This landmark of the Soviet avant-garde and the silent era of film is a dazzling “City Symphony” in the manner of certain other non-fiction films of the time. Dziga Vertov’s masterpiece offers a “kino-eye” documentary portrait of a day in the life of a large Soviet city.
This landmark of the Soviet avant-garde and the silent era of film is a dazzling “City Symphony” in the manner of certain other non-fiction films of the time. Dziga Vertov’s masterpiece offers a “kino-eye” documentary portrait of a day in the life of a large Soviet city.