Documentary
Soviet (Человек с киноаппаратом)
1929 · Directed by Dziga Vertov · 68 min
A cameraman and his camera travel through a single day of city life, from waking streets to factories, beaches and theatres. There is no story and no actors in the usual sense: the film is an argument about what cinema can do, made out of everyday reality.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the 1920s avant-garde and of the city symphony form, it set out a vision of non-fiction cinema as formal experiment that documentarians and video artists still return to.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a demonstration of what only cinema can do, not as a documentary about a place.
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