ways that are still dizzying, thrilling and strangely sexy."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Breathtaking in its formal ingenuity."
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Independent
Independent"It explodes with visual ideas."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"(A) silent stunner."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Towers over film history as an example par excellence of cinema’s ability to communicate in unique and transgressive ways."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago ReaderMan with a Movie Camera | Details
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- Rating
- NR,
- Runtime
- 68
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
