I was sceptical, but Man With a Movie Camera is an extraordinary film that reveals everyday life in all its banal gloryWhen a cinephile friend proposed an early Soviet documentary instead of Magic Mike XXL this week, I was sceptical. I prepared myself for 80 minutes of well-built workers extolling the virtues of collective agriculture.But in Man With a Movie Camera – newly restored and showing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London – late 1920s Russia and Ukraine positively fizz with life. In the hands of director Dziga Vertov, everyday goings-on, such as hitching a ride on a …read more
Source: The Guardian
