Product Details

• Directors: Dziga Vertov
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001D1KQCC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,789 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Man With a Movie Camera is a groundbreaking Russian film from the silent era. Pioneering director Dziga Vertov created a masterpiece; this film is a dazzling display of innovative moviemaking techniques. Capturing urban Russia at the start of the 20th century with breathtaking alacrity, Vertov weaves this documentary style picture together with a bevy of insights and experimentations. The piercing and brilliant nature of the filmmaking adds a brightness to this historically penetrating Russian film. Man With a Movie Camera (originally titled Chelovek S Kinoappartom) is a triumph of early movie production.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Living Russia," or "The Man with a Camera", November 26, 2009

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This review is from: Man With a Movie Camera DVD (1929) a Silent Film Documentary Masterpiece by Dziga Vertov. (DVD)

A well designed film by Dziga Vertov's that looks like a documentary than show the man and the city. We are constantly looking at fictional city where it is compared to the man with a camera. This film shot in black and white in 1929 is often compared to "Berlin: symphony of a great city" however this film is much more.

The real interest in the movie is how it is cut, and the choices of what to film. Every time you turn around you will see something not of other documentaries. What is real and what is film reality?

The voice over is just as good if not better than the original film as it describes how the film was made.

An added plus is just looking at the ancient technology. And then again how they are ahead of us in electric transportation.