Man With a Movie Camera
by Dziga Vertov
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Director: Dziga VertovBrand: Kino International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 68 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 2972
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Man With a Movie Camera
Movie Review: important AND entertaining
Summary: 5 Stars
Although widespread scholarly attribution of cinema historical 'importance' to a film doesn't always guarantee it won't be a snoozer for the less than academic film-goer, that's definitely not the case with this bubbly & boisterous portrait of early 20th-century Soviet life.
Much more than just a social sketch, the film is not only incredibly visually rich, but thick with layers of meaning & metaphor (which the commentary track will help to reveal. The commentary, by the way, is equally fascinating - but don't watch it until after seeing it with the musical accompaniment!)
Simultaneously very real and oddly fantastic, Magic Realism would be an apt descriptor were it not already taken. A captivating lesson in cinema (& Soviet) history, and a welcome antidote to the currently all too relevant Trotsky-ism (liberally paraphrased here from the commentary) that "vodka, church & cinema" are the opiate cocktail of the capitalist masses (read: Da Vinci Code).
Summary of Man With a Movie Camera
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