Man with a Movie Camera

  • Documentary
5/12/1929
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The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Could this be the original observational documentary? We begin as the audience flood into a cinema and settle down in front of the big screen. The cameraman then takes us on a tour of his city with no apparent rhyme nor reason to the imagery we see. There's a bit of the old Imperial opulence reflected in the architecture to contrast with the street beggars (whom the Soviet Union aways denied existed). A very near miss whilst trying to get some POV footage of a train. Then what feels rather pruriently like a look at a woman's morning levée all intercut cleverly using the camera shutter to deliver this in chapters as their city awakens and the trams start to run, the bustle sets in and the industry comes alive. The photography frequently capt...

    July 13, 2024

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