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The Man With a Movie Camera
1929
Documentary
Music
1h 8m
A cameraman travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness. (imdb)
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The Man With a Movie Camera
1929
Documentary
Music
1h 8m
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Rated 31 Jan 2007
95
94th
Not only is this fascinating as a document of its time, it's easily entertaining and captivating enough to be watched just for the experience itself. The film also has many moments of very clever self-referencing, including images of the film itself being edited and even footage of spectators watching the film in a movie theater. It's so meta that it hurts -- in a good way.
Rated 31 Jan 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
96th
The Man With A Movie Camera, directed by Dziga Vertov, was an experimental film that incorporated a variety of creative camera techniques and the fast-paced progression of images create an effective portrait of the city of Moscow as a typical day goes by. Today, it still remains an effective and important film for those wishing to learn about the history of cinema and its development into the form that exists today.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
97th
Absolutely exhilirating film. There is certainly an element of propaganda here, but it's overshadowed by the brilliant images and perfect editing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 18 Nov 2007
84
96th
Whenever I want to prove a point on uniqueness of cinematic language to an infant I resort to this movie. Perfect use of Kuleschov effect over and over. Most of the early movies are for cinema enhusiasts, but this one is a must-see for everyone, since it's also funny it also works as a catalyst to arouse interest in cinema history. It's desperately asking for several reedits with different types of modern music.
Rated 18 Nov 2007
Rated 14 Oct 2010
2
21st
I just cannot get into these types of films where they only show images and try to cover up how they have no story with awesome music. A film to me is more than just a soundtrack and images, I need something to happen. Interesting from a history perspective but I will never watch this again.
Rated 14 Oct 2010
Rated 03 Jul 2013
100
99th
Occasionally running into films of this integrity and dynamism is what makes the hours of plowing through all the other crap one inevitably will watch as a film-enthusiast absolutely worthwhile. Calling it documentary, in any sense of the term, is so bafflingly off-the-mark from the passionate formalism of this astonishing, Kuleshovian piece, where form transcends content and cinema creates its own reality. Aside from early Griffith shorts, there is no piece of cinema more colossal.
Rated 03 Jul 2013
Rated 20 Dec 2006
95
81st
One of many "city" films produced during this period, this avant-garde masterpiece is full of camera trickery,telling the story of a day in the life of Moscow. This film made Vertov an international figure in cinema, though within a decade he found himself on the outs with the Communist Party, denied the resources to make films.
Rated 20 Dec 2006
Rated 28 Feb 2009
6
95th
An undeniably essential part of cinematic history. Seeing this in 1929 must have been the equivalent of a biblical miracle.
Rated 28 Feb 2009
Rated 03 May 2009
4
70th
A fascinating film, completely plot-free (there's a bit of propaganda but nothing all that noticeable). It's sequence after sequence of fascinating images and wonderful editing, and there are some really creative effects and tricks that must've been miles ahead of their time. A breeze to watch.
Rated 03 May 2009
Rated 06 May 2010
40
14th
Ugh. I had to watch this three times in three different film classes and I just never got it. This is the film that proves I will never be a complete movie academic. I've heard and read people saying how brilliant they think this is and I just don't see how people can love it THAT much. I can appreciate the cinematography for a movie made in 1929, but it's just...boring.
Rated 06 May 2010
Rated 09 Mar 2019
49
38th
It's just another manic Monday...for the swarms of Soviet trolley dodgers in Vertov's experimental documentary. While the film has some interesting cinematography, in addition to the meta nature of it all, the movie, however quickly takes on this b-roll music video feel that makes it really easy to just zone out. Well, that is until some random birth or nudity grabs your attention, and you're reminded it's the arrangement of shots that really matters, so you try to focus, but just zone back out.
Rated 09 Mar 2019
Rated 09 Mar 2015
90
97th
Cinema purely as image + montage. Dave Kaufman's ubiquitous camera captures daily life, human life, that is, technical life, as a process of incessant becoming rushing headlong into the future, but where, unlike Reggio's, this world-as-cinema is still not quite out of balance...perhaps. What might have been had cinema continued to pursue this direction, rather than accepting the inevitability of the distinction between fiction and documentary? Saw the version with the Alloy Orchestra soundtrack.
Rated 09 Mar 2015
Rated 09 Dec 2007
91
95th
A dynamic visual experience, the Alloy Orchestra score complements the movie perfectly. While there was no narrative, the images did come together to paint different pictures of life and technology.
Rated 09 Dec 2007
Rated 16 Feb 2008
95
75th
Given a time when movie is made it is a genuine avantgarde.It is
unique perspective of urban life in Soviet Union of the time,but
with the quality and ingenuity of directing it becomes a kaleidoscope of human manifesting life,an insight in what we are.Chelovek s kino-apparatom is another example of the beauty of film as an art form.
Rated 16 Feb 2008
Rated 09 Apr 2008
100
99th
Quite possibly one of the most thrilling movies ever filmed, which is really saying something for a '20s Soviet documentary.
Rated 09 Apr 2008
Rated 22 Aug 2008
95
96th
You can tell by the content that this is nearly 80 years old, but the camera-work and editing certainly don't look it. It looks gorgeous and the Alloy Orchestra score complements it perfectly.
Rated 22 Aug 2008
Rated 07 Oct 2008
94
95th
This is one of the most exciting and visually breathtaking films I have ever seen. Vertov's direction is magnificent, the camerawork is one to behold. Everything you have heard about this film is true. it is a cinematic triumph as well as one of the most entertaining, and interesting films around. Magnificent!
Rated 07 Oct 2008
Rated 28 Nov 2008
9
94th
I think I just died and went to Kuleshov Heaven.
Rated 28 Nov 2008
Rated 13 Jun 2009
5
8th
Points for the score. I apparently saw the one with the refurbed sega saturn game soundtrack. Hilarious. It's shocking to me that it took a mere 13 years for cinema to evolve from this to Casablanca. It's interesting enough to consider it in that context, I suppose.
Rated 13 Jun 2009
Rated 12 Sep 2014
94
99th
Holy shit, that's every action movie shot and half of David Lynch's work invented in 1929. All the parallel cuts, the clever twists on the spectator as the creator, the sheer playfulness of it... Seeing it with an awesome live soundtrack didn't hurt either.
Rated 12 Sep 2014
Rated 30 Sep 2014
95
93rd
Inarguably fucking brilliant. Just an hour of editing insanity, spinning in and out of control with a rebellious glee and reckless abandon. Impossible not to love, in my opinion.
Rated 30 Sep 2014
Rated 25 Nov 2015
90
92nd
A film about using cinematography to capture the essence of a city in motion. Dziga Vertov creates a uniquely humbling portrait of a city that appears to be inexorably moving forward - its industry, technology and life are all rapidly interspersed with insights into the cameraman's imaginative plight to achieve this. Initially watched this with a live score by Harmonie Band, which oscillated between being really jaunty and evoking a weird sense of disquiet.
Rated 25 Nov 2015
Rated 10 Jul 2008
91
95th
awesome - and i'm taking into account here the fantastic soundtrack by the cinematic orchestra, fits perfectly with the film
Rated 10 Jul 2008
Rated 25 Nov 2008
63
60th
This film is a stated attempt to purify the cinematic medium by removing it from theatrical and literary "restraints", and the result of the experiment only goes to show how impossible and unnatural that is. The labored, avant-garde editing is ambitious for its time, but watching this is a bit of a chore. Also, I saw a version of this with a modern soundtrack added in, and although it tries hard to fit with the themes, it definitely lessened the experience, so I'd advise against that one.
Rated 25 Nov 2008
Rated 25 May 2009
79
98th
Conveys the joy and passion of the medium better than any film I've ever seen. Note to self: Find out everything about Kuleshov, bask in manipulative psychological bliss. (Michael Nyman ST)
Rated 25 May 2009
Rated 28 May 2009
95
87th
Not even remotely a film, but rather an exemplary and magnificent display of astonishing contradicting images. It still rendered me unable to speak either way. Seeing this 80 years ago must have been a huge event, and today it even retains a little bit of its hipnotizing perfection and talent. A very big deal to rave about.
Rated 28 May 2009
Rated 27 Dec 2009
71
38th
Interesting work, but overrated. It's really some great cinematography, but nothing else here is of note. I seriously mean it has no plot or story or really anything of value except cinematography.
Rated 27 Dec 2009
Rated 27 Feb 2010
89
96th
A film where you literally don't want to miss a single shot. Completely enthralling. The amount of filmmaking techniques used is simply overwhelming.
