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Man with a Movie Camera

Movie · 1929 · 68 min

A dizzying, playful kaleidoscope of city life and filmmaking itself, demanding but exhilarating as it invents a new visual language.

About
1929 Soviet silent documentary film
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Class
Movie
Year
1929
Runtime
68 min
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • technology
  • art
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity8
Emotional weight3

Details

Genres
documentary, silent, experimental
Directed by
Dziga Vertov
Written by
Dziga Vertov
Starring
Mikhail Kaufman
Music
Michael Nyman
Cinematography
Mikhail Kaufman
Runtime
68 min
Country
Soviet Union

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