Review of Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Jake Cole for Slant Magazine — 03 Jan 2005
The blatant staging and rich emotional undercurrent of Vertov’s documentary footage presage Werner Herzog’s ecstatic truth mantra, and was a far cry from the utilitarian social-realist mandate that would soon drain Soviet cinema of this experimental edge.
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This review of Man with a Movie Camera (1929) was written by Jake Cole and published by Slant Magazine on 03 Jan 2005.
Man with a Movie Camera has generally received very positive reviews.
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