Ein andalusischer Hund
"Man with a Movie Camera" has been interpreted as an optimistic work. Jonathan Romney called it "an exuberant manifesto that celebrates the infinite possibilities of what cinema can be". Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" wrote that the work "is visibly excited about the new medium’s possibility, dense with ideas, packed with energy: it echoes "Un Chien Andalou", anticipates Vigo's "À propos de Nice" and the New Wave generally, and even Riefenstahl's "Olympia".