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5,462 Ratings

Man With a Movie Camera

Человек с киноаппаратом

Soviet Union, 1929

Documentary, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

This landmark of the Soviet avant-garde and the silent era of film is a dizzying, mystifying documentary portrait of a day in the life of the Soviet Union as a cameraman travels across Odessa, Kiev, and Moscow.

Man With a Movie Camera Directed by Dziga Vertov

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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

1985

Locarno International Film Festival

1967

BFI London Film Festival

2010

San Francisco International Film Festival

2017

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

The Best of “Movie Poster of the Day,” Part 8

A quarterly round-up of the most popular posters on the Movie Poster of the Day Tumblr.

Movie Poster of the Week: “Battleship Potemkin” and the Stenberg Brothers at Auction

A look at a rare auction of Stenberg brothers posters of the 1920s.

The Subject Objects: Five Montages for Man With a Movie Camera (III/IV)

III. “And this is the liberating discovery… the man-made alone can be made, whereas whatever else the environment has to show is...

Dziga Vertov's Storyboard for "Man with a Movie Camera"

Vertov, Dziga: Kiev I sent. 28g. celovek s kinoapparatom Storyboard Kiev 1 Sept[ember] [19]28 Gun apparatus directs its muzzle towards...

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What are people saying?

Huey McEvoy's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Huey McEvoy

What's referred to now as a "gamechanger". What the camera shows (and how the editing presents it), seems so fresh that it's incredible to think this was the first time many of these techniques were used. But more than a film school boxticker, it's a very moving, witty and successful account of A Day In The Life of the ordinary and the extraordinary. (The version scored by Cinematic Orchestra is highly recommended).
February 12, 2015 22:38
- 4
- 1
anarresti's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
anarresti

Such a wonderful thing that this alien genius piece of art was produced when cinema was still quite young. And, maybe, that makes sense. Because it celebrates all the potential the art form had at the time, making us watch both the work of a cameraman and be apreciative of his image seeking quest and the edited artfull result. It probably still is one of the most brilliantly edited movies of all times. Timeless?
August 13, 2014 19:06
- 3
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EdieEmm's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
EdieEmm

Should we find ourselves in some godforsaken, post-apocalyptic future, where film is dead and long forgotten, let this be the one surviving print. A Rosetta Stone for the language of cinema. And film would be born again! Having said that (and risking blasphemy) I'm fascinated by the idea of a newer iteration of the project: (Person) with a Digital Camera; the linguistic evolution of film in the post-mechanical world.
November 04, 2015 03:41
- 4
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Stefan Drees's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Stefan Drees

One of the masterpieces of experimental cinema with some similarities to Walter Ruttmann's "Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt". Nyman's score surely has its strong moments; but it is also problematic because - although like Vertov montage using repetitions, loops and rhythmic shifts - it doesn't match the avantgardism of the incredible movie on the structural level.
April 27, 2015 18:25
- 2
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Checkpoint Charlie's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Checkpoint Charlie

A early testament to the power and potential of the film camera and its operator's ability in capturing life and refitting it to establish its own frame of mind and, better still, its own essence of being.
April 05, 2013 19:36
- 4
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Harry Rossi's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Harry Rossi

I think this is one of those films that is more important than it is entertaining, but still has some very interesting stuff. I wish I was a bit more engaged than I was but definitely worth seeing. The camerawork in this film is absolutely spectacular and thats the real reason to see it. However it's very detached which is why I think I wasn't 100% engaged.
August 31, 2012 01:48
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Kai White's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Kai White

One of the more unique experiences in film, Vertov (with a huge assist from his brother as the rather acrobatic cameraman) gives us a day in the life of Russia. For good measure, there's also a dancing crawfish. This is the rare film that seeks to turn convention upside down, and I'd say it manages that feat rather gleefully.
June 29, 2009 04:34
- 2
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Lorna Singh's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera
Lorna Singh

An amazing,important work of art. Shows the power of film to educate re history and,most of all,to celebrate life.
May 17, 2013 00:34
- 4
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Man With a Movie Camera

Человек с киноаппаратом

Synopsis

Awards & Festivals

Cast & Crew

Dziga Vertov Director, Screenplay Editing

Mikhail Kaufman Cinematography and Self

Pierre Henry Music

Nigel Humberstone Music

Konstantin Listov Music

Michael Nyman Music

Yelizaveta Svilova Editing

Articles from the Notebook

The Best of “Movie Poster of the Day,” Part 8

Movie Poster of the Week: “Battleship Potemkin” and the Stenberg Brothers at Auction

The Subject Objects: Five Montages for Man With a Movie Camera (III/IV)

Dziga Vertov's Storyboard for "Man with a Movie Camera"

What are people saying?

Huey McEvoy's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

anarresti's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

EdieEmm's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

Stefan Drees's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

Checkpoint Charlie's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

Harry Rossi's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

Kai White's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

Lorna Singh's rating of the film Man With a Movie Camera

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Man With a Movie Camera

Человек с киноаппаратом

Synopsis

Synopsis

Awards & Festivals

Cast & Crew

Dziga Vertov Director, Screenplay Editing

Mikhail Kaufman Cinematography and Self

Pierre Henry Music

Nigel Humberstone Music

Konstantin Listov Music

Michael Nyman Music

Yelizaveta Svilova Editing

Articles from the Notebook

The Best of “Movie Poster of the Day,” Part 8

Movie Poster of the Week: “Battleship Potemkin” and the Stenberg Brothers at Auction

The Subject Objects: Five Montages for Man With a Movie Camera (III/IV)

Dziga Vertov's Storyboard for "Man with a Movie Camera"

What are people saying?

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