Sunday, January 11, 2009
Man with the Movie Camera
again one of the things I noticed in the movie was the music, I know it was not the piece that would have been played at the time. I think it added a lot to the movie though. if I remember correct though prof Isham said it was written according to notes to the movie. with the music it added almost a metronome effect to the movie. it was like it moved the movie along the camera would flash what the Soviets thought was good like, where the women were covered. then it would flash to another woman where she was topless and putting on makeup showing off her body. time also seems to slow for a wedding, but after the wedding every things seems to go awire, and its as if the camera is showing that the wedding only leads to divorce. this movie was hard to follow but it was a vary interesting movie.
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And in many ways it's the type of film that needs to be rewatched and restudied just as a piece of music does before it can be fully understood.
ReplyDeleteThe Alloy Orchestra score is indeed truly amazing, though it does have a tendency to cloak certain contrasts Vertov is trying to make.