Rated 27 Feb 2010
Rated 09 May 2010
40
20th
Honestly, I died mentally several times during this film. At times interesting, but Vertovs experiments are simply too long and so 100% without plot that I can not like this film very much.
Rated 09 May 2010
Rated 26 Aug 2010
90
88th
My lasting impression: Modernity has caused us to become chaotic and busy, but has also created a persistent pulse that unites us. Life is a moving machine that continues by itself.
Rated 26 Aug 2010
Rated 21 Nov 2010
20
1st
russian b-roll footy, tight.
Rated 21 Nov 2010
Rated 15 Jan 2011
38
13th
Without any kind of emotional anchor, I couldn't get into this film. Although the film has some very interesting edits, the material itself is mundane and the result feels radically overlong. None of this, though, is a reflection on the soundtrack, which was absolutely awesome.
Rated 15 Jan 2011
Rated 09 Feb 2011
95
97th
Astonishing what one person with a movie camera can create. I couldn't imagine seeing this in 1929. I probably would have shit myself.
Rated 09 Feb 2011
Rated 14 Feb 2011
38
2nd
There are some interesting passages but 67 minutes of this gets pretty tiresome.
Rated 14 Feb 2011
Rated 06 Jan 2012
77
53rd
This must have impressed the hell out of people in 1929. Here we have a movie that does things that had never been done and wouldn't become the norm for a long, long time. The notion of seeing the film that you're watching being made is an interesting one even today. My issue with this movie is simply that it doesn't engage me throughout its entire runtime. It's an interesting idea that overstays its welcome by about 45 minutes.
Rated 06 Jan 2012
Rated 31 Jan 2012
40
19th
I really enjoyed the music. I found myself totally zoned out several times and not really paying attention to the images. But I realize that the music has nothing to do with the actual film - that it was an invention for whichever re-release I was watching. The film itself? I'd go so far as to say that it's undeniably boring. I'll admit that I was genuinely shocked when the film within a film was destroyed, but that was a fleeting moment in a LONG 66 minute film.
Rated 31 Jan 2012
Rated 08 Feb 2012
40
19th
Whatever, Dziga. I'll watch cinema based on literature or theater over your experiment any day of the week.
Rated 08 Feb 2012
Rated 02 Sep 2012
95
86th
Of course, the film is full of tricks and editing but they are all as candid and innocent as someone warning you that he's going to cheat you. This is only a very partial record of Russia in the 1920s, so filled with hope and beauty as to be out of its mind with poetry. With The Passion of Joan of Arc it is, I believe, the only silent film that needs no qualification or apology. It is perfect. It is new still. And it makes you love the world.
Rated 02 Sep 2012
Rated 03 Feb 2013
55
53rd
I found a lot of the movie, especially the city segments, really failed to engage, but on the other hand, this experiment occasionally stumbled into powerful territory, like the suicide occurring before the cameraman passes by the tracks, or the death/birth juxtaposition. I also liked the slice-of-life view the movie offers, and the self reflexive shots of the cameraman. It invites the viewer to question how the film was made, and occasionally, I didn't have an answer.
Rated 03 Feb 2013
Rated 21 Dec 2018
72
85th
İlk izlediğimde 75 vermiştim. Daha sonrasında problem bende, 90'ın altında veren üç kişi filan var diyerek yeniden izledim. Yine değişen bir şey olmadı. O dönemin şartlarına hatta bugünün şartlarına göre bile düzeyi yüksek bir belgesel. Müziğini ve çekimlerini de heyecan verici buldum. Ama sorun şu ki "sinemada gerçekçilik" ana metni dışında film gerçekten bize hiçbir şey katmıyor. Çok üzgünüm sürü psikolojisine dahil olamam.
Rated 21 Dec 2018
Rated 01 Apr 2014
78
51st
Context is everything to understanding and appreciating this movie.
Rated 01 Apr 2014
Rated 08 Oct 2017
68
55th
It's technically so impressive that it's hard to even think about anything else. I think there were moments where things came together in a moving way, but there's also a whole lot that feels like it's just pointless b-roll.
Rated 08 Oct 2017
Rated 17 Apr 2007
91
93rd
# 82
Rated 17 Apr 2007
Rated 01 Mar 2008
95
92nd
# 95
Rated 01 Mar 2008
Rated 01 Mar 2008
79
42nd
If I had seen this when it came out, I'm sure it would have exploded my brain with awesomeness, but 80 years later a lot of the novelty has worn off, and the lack of a narrative with empathetic characters kind of left me dry.
