Dziga Vertov [blu-ray] : The man with a movie camera and other newly restored works

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Title:

Added Author:

Vertov, Dziga, 1896-1954, film director, film editor.

Bromberg, Serge, producer, director, editor.

Series:

Blackhawk Films collection

Blackhawk Films collection.

Edition:

Deluxe blu-ray edition.

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

[Los Angeles, California] : Flicker Alley ; [Paris] : Lobster films, [2015]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (279 min.) : sound ; b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 pages : illustrations; 15 cm)

ISBN:

9781893967922

Abstract:

A collection of Russian experimental documentary films by Dziga Vertov, who used in his films several cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds, et cetera) to present urban life from dawn to dusk.

Contents:

Man with a camera (1929) -- Enthusiasm: symphony of the Donbas (1931) -- Three songs about Lenin (1934) -- Kino eye (1924) -- Kino Pravda (1922-1925).

Technical Details:

Blu-ray disc; regions A, B, C.; requires blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Documentary films -- Production and direction.

Cinematography -- Special effects.

Geographic Term:

Soviet Union -- Social life and customs -- 1917-1970.

Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945.

Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945.

Genre:

Experimental films.

Silent films.