Man with a Movie Camera with the Alloy Orchestra

1929 | U.S.S.R | NR | 68 min.

Showings

State Theatre Sun, Jul 31, 2016 3:00 PM
Film Info
Section:State Centennial
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Release Year:1929
Runtime:68 min.
Rating:NR
Production Country:U.S.S.R
Original Language:Russian
Subtitles:English
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Mikhail Kaufman
Director:Dziga Vertov
Screenwriter:Dziga Vertov
Cinematography:Mikhail Kaufman
Gleb Troyanski
Editing By:Dziga Vertov

Description

We are proud to present a rare live event on our beautiful silver screen as part of the centennial celebration of the historic State Theatre of Traverse City. Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a global coalition of film archivists, “Man with a Movie Camera,” a groundbreaking early work of cinema, is available its entirety for the first time since its premiere in Moscow in 1929. And accompanying this magnificent new restoration, live on our stage, is the internationally-acclaimed Alloy Orchestra—an ensemble so revered, the late Roger Ebert wrote that they were the very best in the world at accompanying silent film. Soviet auteur Dziga Vertov’s pioneering film captures a day in the life of 1920s Moscow as seen through the lens of the “kino-glaz” (cinema-eye). Mixing quotidian footage of Russian life with the poetic whir of machinery to dazzling effect, Vertov and his editor wife Elizaveta Svilova helped establish film as an art form when they created a new cinematic language through rhythmic editing, creative exposures, and inventive camera tricks. The Alloy Orchestra has chosen to carefully follow the instructions laid out by Vertov himself when composing their score. The result is a spectacular and vital cinematic experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen.