Saturday, May 20, 2006

Dziga Vertov's The Man with the Movie Camera

Dziga Vertov's The Man with the Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov's The Man with the Movie Camera (1929).

Man with the Movie Camera:
A record in celluloid on 6 reels.
(An excerpt from the diary of a cameraman.)
This film presents an experiment in the cinematic communication of visible events.
Without the aid of intertitles.
(A film without intertitles.)
Without the aid of a scenario.
(A film without a scenario.)
Without the aid of theater.
(A film without sets, actors, etc.)
This experimental work aims at creating a truly international absolute language of cinema based on its total separation from the language of theater and literature.

2 Comments:

Blogger placeboKatz said...

HereĀ“s just to second your recommendation.
Chelovek s kino-apparatom is one of the most stunning movies of all time.
A must

pK

8:15 AM  
Blogger robot action boy said...

in the nursery have done a new score(or new version or something) for this film. i'm not sure how i feel about this.

1:07 PM  

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