“Man With A Movie Camera”: Film Review Podcast
Posted: September 16th, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Film Reviews Podcast | 1 Comment »
Well, the joke certainly was on me.
Full with hubris when it comes to, well, knowledge of most anything, especially classic, important films, I thought I knew ’em all.
Which was obviously never the case, and still isn’t, though there is now one more classic bit of cinema on my resumé.
“Man With A Movie Camera” is a Russian documentary, made in 1929 by Dziga Vertov.
It is, a recent study has stated, the most taught bit of cinema in film study classes in colleges across the land.
Not only had I never seen it, I had never heard of it.
Fortunately it is available for free on youtube, and for a few bucks at Amazon Prime. Being the frugal sort, I chose the former to savor its 66 seriously groundbreaking minutes.
For reasons why I believe it would be worthwhile for you to check out, listen to my podcast below:
Chuck — great podcast. I love the sound of your voice, and it comes with such a genial erudition!
Bravo. Now, I need to go track down this 1929 doc.