Man with a movie camera
Man with a movie camera [videorecording(DVD)] /
a film by Dziga Vertov.
- [London] : BFI, [2000?]
- 1 videodisc(DVD) (68min) : si, b&w
BFI BFIVD 502. Originally released in 1929 under title: Chelovek s kinoapparatom.
Contains a choice of three soundtracks to accompany the film - a soundtrack composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra, who have closely followed Vertov's notes on music to accompany the film - a new score from In the Nursery, who successfully toured the UK with the film last year. Their score deploys the latest music technology to create a soundtrack that reflects Vertov's own progressive filmmaking techniques - a commentary by Yuri Tsuvian, the leading historian of Russian silent cinema. His provocative and stimulating account makes this masterpiece of documentary cinema accessible as never before.
A "camera eye" documentary without any plot, that observes Russian life in a succession of street and interior scenes.
Exempt from certification.
Silent film with English captions and musical score.
Silent films--Soviet Union.
Experimental films--Soviet Union.
Motion picture, Russian.
Moscow (Russia)--In motion pictures.
Moscow (Russia)--Description and travel.
BFI BFIVD 502. Originally released in 1929 under title: Chelovek s kinoapparatom.
Contains a choice of three soundtracks to accompany the film - a soundtrack composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra, who have closely followed Vertov's notes on music to accompany the film - a new score from In the Nursery, who successfully toured the UK with the film last year. Their score deploys the latest music technology to create a soundtrack that reflects Vertov's own progressive filmmaking techniques - a commentary by Yuri Tsuvian, the leading historian of Russian silent cinema. His provocative and stimulating account makes this masterpiece of documentary cinema accessible as never before.
A "camera eye" documentary without any plot, that observes Russian life in a succession of street and interior scenes.
Exempt from certification.
Silent film with English captions and musical score.
Silent films--Soviet Union.
Experimental films--Soviet Union.
Motion picture, Russian.
Moscow (Russia)--In motion pictures.
Moscow (Russia)--Description and travel.
