Thursday, January 3, 2008

The Man With The Movie Camera (1929)

"The Man" of the title is only character in this blisteringly fast paced look at a Russian town. The camera takes us into the streets, homes, bedrooms, and lives of the workers and people of the time as they simply go about their business. 

The techniques in this film are amazing. As the actual film progresses, we are taken by the camera man into the editing room where he stacks what he has filmed so far into categories, then edits and re-assembles the scenes - as we watch him. 

But that's a summary, not a review. Let me just say: It's great.

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