Man with a movie camera [videorecording(DVD)] / a film by Dziga Vertov.

Contributor(s): Publication details: [London] : BFI, [2000?]Description: 1 videodisc(DVD) (68min) : si, b&wUniform titles:
  • Chelovek s kinoapparatom.
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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.
Summary: A "camera eye" documentary without any plot, that observes Russian life in a succession of street and interior scenes.
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2 week loan (DVD) Hockney Library Film Collection FC/MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Please remember to unlock the case after issuing. 7412385409
2 week loan Hockney Library Library Store (Please ask to see) FC/MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Please remember to unlock the case after issuing. 7412019917

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.

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