The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

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A cameraman travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness. (imdb)

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Genres: Documentary, Music

AKA: Chelovek s kino-apparatom

Country: Soviet Union

Directed By: Dziga Vertov

Written By: Dziga Vertov

Starring: Mikhail Kaufman

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Date	User	Rating
Sep 14	Frank XVI	100 _97%
Sep 13	Fuentissimo	64 _82%
Surprisingly very entertaining and engaging. A lot of variety and action in the sequences helps to keep up interest.
Sep 13	mirj	85 _83%
Sep 13	afontenot	80 _63%
Aug 28	StuPod	80 _38%
Aug 28	Jesus Rollin	60 _56%
Aug 27	blackendblue	83 _91%
Aug 22	gurkov	90 _93%
Aug 21	slowdive	80 _68%
Aug 11	sandman248	80 _63%
Aug 10	hotsake	60 _48%
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.
Aug 09	bal3x	100 _99%
Aug 04	danialinho	81 _97%
Aug 04	goookce	85 _82%
Aug 03	Nroo	84 _89%
Aug 01	sufjan	100 _%
Jul 26	evelyn	85 _96%
Jul 08	Numogram	86 _94%
Jul 03	Ifeelfine	86 _91%
Jun 30	xombiemonkey	9 _88%
Jun 30	tinatinas	80 _75%
Jun 27	mbramhald13	90 _%
Jun 24	Mr.Cinema	67 _72%
Jun 08	Geslimmar	40 _15%
Jun 06	Nangijala	85 _88%
Jun 06	Tavarish	99 _98%
Jun 04	Slowjoe	70 _67%
May 29	Kentacdiz	90 _96%
May 23	julesfmb	64 _50%
May 21	castoffcrown	95 _82%
May 11	Mirzatory	81 _52%
Apr 28	josefknecht	90 _98%
Apr 22	AHALE80	70 _35%
Apr 22	fool	4 _%
Apr 06	simsorut	92 _92%
Apr 02	elimpe	85 _93%
Apr 02	Suda Balık	100 _96%
Mar 24	vildanden	80 _85%
Mar 21	DarrenCB	100 _97%
Mar 17	lucius	80 _83%
Mar 09	TimeCapsule	49 _37%
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.
Mar 07	TheBreather	70 _46%
Mar 05	mate_cosido	99 _99%
Mar 01	Challe_P	80 _77%
Feb 22	vslkoca	1 _8%
Feb 20	Torgils	99 _99%
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Feb 11	Bown	85 _76%
Feb 10	hyrras	73 _57%
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Feb 02	samotarski	95 _96%
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Jan 17	adeleuzian	90 _92%
Jan 15	CoffeeMage	89 _91%
Jan 13	PietHeijn	80 _89%
Certainly great and of course a very imporant movie. The experience depends on the quality of the screening and the score played in the background.
Jan 13	anaskvit	95 _98%
Jan 06	gossamer2019	87 _92%
Jan 06	knives	96 _99%
Jan 04	Bananasaurus	92 _97%
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Jan 04	Malcym	7 _74%
Dec 27, 2018	sonya semyon	99 _97%
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Dec 13, 2018	caga	90 _93%
Dec 12, 2018	seymour123	98 _98%
Dec 10, 2018	Curb	88 _90%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	40 _27%
Dec 03, 2018	worrywirt	80 _75%
Dec 02, 2018	quirimb	90 _90%
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Nov 19, 2018	strauss	90 _88%
Nov 18, 2018	vitruvian	97 _97%
Nov 17, 2018	Dom92	100 _94%
Nov 16, 2018	JohanDeVrij	70 _65%
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Nov 02, 2018	jeffayle	85 _97%
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Sep 17, 2018	jborregana	98 _98%
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Sep 07, 2018	slatenf	96 _97%
