{"product_id":"dziga-vertov-the-man-with-the-movie-camera-and-other-newly-restored-works-blu-ray","title":"Dziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"aplus-module-8\" data-csa-c-id=\"7f7jaw-ampxof-sq1hzd-cy71su\" class=\"celwidget aplus-module module-8 aplus-standard\" cel_widget_id=\"aplus-module-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aplus-module-wrapper apm-fixed-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-lefttwothirdswrap apm-floatleft\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-centerthirdcol\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-mini\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS Import\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"a-spacing-mini\"\u003e\"I am an eye. A mechanical eye. I am the machine that reveals the world to you as only the machine can see it.” - Dziga Vertov (\"Kino-Eye\")\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-base\"\u003eThese words, written in 1923 (only a year after Robert Flaherty’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNanook of the North\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas released) reflect the Soviet pioneer’s developing approach to cinema as an art form that shuns traditional or Western narrative in favor of images from real life. They lay the foundation for what would become the crux of Vertov’s revolutionary, anti-bourgeois aesthetic wherein the camera is an extension of the human eye, capturing “the chaos of visual phenomena filling the universe.” Over the next decade-and-a-half, Vertov would devote his life to the construction and organization of these raw images, his apotheosis being the landmark 1929 film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMan with a Movie Camera\u003c\/span\u003e. In it, he comes closest to realizing his theory of ‘Kino-Eye,’ creating a new, more ambitious and more significant picture than what the eye initially perceives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-base\"\u003eNow – thanks to the extraordinary restoration efforts of Lobster Films, Blackhawk Films Collection, EYE Film Institute, Cinémathèque de Toulouse, and the Centre National de la Cinématographie – Flicker Alley is able to present the four films featured on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein a brand-new, Blu-ray edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"aplus-basic-module-13-text\" data-csa-c-id=\"nls4e2-kf957f-yod5xc-tby4p3\" class=\"celwidget aplus-module basic-module-13-text aplus-standard\" cel_widget_id=\"aplus-basic-module-13-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-none aplus-module aplus-module-13 aplus-module-wrapper apm-fixed-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-none aplus-module-section aplus-text-section\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMan with a Movie Camera\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1929) - Named the best documentary film of all time by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/span\u003e, it is presented here in its entirety for the first time since its original premiere. Discovered and restored at EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam—with extensive digital treatment by Lobster Films—the 35mm print from which this edition is, in part, sourced is the only known complete version of the film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKino-Eye\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1924) – A cinematographic poem in which Vertov lays the foundation of his Kino-Eye principles, the film shows the incredible force of his theories, but also the beauty and energy of a society fresh from revolution, ready to face the challenges of a difficult future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1931) – One of the first Soviet sound films, it deals with the Five Year Plan of the late 1920s, and represents Vertov’s radical attempt to link economic progress with the introduction of sound in cinema.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThree Songs About Lenin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1934) – Arguably Vertov’s most personal work, the triptych celebrates the Soviet leader 10 years after his death as seen through the eyes of the people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMan with a Movie Camera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKino-Eye\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003efeature musical accompaniments by Alloy Orchestra and Robert Israel respectively, while original soundtracks have been restored for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnthusiasm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThree Songs About Lenin\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecial Features Include:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-box a-spacing-small a-color-alternate-background apm-listbox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-box-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-base\"\u003eKino-Pravda #21 (1925) - A newsreel made to mark the first anniversary of Lenin’s death,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-base\"\u003e24-Page Booklet - Featuring information about Vertov’s life and works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44018029461704,"sku":"617311679292","price":56.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/manwiththemoviecamerabd.jpg?v=1723245531","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/dziga-vertov-the-man-with-the-movie-camera-and-other-newly-restored-works-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}