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Not merely a cinematic portrait of a day in the life of a city, cinema pioneer Dziga Vertov's MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA is an experimental manifesto of vision. Controversial when it was created in 1929, the film still pulses with the unruly energy and innovation of Vertov's genius. Subverting and criticizing the conventions of .. Read more

Director	Dziga Vertov
Genres	Documentary

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- An analytical account of the State of the (Soviet) Union at a crucial transitional stage, this is one of the most... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
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  Man with an editing suite
  
  This is a self confessed 'experiment in the language of film', as the opening credits/disclaimer/warning professes. It lacks plot, characters, and ... read more »
  
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  - Herts
  - 10 Sep 2004 at 02:32
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  A very curious experience...
  
  Man With A Movie Camera has no plot, actors, or coherent structure...it is literally just many, many clips spliced and edited together in a range of fascinating... read more »
  
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- - brianw4815
  - 122 reviews
  - United Kingdom
  - 20 Feb 2011 at 22:07
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  Not for a Saturday night but good
  
  Good to watch if you have an interest in film history and/or early 20th Century Soviet society - I'd like to know where some of the city locations were shot... read more »
  
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  - Stanley2105
  - 8 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 01 Feb 2011 at 10:39
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  Something different
  
  This film is surprisingly watchable even lacking a proper plot or characters or anything else you expect in a movie. An interesting watch but one for movie-... read more »
  
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- - 1001FilMs
  - 11 reviews
  - Wiltshire
  - 13 Jun 2010 at 21:03
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  Cinematic Orchestra soundtrack version
  
  Watch this incredible film with the alternative Cinematic Orchestra soundtrack from Ninja tune records. It's really quite amazing!
  
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  - Brighton and Hove
  - 11 May 2010 at 16:20
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  interesting, but terrible music!
  
  you have to watch this with an open mind i suppose, and i am glad i saw it. One thing i would say about these silent films on dvd, is that sometimes they get ... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
  - 45 reviews
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  - 11 Feb 2010 at 14:31
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  Watch this film!
  
  This has got to be the most exciting film I have seen in the last 5 years. If you discount all the fancy camera work, which was probably ground breaking at the ... read more »
  
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- - oceanheadted
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  - Banchory
  - 05 Jul 2009 at 21:39
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  Essential viewing for every film student.
  
  Wonderful and absorbing montage of images from Russia in the 1920s. This is so much more than that though. A lot of care has gone into creating a very hypnotic ... read more »
  
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- - Thrillhammer
  - 32 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Mar 2009 at 16:47
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  man with a movie camera
  
  A remarkable restoration by the BFI of a 1929 Russian film, made by the man of the title. A great musical soundtrack, this film is a real 'must' for all... read more »
  
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  - WEYBRIDGE
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 10:01
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  Vertov in the Soviet Union
  
  I recognize the pioneering cinematic genius shown by Dziga Vertov in this documentary of 1929. One could also discern a political aspect to it. This is not a ... read more »
  
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  - Preston
  - 18 Jul 2008 at 00:42
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  Excellent Multilayered Documentary/Film
  
  This is a silent 1920's soviet film lasting just over an hour. There is a choice of audio tracks including a sound track and historical narrative which is ... read more »
  
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- - justinmarley
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  - Sheffield
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 16:19
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  Man with an editing suite
  
  This is a self confessed 'experiment in the language of film', as the opening credits/disclaimer/warning professes. It lacks plot, characters, and ... read more »
  
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  - Santa
  - Herts
  - 10 Sep 2004 at 02:32
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  A bizzare experimental documentary
  
  Now this is a strange one. In 1929 Dziga Vertov set out to film Russian life 'as it is'. To achieve this he employed all the visual tricks available to ... read more »
  
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- - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 05 May 2004 at 21:06
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  Experimental film made fascinating by commentary
  
  When I requested this film I wasn't at all sure what to expect. My housemate, who had seen it, warned me that the film was visually very clever, but of such... read more »
  
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- - David Sheehan
  - Lincoln, UK
  - 16 Jun 2005 at 23:06
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  Montage
  
  This film is a triumph of camerawork and, even more, of editing. And both the camera and the editor star in the movie. Described as a documentary it is really ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - London
  - 17 Jul 2005 at 21:58
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  This film is without ...
  
  This film is without doubt one of the greatest pieces of film-making i have ever witnessed. Without dialogue, plot, characters or set the film tells us ... read more »
  
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- - Binky#2
  - CREWE
  - 22 Mar 2004 at 10:54
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  Watch the other DVD release of this interesting film.
  
  If you're a huge fan of Michael Nyman then rent this version of the film. However if, like me, you don't know anything about the cultural and political ... read more »
  
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- - David Sheehan
  - Lincoln, UK
  - 16 Jun 2005 at 23:20
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  For film buffs primarily
  
  I'm not really sure how to describe this, it's really a collection of documentary shots out and about in daily life in Russia at the time, edited in ... read more »
  
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  - St Helens
  - 25 Mar 2006 at 08:56
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  Go back to time with black and white old film
  
  When your grand father's dad go to cinema,the only one thing that greater than THX or 5.1 Dolby is the live band that play live soundtrack along the film in... read more »
  
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- - Kasemson Brahmasubha
  - (now) Hull, United Kingdom
  - 04 May 2006 at 18:40
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  Silent Russian
  
  A very bizarre film made by an extrememely imaginative man..........it shows various scenes from Russian life (birth, trains passing overhead, machines in ... read more »
  
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- - redfoxylady
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  - Hertford
  - 02 Jan 2008 at 16:02
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  interesting, but terrible music!
  
  you have to watch this with an open mind i suppose, and i am glad i saw it. One thing i would say about these silent films on dvd, is that sometimes they get ... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
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  - 11 Feb 2010 at 14:31

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- An analytical account of the State of the (Soviet) Union at a crucial transitional stage, this is one of the most... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13

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  Not merely a cinematic portrait of a day in the life of a city, cinema pioneer Dziga Vertov's MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA is an experimental manifesto of vision. Controversial when it was created in 1929, the film still pulses with the unruly energy and innovation of Vertov's genius. Subverting and ...