Sep 04, 2018	orcunselvi	93 _97%
Sep 01, 2018	Avinyl	5 _61%
Sep 01, 2018	adilinki	92 _99%
I'm an eye. A mechanical eye. I, the machine, show you a world the way only I can see it. I free myself for today and forever from human immobility. I'm in constant movement. I approach and pull away from objects. I creep under them. I fall and rise with the falling and rising bodies. This is I, the machine, manoeuvring in the chaotic movements, recording one movement after another in the most complex combinations.
Sep 01, 2018	mihoyem	94 _98%
Sep 01, 2018	redboots	90 _94%
Aug 27, 2018	babaracus	9 _88%
Aug 23, 2018	ozdemirb	87 _88%
Aug 08, 2018	Triptolemos	65 _64%
Aug 02, 2018	Krafty	85 _68%
Aug 01, 2018	Daisoujou	90 _81%
Jul 31, 2018	Yleidus	81 _56%
Jul 28, 2018	Bartbaard	88 _96%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	60 _30%
Jul 20, 2018	xuwa5Q	80 _18%
Jul 12, 2018	frtcsk	85 _74%
Jul 09, 2018	JepAndButch	9 _93%
Jul 06, 2018	AchwellFoley	66 _69%
Jul 05, 2018	jberger	100 _88%
Jul 02, 2018	beauballard	91 _97%
Jun 19, 2018	Mikadzuki	65 _49%
May 26, 2018	sakaerka	92 _91%
May 23, 2018	burakc	100 _98%
A great cinematic language based on Constructivist Art Wave and also, I guess, Hegelian Dialectic. It also reminds me the poem called "Makinalaşmak (Mechanization) " which was written by powerful "romantic" writer and poet Nazım Hikmet who is also one of my favorites.
May 21, 2018	rezas	90 _84%
May 14, 2018	hsynylmz	80 _75%
May 12, 2018	haljordan2	1 _%
May 10, 2018	normatic	80 _84%
May 09, 2018	Grandaddy	80 _89%
May 09, 2018	Pix54	100 _98%
May 07, 2018	Siegel Hans	80 _82%
May 03, 2018	navid erfan	90 _91%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	90 _98%
Apr 30, 2018	grabmymask	99 _98%
Apr 29, 2018	Ratticus	90 _62%
Apr 29, 2018	shanebarlow3	100 _99%
Apr 29, 2018	CherrySponge	90 _86%
Apr 28, 2018	SheepSquid	70 _76%
Apr 28, 2018	angeleyes	89 _71%
Apr 28, 2018	edloupe	90 _80%
Apr 28, 2018	0gJt8P	100 _%
Apr 24, 2018	Pickle_Man	90 _76%
A technician's compendium. This is the kind of thing we could send in to space on one of those deep space probes to explain earth to aliens.
Apr 24, 2018	Reigntall	60 _34%
Apr 24, 2018	deleuze	78 _62%
Apr 20, 2018	ps_	99 _98%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	85 _90%
Apr 15, 2018	seha	70 _70%
Apr 14, 2018	myriadVoles	100 _89%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	40 _14%
Apr 12, 2018	Hamidso	80 _82%
Apr 12, 2018	kuzronk	80 _94%
Apr 08, 2018	eppursimuove	88 _67%
Apr 06, 2018	nihilcthulhu	90 _88%
Apr 04, 2018	crmassari	77 _82%
Mar 31, 2018	M M İ	94 _91%
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	87 _92%
Mar 18, 2018	darius	94 _61%
Mar 18, 2018	allneonslike	80 _88%
Mar 06, 2018	EmiGrecco	85 _84%
Mar 06, 2018	FullCollapse	92 _95%
Mar 05, 2018	mr. black	80 _58%
Mar 01, 2018	JimiAntiloop	65 _43%
Feb 27, 2018	Omar96amri	77 _27%
Feb 17, 2018	Videogirl88	80 _55%
Feb 17, 2018	coldesser	90 _94%
Feb 10, 2018	FilthyHarry	10 _31%
Feb 06, 2018	Mr. Mocata	90 _89%
Feb 01, 2018	Proggoth	90 _98%
Feb 01, 2018	salMovies	100 _89%
Jan 28, 2018	francinex	40 _1%
Jan 27, 2018	colorbuf	1 _%
Jan 26, 2018	MoonLoop	92 _96%
Jan 12, 2018	Jay96	92 _75%
Jan 12, 2018	fyodor16	90 _72%
