Re-release of Vertov's feature film produced by the Ukrainian film studio VUFKU presents urban life in Odessa and other Soviet cities. From dawn to dusk Soviet citizens are shown at work and at play and interacting with the machinery of modern life. It was Vertov's first full-length film and he used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal - dissolves split screen slow motion and freeze-frames - to produce a work that is exhilarating and intellectually brilliant. This version features a sound track by Michael Nyman.
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A silent film showing the people of Moscow at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city moving. Film pioneer Dziga Vertov uses all the cinematic techniques available at the time - dissolves, split screen, slow motion and freeze frames.
Dziga Vertov's groundbreaking film accompanied by a new, specially-written score by composer Michael Nyman. Vertov's film is widely acknowledged as one of the landmark achievements of early modern cinema; its use of such radical effects as dissolves, split screens, slow motion, superimpositions and freeze frames have made for one of the most enduring representations of early 20th century city life.
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