Dziga Vertov
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Top 10 Picks for IDFA 2018
The program for the 31st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (November 14th – 25th) — the first under the new artistic directorship of Syrian documentary filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia — feels equal parts familiar and fresh. On the one hand, as in years past, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the sheer size of the world’s largest nonfiction film festival. Once again the fest will include exceptional industry events like the IDFA Forum (and Docs for Sale, the IDFA Bertha Fund, IDFA Academy, etc.), competitions (14 in total), and more meet-and-greets and parties than one can reasonably attend. (Do I […]
by Lauren Wissot on Nov 13, 2018 -
Rise of the Neuro Eye
At some point in every film nerd’s life we watch Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera. We learn of the foreboding “cinematic apparatus” — of how the film projector mimics our human eye, causing the audience to become a part of the machine, to identify with the protagonist, to root for the hero with all of our psychological ego-driven urges as we complete the circuit of cinematic perception. But now what? As theaters all over the world are moving to digital projection, the simple mechanism that mirrors our human eye is becoming obsolete. Film prints have now become a […]
by Donna K on Jan 17, 2013 -
“MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA” AT STRANGER THAN FICTION
Since part of the mission of Stranger Than Fiction is to promote “lost gems,” it should come as no surprise that programmer Thom Powers would choose to screen Dziga Vertov’s Man With A Movie Camera, a little seen (outside of film schools) Soviet classic that has had a profound influence on everything from Jean-Luc Godard to car commercials. A mish-mash of documentary material and visual effects, Man With a Movie Camera is a rapidly edited documentary experiment — and perhaps the world’s first music video. Last night’s screening featured a modern score arranged by John Walter, an editor and filmmaker […]
by Mary Anderson Casavant on May 26, 2010
