Man with a Movie Camera
Vertov's crowning achievement, "Man with a Movie Camera", was his response to critics who rejected his previous film, "A Sixth Part of the World". Critics had declared that Vertov's overuse of "intertitles" was inconsistent with the film-making style to which the "kinoks" subscribed. Working within that context, Vertov dealt with a lot of fear in anticipation of the film's release. He requested a warning to be printed in the Soviet central Communist newspaper "Pravda", which spoke directly of the film's experimental, controversial nature. Vertov was worried that the film would be either destroyed or ignored by the public. Upon the official release of "Man with a Movie Camera", Vertov issued a statement at the beginning of the film, which read: