Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

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Soviet Union
Feature Documentary
Original Title: Chelovek s kino-apparatom
Writer/Director: Dziga Vertov
Cinematographer: Mikhail Kaufman
Featuring: Mikhail Kaufman

A dazzling, lyrical, and rather abstract silent documentary depicting a day in the life of a city (or more precisely, the Soviet Union), Man with a Movie Camera manages to both dazzle the eye and challenge the intellect, whilst perhaps neglecting the soul. Iain Stott