Dziga Vertov: Life and Work (Volume 1: 1896-1921) Contributor(s): MacKay, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618117343 ISBN-13: 9781618117342 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $141.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
Dewey: 791.430 |
LCCN: 2018018548 |
Series: Film and Media Studies |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.83 lbs) 470 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Largely forgotten during the last 20 years of his life, the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896-1954) has occupied a singular and often controversial position over the past sixty years as a founding figure of documentary, avant-garde, and political-propaganda film practice. Creator of Man with a Movie Camera (1929), perhaps the most celebrated non-fiction film ever made, Vertov is equally renowned as the most militant opponent of the canons of mainstream filmmaking in the history of cinema. This book, the first in a three-volume study, addresses Vertov's youth in the largely Jewish city of Bialystok, his education in Petrograd, his formative years of involvement in filmmaking, his experiences during the Russian Civil War, and his interests in music, poetry and technology. |