Jan 09, 2018	cengaveri	66 _9%
Jan 09, 2018	vidadam93	90 _79%
Jan 08, 2018	maxmode	90 _85%
Jan 05, 2018	TDH1878	93 _91%
Dziga Vertov's ambitious documentary is a thought-provoking, technically proficient, and artistically vibrant film that never fails to impress or engage.
Jan 02, 2018	rafalko6	80 _74%
Jan 01, 2018	Kayyum	85 _95%
Jan 01, 2018	misternose	84 _88%
Dec 30, 2017	Karpiu	70 _35%
Dec 24, 2017	Old_Spriggan	80 _87%
Dec 24, 2017	bA51IK	100 _30%
Dec 20, 2017	bennick218	78 _56%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	70 _69%
Dec 18, 2017	Onur Yavuz	100 _99%
Dec 16, 2017	Fergenaprido	74 _51%
Dec 15, 2017	SamLoveitt	95 _91%
Dec 14, 2017	douglascouto	95 _88%
Dec 10, 2017	JordanBay	8 _32%
Dec 08, 2017	CMWL	1 _%
Dec 08, 2017	larmor	95 _98%
Dec 06, 2017	andrewl97	100 _91%
Dec 06, 2017	RGB	98 _99%
Dec 05, 2017	zeydila	88 _87%
Nov 30, 2017	Filligan	90 _79%
The experimental nature of the film makes it difficult to grade, but its importance and forms of stretching the medium's early legs is captivating. It may run a little long, but it's also hard to knock the film for that when it's trying to do something that was so new at the time.
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	90 _96%
Nov 28, 2017	Mehmet Mert	94 _97%
Nov 28, 2017	PapageMartin	70 _69%
Nov 26, 2017	rootbeercirc	85 _82%
Nov 26, 2017	StBokonon	99 _91%
Nov 25, 2017	kjones77	90 _93%
Nov 24, 2017	gunesx	90 _94%
Nov 24, 2017	Pxbloncha!	100 _99%
Nov 23, 2017	njm1211	94 _67%
Nov 22, 2017	spizcraft	93 _97%
Nov 17, 2017	branledore	82 _75%
Nov 11, 2017	H9k	9 _95%
Nov 09, 2017	Odelay	88 _87%
Nov 08, 2017	SimonJones96	97 _90%
Nov 03, 2017	Asm Nabil	85 _83%
Oct 23, 2017	oguzkayir	5 _34%
Oct 13, 2017	sosadetz	40 _24%
Oct 12, 2017	thornsofsky	90 _87%
Oct 11, 2017	Aboostani	90 _87%
Oct 08, 2017	mattorama12	68 _57%
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.
Oct 07, 2017	matthewmj336	80 _32%
Oct 05, 2017	Kobaruon	100 _98%
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	100 _83%
Sep 23, 2017	Oni	75 _62%
Sep 21, 2017	Phantom Nook	70 _33%
Sep 13, 2017	AlexBrisson	95 _97%
Sep 10, 2017	Arberwaticus	96 _78%
Sep 05, 2017	Gookaba	80 _20%
Aug 30, 2017	izwt936g	100 _98%
Aug 22, 2017	Delfos	95 _95%
Aug 16, 2017	uesoylu	84 _90%
Aug 13, 2017	Ummagumma	90 _78%
Aug 07, 2017	addeh	90 _95%
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	90 _74%
Jul 30, 2017	kandinya	80 _85%
Jul 28, 2017	CinemaLover7	90 _78%
Jul 25, 2017	nyg500	79 _48%
Jul 15, 2017	dean_	8 _56%
Jul 02, 2017	kate_p	92 _99%
Jun 22, 2017	Visocchi	90 _91%
Jun 16, 2017	tommi26	90 _93%
Jun 12, 2017	AHP	75 _51%
Jun 08, 2017	xmoffx	5 _88%
Jun 03, 2017	deanjames	100 _99%
Jun 03, 2017	egebasaran	73 _63%
May 30, 2017	areoharewhy	9 _91%
May 30, 2017	kubricksucks	90 _88%
Shockingly visionary filmmaking given its date; overflowing with ideas. The Alloy Orchestra demolishes much of the atmosphere with its cartoonish and cheaply produced soundtrack.
May 30, 2017	aymansousa	50 _35%
May 29, 2017	Demorest	5 _94%
May 26, 2017	quiddity	99 _96%
May 20, 2017	barryegan	100 _94%
May 17, 2017	bluestblues	9 _95%
May 16, 2017	sans_soleil	80 _83%
May 15, 2017	DrWade42	90 _92%

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