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Man with a Movie Camera( 1929)

TV-MADocumentary
79%
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The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

Overview

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mikhail Kaufman

      The Cameraman

    2. cast image

      Elizaveta Svilova

      Woman Editing Film (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 13 2024
    Could this be the original observational documentary? We begin as the audience flood into a cinema and settle down in front of the big screen. The cameraman then takes us on a tour of his city with no apparent rhyme nor reason to the imagery we see. There's a bit of the old Imperial opulence reflected in the architecture to contrast with the street beggars (whom the Soviet Union aways denied existed). A very near miss whilst trying to get some POV footage of a train. Then what feels rather pruriently like a look at a woman's morning levée all intercut cleverly using the camera shutter to delive...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • soviet union
    • odessa, ukraine
    • black and white
    • montage
    • silent film
    • cameraman
    • moscow, russia
    • 1920s
    • kyiv (kiev), ukraine
    • city symphony
    • soviet realism
    • semi-fiction
    • docufiction
    • kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine
    • critical