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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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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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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