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Man with a Movie Camera

Человек с киноаппаратом

1929

A cameraman roams a bustling Soviet city from dawn to dusk, and the film exuberantly turns the everyday into spectacle through dazzling montage, split screens, and every trick of the medium. Dziga Vertov's revolutionary, plotless documentary landmark.

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