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Michael Nyman's - Man with a Movie Camera [DVD]

Mikhail Kaufman (Actor, Host), Dziga Vertov (Director, Host) Rated:

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Michael Nyman s MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA
A film by Dziga Vertov

Man With a Movie Camera is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking, a montage of urban Russian life showing the people of the city at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city going. It was Vertov's first full-length film, and he used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal - dissolves, split screen, slow motion and freeze-frames - to produce a work that is exhilarating and intellectually brilliant.

This special edition DVD features a unique soundtrack specially composed by Michael Nyman and performed by the Michael Nyman band.

Michael Nyman's music has reached its largest audience by way of his film scores. Nyman has been researching the period of extraordinary creativity which followed the Revolution and lasted throughout most of the 1920s. Key to this period was Dziga Vertov's extraordinary film Man With a Movie Camera which documents the full spectrum of 1929 Soviet urban life with dazzling inventiveness. It was Vertov's exuberant montage and energetic lyricism which inspired Nyman to create his extraordinary score.

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Actors: Mikhail Kaufman
Directors: Dziga Vertov
Producers: Man with a Movie Camera ( Chelovek s kino-apparatom ), Man with a Movie Camera, Chelovek s kino-apparatom
Format: PAL
Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Bfi
DVD Release Date: June 23, 2008
Run Time: 71 minutes
Customer Reviews: 129 customer ratings
ASIN: B0017QMXLU
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,514 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Neda

Speechless at the Mastery

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020

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Super good. So satisfying to see such high art. Even in 2020 we hardly come close to such innovation and mastery. The soundtrack was great too, even thought it's new and not part of the original film...it's very well suited and made the experience quite wonderful. Although I imagine you could leave the sound off and experience the film as the filmmaker intended. Please do watch on large scree...the larger the better. A shame to watch this on a laptop.

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Barbara Underwood

Unique and unforgettable cinematic experience!

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2009

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Even if Soviet Russian Avant Garde is your least favourite genre, chances are that "Man With the Movie Camera" will still leave a deep and permanent impression on your mind and compel you to watch it more than once. Unlike other famous Russian films of the late silent era such as Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" and Pudovkin's "The Fall of St Petersburg", the director of this film, Dziga Vertov, took an even more revolutionary step away from mainstream commercial cinema, and even fiercely resisted the narrative film, meaning the staged, theatrical, planned movie with a story and actors. This outlook on art and cinema led to Vertov developing the concepts of capturing "life unawares" and "life as it is" with the movie camera to create a unique experience in film documentary which is at the same time an impressive work of art.

While the word `art' usually conjures up images of beauty, style, grace and elegance, the viewer's first impression of "Man With the Movie Camera" is anything but beautiful, as images of city streets and people waking to a new day and getting ready for work bombard our visual senses. But before long it is obvious that there is a distinct rhythm, and what seem like random images taken from moments out of everyday life are put together - like a musical composition - to create a perfectly choreographed work of great artistic skill. Even if the viewer has no interest in the artistic aspects, the bombardment of images using the whole wide range of editing and camera techniques known at the time becomes quite mesmerizing and fascinating. Images of streets in Russian cities like Moscow, Kiev and Odessa show transportation from trains, trams, horse carriages, ambulance and fire engines, then people going to work in coal mines, fields and in the city, using modern technology of the time such as the telephone, switchboard and typewriter; people going to a wedding, a funeral, having a baby, being pampered in a beauty salon, then enjoying recreation after work such as going to the beach, dancing and playing sports and games. Every aspect of life is touched on, and it never becomes boring because the tempo changes frequently, or we see the cameraman himself, who was Vertov's brother, seeking the best position to film, then there are close-ups, unusual angles, frozen frames, montages and other effects to keep the viewer under a spell.

This Image DVD has a musical score by the Alloy Orchestra, based on instructions by Vertov himself because in a visual work of art like this, the music should underscore and complement the images as best as possible. The Alloy Orchestra has achieved this goal brilliantly, and there is also an optional audio commentary to provide more insight into Vertov's ideas, as well as various background information which help the viewer appreciate the film on a deeper level.

Vertov resisted the notion of telling a story like all his contemporaries, but he ended up telling a much more profound and important story than all other filmmakers, namely the story of life, told in the universal language of pictures, of cinema, which requires no words and no speech. This is perhaps what makes this film special and unique, and transcends any label one might like to give it, whether Soviet Avant Garde, Silent or documentary. An experience not easily forgotten, and well worth adding to a serious film collection!

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Nate and family

Not just a portrait of a city -- a reflection on cinema

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2004

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This film has been aptly compared to Berlin: Symphony of a City, but what has interested me most about it is its portrayal of cinema as a universally accessible art form. While there are propagandistic moments -- celebrating the efficiency and lifestyle of the Soviet working class -- it easily transcends whatever purpose the authorities (or Vertov himself) may have had in allowing Vertov to film it. You have to remember that this film was composed for an audience that may have seen films but were certainly not film literate -- not many of us are now -- which is to say they had not likely been aware of the process of making films, or reflected much on the nature of film. What is so exciting about this film is that it presents both a portrait of a city, and of the life of its inhabitants, as well as a documentary (and self-reflexive) study of the art of filmmaking. There is much to learn from this film about the different ways of thinking about film, and I often show it in my film classes for this purpose.

There is the idea of film as a recorder of objective fact, that is potentially present anywhere though always located somewhere, suggested by the images of the filmmaker as a kind of eye towering over the city, seeing both the whole and the parts. There is also the idea of film as highly subjective, suggested in images that show the personal reaction of the filmmaker, and in images that show the personal dangers faced by the "man with a movie camera" in his effort to capture difficult shots. We see, in these shots, that film is not simply a passive recorder of events that unfold independently of the filmmaker but is also involved in the creation of these events. We see the editor, editing the very footage that we had just seen the filmmaker recording. We see that the filmmaker can be a kind of poet, making use of visual metaphors to suggest ideas: a train relay that suggests the intercutting of various scenes by the editor, a window and an eye that suggest the camera. We also see the capacity of the filmmaker to manipulate and create a new reality, when we observe animation (of the camera itself, seemingly taking on a life of its own without the cameraman), but we also see how this animation is achieved. We are even shown the audience itself, and by implication are included in the very picture we are watching. Some of these metaphors and ideas may seem heavy handed today, but that is only in my description of them. When you actually watch them they fascinate. The editing also is superb in this film -- always appropriate to the scene it is sometimes slow, and sometimes more rapid and kinetic than anything MTV produces.

All in all, I consider this an essential piece of cinema, well worth purchasing on DVD while it is still available. I hope it remains in print forever, but have a hard time believing it will, which is why I just recently purchased a personal copy -- when it was already owned by my campus library. (The picture on the DVD is quite fine, better than the VHS copy I have seen; the music that was re-created from notes left behind by Vertov is superb and fits the film quite nicely.)

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Classic Documentary Film

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2016

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I was delighted to receive this film. In 2014 the English international film magazine "Sight and Sound" polled the cream of the world film intelligentsia to determine the current informed opinion of The Greatest Documentaries of All Time. This film was Number One on that list. I had never seen the film but this was as good a recommendation as any I could ever hope receive. It is a wonderfully creative film and worth every penny.

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Hemloch Corbeau

A Masterpiece of a Movie - the Print Not So Epic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2015

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Possibly one of the best films ever made and brought to life even more so by Nymans fantastic score . I absolutely love this movie as it captures time so well of a Russia under the red regime . I was a little diappointed though as I expected the print to be cleaned up and although sharper does look worst for wear and to be honest there isn't anything too different, in terms of print, from the DVD versions released before. I would like a crisper, cleaner print which I am sure would add yet another dimension - the film is definately five out of five , I only wish I could give it more, but I was looking forward to a restoration so a little disappointed.

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Steve H

A stunning re-release of a classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2016

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This edition of the movie is superb. Unsurpassed image quality and great sound. The restoration is amazing and really puts the BFI edition to shame. If you want to look at comparisons of different releases of this ground-breaking movie check out DVD beaver.

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Anonymous

Insights into life in the early days of the Soviet Era

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2016

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This is an interesting disc. The Movie Camera is the hero of the film. I enjoyed this as an example of early cinematography exploration. What I particularly enjoyed were the extras that are of historic value. I visited the Soviet Union in 1963 and these early films accurately reflected the mood, attitude and propaganda that was used in those days. This disc is of historical interest, it is not entertainment. If you want entertainment look elsewhere. The musical score was interesting. It is important to turn off the sound when viewing the extras as the sound that exists is distracting.

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Elleppi

A kind of bible of what cinema can do. Despite belonging to another era, it is a stimulating and educating experience

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2015

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Watching this film is a mesmerizing, cinematic and educative experience. Even if you don't know much about cinema or get all the interestig things included in this work of art, it is still a striking experience. This film presents so many ideas that would then influence the art of cinema, that it is impossible to list them all.
Despite its distance from our viewers' habits, this film is not so heavy to watch, but rather a bizarre and stimulating sensorial trip where our perception gets manipulated to introduce us to the richness of cinema language. I wonder what it must have been like the first time they watched it.

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LeBrit

Constructivism producing 'Art' as by product

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2015

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A sublime glimpse into the fascinatingly creative Russian constructivist movement via the early cine camera. It sort of makes most of the films produced in the supposedly advanced west look a little intimidated and rather anal by comparison. It is experimental and humorous and rather empathetic to the human condition without a trace of the usual sentimentality ascribed to western attempts. If you believe you can take photographs or handle a cine (video) camera take a look and find out most likely, you probably can't (certain exceptions excluded).

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Tom House

The boxset is beautiful and much larger than I had anticipated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2016

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What can I possibly say about Vertov that hasn't already?

The boxset is beautiful and much larger than I had anticipated. The box contains two keep cases and a 100 page booklet with some wonderful essays and writings by Vertov. Man with a Movie Camera has some great special features but the second disc containing the four other films is sparse to say the least. A must own for any cinephile!

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Mattia Varriale

A simple must on film history

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2006

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Dziga Vertov, 1929, definitely not the kind of movie to watch on a saturday night with friends.
But a must see for those interested in the history of film. As this "movie" was produced - 77 years ago -, the concept of film was completely different to what it is now. This shows how a man, without the filmic knowledge of a present-day director, manages to make breath-taking scenes never shot before.
Dziga Vertov, can probably be seen as one of the inventors of the first long running movies.
A must see, and an historical masterpiece!

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Mr. K. L. Longmore

Very interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2015

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Very innovative for its time. You don't expect Russia to look like this in 1929 - far from all looking like ignorant peasants! Quite a revelation really.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2018

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Helen

Great DVD

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2014

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Great DVD. The film itself is fascinating, and having the option to play it with different soundtracks is great, can make a huge difference to how you view the film. A must for any fans cinema fans.

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LeonT

Nyman's genius music provides the perfect pulsing rhythm for Vertov's masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2017

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Nyman's genius music provides the perfect pulsing rhythm for Vertov's masterpiece. Incredible combination

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F. Ryan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2017

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Loved it! With 2 other sound-tracks to listen/watch... to go. Recommend

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C MOORES

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2016

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Great to have all these works together with an informative booklet at a reasonable price

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Mrs. R. Jones

Man with a movie camera

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2010

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Fascinating - shows live street scenes which are now a historical record plus the ingenuity of the camera work and editing

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Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

Enthusiastic industrialism

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2011

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A short but great film from the Soviet Union in the late 20s of last century at the time of the new silent film technology. It is worth watching a couple of times to check the technology itself and particularly the special effects that were developed and used at the time. The new camera enabled the film maker to have a wide picture and thus to have crowd scenes but editing provided new possibilities. And Vertov used them widely.

But the film is a lot more interesting as for its content and meaning. He has to be compared with Eisenstein who favored direct political messages, particularly about recent Soviet history. But we must not forget Fritz Lang who favored in his Metropolis another political message that industrialism was developing exploitation and enslavement and that it was barbarous and inhumane. But at the same time it is from these workers and the working class that hope could come from in the form of a rebellion and a compromise.

Vertov, apart from using the name and likeness of Lenin a couple of times is not only providing us with a political message. Of course it means that in the new historical phase the Soviet Union is going through Lenin, hence the revolution he represents (in his absence now), brought free time, leisure time, vacations to the workers themselves. But this message is the smaller part of the meaning. In fact paid vacations were invented by the Soviet Union, then adopted by Hitler and finally by the French in 1936. It spread from these three sources later on.

What is essential is the extremely positive vision of industrialism. The society it builds is a society of speed, ease, and creative work. Speed because everything is organized to save time and energy, to make things faster. Vertov concentrates on city life and does not really consider agriculture. This fast society is represented particularly by trams and means of transportation, but also at work by the new work organization that we call in the west taylorism or fordism. Charlie Chaplin will make fun of it in the most caustic way in his Modern Times.

Ease is also represented by modern means of transportation but also in life in general due to the new organization of industrial work that liberates free time, and the development of stores and commodities. Creative work is a positive vision of industrial work: workers are creative by being workers. It means that they create added value and riches for the whole country by and with their work. This is the most important message there and it is of course deeply political but it is also in complete contrast with the ideologists and artists of the west like Fritz Lang, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell or even T.S. Eliot.

Vertov is an optimist. This vision is of course today difficult to accept because that fully accepted industrialism produced pollution, colonialism, totalitarianism, fascism, nazism, and many other delicate development of the 20th century. Note I do not mention communism which is covered by totalitarianism. Paid vacations and the 40 working hours a week are two positive reforms that do not in any way cover up the rest nor compensate for the rest.

A last remark is that this film gives us a completely exploded vision of life in a myriad of small tid-bits that are recomposed in the kaleidoscope of our eyes. We find the same vision in Russian music at the same time. Fast rhythm of innumerable particles of life similar to the vision we can have of a very busy street while we are on a fast errand that makes us go up that street in little time. In other words the new technology made it possible to show on a screen what exploded life was really becoming. Vertov shows the positive side of things. Go to Fritz Lang or Charlie Chaplin to have the negative side of things, even if Chaplin tries to see the fun of it.

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