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DominicCobb
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1-Jan-2013, 6:53 PM

Man with the Movie Camera (1929) 10/10 - I'll admit I was a bit skeptical at first (a movie without a story - really?), but WOW. The cinematography and the editing were simply mesmerizing. Far ahead of its time. I loved it. It certainly helped too that I'm generally interested by life and history, and this one had both. And while it may claim to have no story, it really has hundreds about the every day lives of Russians in the late twenties. And, of course, the over-arching story, about the man with the camera documenting the picture, who has regressed and become a part of the picture himself, is particularly thought provoking. It really makes one think about the possibilities of movies and movie making.