| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 68 min.) : sound, black and white |
| Summary |
An experimental film which uses numerous cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds, stop-action animation, etc.) to present a dawn-to-dusk view of the Soviet Union and to study the relationship between cinema and reality. Filmed in Moscow, Kiev, Odessa and elsewhere in the Soviet Union |
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Named the best documentary film of all time by Sight and Sound, it is presented here in its entirety for the first time since its original premiere. Discovered and restored at EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam--with extensive digital treatment by Lobster Films--the 35mm print from which this edition is, in part, sourced is the only known complete version of the film. Man with a Movie Camera features musical accompaniment by The Alloy Orchestra |
| Analysis |
European/Baltic Studies |
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Experimental/Alternative Media |
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Film Studies |
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Media Studies |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1929 |
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"This movie was restored during the spring 2014 by Lobster Films with the participation of the Eye Film Institute." |
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"Music produced for the Pordenone Silent Film Festival." |
| Credits |
Camerman, M. Kaufman ; assistant editor, E. Svilova ; original musical score composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra ; audio essay, Yuri Tsivian ; produced for video by David Shepard |
| Performer |
"Original music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra following the music instructions written by Dziga Vertov." |
| Notes |
Silent film with musical accompaniment and English subtitles |
| Subject |
Industries -- Soviet Union.
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Camera operators -- Soviet Union
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Camera operators
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Economic history
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Industries
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Soviet Union -- Social life and customs -- 1917-1970.
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Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945.
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Internet videos
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Documentary films
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Experimental films
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Feature films
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Nonfiction films
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Silent films
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Experimental films.
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Silent films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Films expérimentaux.
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Films muets.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Vertov, Dziga, 1896-1954, film director.
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Kaufman, Mikhail Abramovich, 1897-1980, director of photography.
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Vertova-Svilova, E. I. (Elizaveta Ignatʹevna), editor of motion picture work.
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Tsivian, Yuri.
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Shepard, David.
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VUFKU (Firm), production company.
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Alloy Orchestra, composer (expression), performer.
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Lobster Films (Firm), restorationist (expression)
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Flicker Alley (Firm), production company.
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EYE Film Instituut Nederland, restorationist (expression)
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