Rated 01 Mar 2008
Rated 28 Apr 2008
80
76th
A unique film, capturing and delivering many interesting images and idèas - and asks a great deal of questions.
Rated 28 Apr 2008
Rated 12 Jul 2008
80
63rd
Didn't see it all. Very difficult to judge.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
Rated 02 Jul 2023
90
92nd
The progenitor to the movies that would come out with time lapse like Koyaanisqatsi. How did they do the train scene?? I loved the meta shots of the guy filming, can't believe some of these shots were taken in 1929!! Editing is so sick, this came and was born from the mind of a madman, love it. People complaining about lack of plot are missing the point.
Rated 02 Jul 2023
Rated 17 May 2020
70
62nd
Ah yes, the good old days when your demo reel would still make you famous.
Rated 17 May 2020
Rated 08 Sep 2021
80
78th
Movie-making techniques encapsulated into just over an hour. Visually fascinating, but I confess to being happier that Vertov's discarding of elements like plot and character didn't win the day. (I disliked the Nyman score on the Kino DVD; it tended to overpower the images.)
Rated 08 Sep 2021
Rated 26 Dec 2009
80
89th
It's pretty much a perfect documentary. Without dialogue or a narrative, it's made so that anyone can enjoy it and can do so at any point in the movie. The Alloy Orchestra score is superb and really adds a lot of the film as well. I expected something boring but I instead got a phenomenal movie.
Rated 26 Dec 2009
Rated 13 Sep 2019
69
89th
Surprisingly very entertaining and engaging. A lot of variety and action in the sequences helps to keep up interest.
Rated 13 Sep 2019
Rated 21 Jan 2010
87
94th
Its cinematography and editing are so impressive that you just don't believe that this movie was made in the late 20s.
Rated 21 Jan 2010
Rated 13 Feb 2010
9
90th
An ambitious, exhilarating celebration of the movie camera. I don't know how many different versions of the score are available, but I wish someone à la Nick Cave/Warren Ellis or Philip Glass was involved, it just didn't suit the film perfectly. Other than that, this is essential viewing.
Rated 13 Feb 2010
Rated 02 Jun 2010
100
98th
Queue this up with Ghosts by Nine Inch Nails, it's almost uncanny how well they compliment each other.
Rated 02 Jun 2010
Rated 09 Jul 2010
93
98th
Very modern style of editing in this highly experimental oldie. Dziga Vertov painted nicely a life of past. As well as shooting people and their lives, he shoot also the cameraman at work. There was uncounted fresh camera angles and bold editing.
Rated 09 Jul 2010
Rated 21 Jul 2010
82
74th
Here's a movie that makes me feel incomplete. Simply put, I don't have the perspective to appreciate everything this movie accomplished in 1927. I can't tell apart what's innovative and what's yet another way of looking at the world. Maybe that's applauding the importance of this film or it's my inability to tell the difference between shots.
Rated 21 Jul 2010
Rated 21 Feb 2011
62
40th
I would never watch this at any "common" speed... However, at 8x normal speed (which I believe to have been Vertov's intent - thus justifying my rating) it's pretty eerie and freaks me about as much as Lynch likes his coffee.. Although I didn't get the chance to read any of the text-passages (not that they could have been important) I found it a pleasing 8-9minutes and enjoyed the F/X and MTV-editing.
Rated 21 Feb 2011
Rated 30 Jun 2011
100
96th
I so like it :))
Rated 30 Jun 2011
Rated 29 Aug 2011
65
57th
It's surprisingly watchable. The actual shots aren't that great, but the editing pulls them together perfectly. It's special only in the historic context, but I still like it. And admire it, in a way.
Rated 29 Aug 2011
Rated 03 Sep 2011
85
94th
This film helps prove that whatever technical obstacles stand in the way of dynamic and invigorating cinematography, they are not insurmountable. From this point on, screwing a camera in the floor and panning around at stuff is no longer acceptable. Another good thing about this film is that its brisk montage editing is effectively complemented with modern pop music. Open up itunes and mix your own soundtrack if your version is silent.
Rated 03 Sep 2011
Rated 21 Sep 2011
96
97th
Loved this! A little slow in the beginning, but when it starts to get fun and playful, it never stops!
Rated 21 Sep 2011
Rated 01 Apr 2021
80
77th
Great for what it is.
Rated 01 Apr 2021
Rated 10 Aug 2019
60
51st
Even though this really isn't my thing I still found it entertaining in short doses. I watch this in 4 parts and still struggled a bit. I fully recognize that this was very innovative and a huge influence on the films that followed.
Rated 10 Aug 2019
Rated 22 Jan 2012
88
80th
Classic in every direction. The man with a movie camera is all about love for art and the magic of the moment. A milestone for the whole cinema world.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
Rated 26 Aug 2012
70
43rd
sehir görüntüleri, calisan insanlar, iplikler, santral görevlileri, kutu yapan kadin, spor yapan insanlar, gülle, yüzme, basketbol, futbol, stop motion, ekrani bölme, hareketli kamera, görüntüyü geri sarma, dügün tarihi alma, dügün ve cenaze, dogum ani
Rated 26 Aug 2012
Rated 10 Jan 2013
95
96th
I remember reading a comment about this movie saying that it still feels so new even today so many years since its release. Personally not only do I agree with that but I'd also say that it's one of the ~only~ films, even when compared to contemporary films, that truly feels new. It's an exhilarating, beguiling, hypnotic, endlessly fascinating experience and one I look forward to revisiting both because it's so watchable and also because I can only imagine it greatly rewarding repeated viewings.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
Rated 31 Jan 2013
75
81st
This is a seriously impressive film for its time. I wasn't so keen on it at first, but once the pace picked up a little, I found it quite enjoyable. I'm not sure it had any real effect on me, but I could certainly appreciate its technical prowess. The editing in some parts was truly amazing, and there were lots of cool, inventive shots. I watched the film with the score done by The Cinematic Orchestra, and that was awesome too.
Rated 31 Jan 2013
Rated 11 Jun 2013
87
80th
It begins with images of sleep and stillness (and still frames of film), proceeding to awakening, action, and motion, thence showing urban Ukrainians at work and play, deploying all manner of cinematic techniques in the process--many of which are just as impressive now as they were in 1929. The technique outclasses the actual content at times, but at just over an hour, it doesn't overstay its welcome. Michael Nyman's score, composed 70 years after the fact, is a perfect accompaniment.
Rated 11 Jun 2013
Rated 19 Sep 2013
80
63rd
similar to Koyaanisqatsi, but done in Russia circa 1920s. Although some of the techniques expressed seem impressive only for its time, this film succeeds in communicating a time and place with no main characters, plot, dialogue, and many other key film ingredients, generally only using the editing of images (and the excellent Michael Nyman score) -- just goes to show how much you can do with so little.
Rated 19 Sep 2013
Rated 31 Dec 2020
57
59th
Its use of editing is impressive, but I can't help but roll my eyes at how pretentious the premise is. Yes there is a unique language in cinematography, but I find it hard to care when you spend an hour preaching to the choir. The thing is with cinematography is that it elevates the context of narrative with visual storytelling, whereas here all of these wicked shots are made to say pretty much nothing. I guess It's nice if you like seeing a neat montage, but as a film this is literally nothing.
Rated 31 Dec 2020
Rated 01 May 2014
85
30th
Who knew Soviet women in 1929 were playing basketball?
Rated 01 May 2014
Rated 31 Jul 2014
8
97th
alloy orchestra's score is undoubtedly the greatest music to ever grace a silent film.
Rated 31 Jul 2014
Rated 13 Aug 2014
4
91st
[In the Nursery ST] Pretty, Intense.
Rated 13 Aug 2014
Rated 13 Aug 2014
9
9th
Don't let the low rating fool you. I gave this score because it is not really a movie with a plot but as it self describes, it is more of an experiment. It is interesting to look at and it keeps you watching. I would consider this film a work of art, similar to a painting.
Rated 13 Aug 2014
Rated 09 Jul 2023
96
92nd
Utterly fascinating, hypnotic masterwork that is as much fun to ponder as it is to experience – the meta-aspects combining with the fresh and contemporary editing techniques make this one of the rare “museum pieces” which work as entertainment; stunning images and compositions abound (that train shot is sort of magical) – watched with the “Cinematic Orchestra” soundtrack, but may have worked even better as silent images – while a good composition in its own right, it felt too bombastic at times.
Rated 09 Jul 2023
Rated 12 Nov 2014
95
88th
Incredible looking and inventive montage.
