DMS 107: Man With a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929, 68m, Kanopy)

Man With a Movie Camera
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Communications and Media
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Man With a Movie Camera
The film by Dziga Vertov entitled Man With a Movie Camera is a film that impressed and brought fascination to audiences and it still continues to pique the interest of today. The film is comprised of Soviet Montage, a documentary and narrative that tells about what links a man to his camera. In the beginning of the film, there is a man standing on a camera to imply that it is man’s most innovative technology to date. The cinema cannot run without a camera, therefore proving its importance to film making.
The opening shot shows the actual cameraman giving people the closest view of a recurring character in the film, walks on top of the camera, sets up his tripod, and points the lenses ...