Director: Dziga Vertov
Year: 1929
Country: Russia
Language: Silent
Subtitles: English
Length: 68 mins
Format: PAL | R2
Colour: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33: 1
Certificate: E

Synopsis

Man With A Movie Camera is an extraordinary piece of film-making, 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 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 Tsivian, the leading historian of Russian silent cinema. His provocative and stimulating account makes this masterpiece of documentary cinema accessible as never before.