Rated 12 Nov 2014
Rated 07 Dec 2014
90
84th
Kul metadokumentar hvor vi følger en by gjennom et helt døgn. Plutselig begynner selve kameramannen å dukke opp, og filmen begynner å handle om hvordan filmen blir til. Ekstremt rask klipping til å være en film fra 1929, og et drivende soundtrack som gjør at ikke et sekund er kjedelig. Forløperen til Koyaanisqatsi og Barraka.
Rated 07 Dec 2014
Rated 25 Dec 2014
75
30th
There's no explaining all the madcap and off-the-wall techniques used in this movie but to suppose that Vertov was captivated with all the up-to-the-minute options and didn't want to fritter away a single one. Much of the ingenuity of the film comes from this profusion of devices. They exceed simple artifice by being shown as simply some of the breathtaking technical accomplishments of the society as one.
Rated 25 Dec 2014
Rated 22 Nov 2020
70
59th
The camera man as some sort of a character, the attempt to register society, the moments where the subjectivity of the character materializes are very interesting; there are some brilliant edition moments. It's the obvious result of a lot of hard work. Still, I'm not gonna pretend I see how supposedly impressive it is; it has its merits, it's probably very emblematic for what it means for that time, but I personally couldn't really connect that much with the movie.
Rated 22 Nov 2020
Rated 07 Dec 2015
100
0th
"'We are SMART cinephiles!'"
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/12/episode-82-cinema-masters-vol-xi.html
Rated 07 Dec 2015
Rated 09 Jan 2016
5
93rd
A meta and self-reflexive testament for the distinction of cinema, demonstrating the time-and-space altering effects of montage. Ode to the artisanal mechanics of celluloid, especially reverant when considered against the rise of digital filmmaking. It is high-concept and avant-garde - navel-gazing, perhaps - but it's joyous and exhilarating, pulsing with life and rhythm. A transportive time capsule, as fun to watch as it is important in academia, and essential viewing for any film lover.
Rated 09 Jan 2016
Rated 30 May 2016
84
95th
So basically this is the invention of cinema when it come to filming and editing. The soundtrack done by Cinematic Orchestra suits it well, but it's not perfect since it doesn't always allow you to be immersed. Must see.
Rated 30 May 2016
Rated 28 Aug 2016
91
91st
Our Daily Free Stream: Vertov - Man With A Movie Camera. Leicht vorstellbar, wie sehr das Publikum im Jahr 1929, dem Jahr als Vertovs Man With A Movie Camera ins Kino kam, überfordert gewesen sein muss. Während der Stummfilm-Ära war das Publikum gewohnt, dass Einstellungen zehn Sekunden oder länger andauerten. Hier waren es zwei Sekunden - eine Geschwindigkeit, die uns moderne Blockbuster zumuten(...)
Rated 28 Aug 2016
Rated 02 Sep 2016
92
86th
Dziga Vertov's ambitious documentary is a thought-provoking, technically proficient, and artistically vibrant film that never fails to impress or engage.
Rated 02 Sep 2016
Rated 17 Sep 2016
97
98th
This is how you do experimental movies
Rated 17 Sep 2016
Rated 02 Nov 2020
81
77th
Extremely mesmerising, exploring Soviet citizens relationship between their work, pleasure and also masculinity and femininity. The score by The Cinematic Orchestra is absolutely brilliant, just such a fun thing to be listening to while the images of the USSR wash over you.
Rated 02 Nov 2020
Rated 22 Jul 2023
80
68th
All the gimmickry lead to it being widely dismissed as not authentic documentary filmmaking. Eisenstein called it "pointless camera hooliganism". (Clearly the greatest film review ever.) They have a point. If the goal was to make a realistic depiction of life in the Soviet Union, all this trickery gets in the way. But who really cares?
Rated 22 Jul 2023
Rated 07 Mar 2017
62
22nd
kuleshov
Rated 07 Mar 2017
Rated 16 Apr 2017
93
91st
Dziga Vertov's ambitious documentary is a thought-provoking, technically proficient, and artistically vibrant film that never fails to impress or engage.
Rated 16 Apr 2017
Rated 30 May 2017
90
89th
Shockingly visionary filmmaking given its date; overflowing with ideas. The Alloy Orchestra demolishes much of the atmosphere with its cartoonish and cheaply produced soundtrack.
Rated 30 May 2017
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