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Chelovek s kino-apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera) (1929)

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A cameraman travels the city with his movie camera, documenting the frenetic machinery of urban life.

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Documentary, Art House & International

Directed By: Dziga Vertov , Dziga Vertov Group

Written By: Dziga Vertov, Dziga Vertov Group

In Theaters: May 12, 1929 Limited

On DVD: May 13, 2003

Amkino Corporation

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Mikhail Kaufman

Critic Reviews for Chelovek s kino-apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera)

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It becomes quite tedious and the hour that it lasts seems at least an hour and a half.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Mordaunt Hall

New York Times

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The film remains a fascinating souvenir, though its flourishes are now fairly familiar.

December 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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The film's energy is a key aspect of its optimism, a dawn to dusk challenge to show us a day in the life of a Soviet urban dweller

January 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinemania

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

One of the towering masterpieces of Soviet cinema. As much of a joy it is to watch, it is sad to think that the director was effectively silenced as soon as Stalin made "Socialist Realism" mandatory.

December 30, 2008 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

An odd curio that remains quaint.

May 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Announced to be an experiment in creating a "truly international language of cinema" it is an early example of self referential filmmaking

November 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

It's one of the most amazing, beautiful, complicated and ground-breaking films ever made, and yet it doesn't seem to have ever earned the respect it deserves.

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Man with a Movie Camera is like a wordless anthem for all cinephiles, directly targeting that je ne sais quoi that makes cinema so powerful.

September 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal

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Kevin N. Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

It's a startlingly avant-garde cross-examination of modern life, as well as a lesson in the power of filmmaking and an autopsy of its methods.

July 30, 2003 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

This belongs on the essential list

January 30, 2003 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

Anyone interested in cinema must see this.

January 27, 2003 Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

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A powerful film, showing the day, of a few, urban citys of Soviet Union. Present all the contrast of the happenings, and showing too how the born of a day have a similarity with an awaken of the woman in the screen and how start the movement in the towns. Man with a Movie Camera, is a amazing experience about the

September 18, 2011