Title: Man with a movie camera /
Authors: Vertov, Dziga, 1896-1954; Kaufman, Mikhail Abramovich, 1897-1980
Publisher: [s.n.],
Year: 1929
Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures Soviet Union; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Experimental films.; Silent films.; Moscow (Russia); Soviet Union Social life and customs; Moscow (Russia) Description and travel
Abstract: An experimental documentary film using numerous cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds) to present a dawn to dusk view of life in Moscow a little more than a decade after the Russian revolution. Vertov used his brother the cameraman Mikhail Kaufman as the central character of this film (Man with the movie camera) placing him in the most unusual settings. In the last section of the film through the use of stop action techniques, Dziga Vertov brings the camera itself to life, the camera dances away from its owner ending the film.