What is the best Dziga Vertov film of all time?
He called the camera an eye and spent thirty years proving it, mostly in newsreels nobody ranks.
1Man with a Movie CameraThe 1929 city symphony that turned a day in the Soviet Union into a catalogue of camera tricks.1000pts
2Enthusiasm: The Symphony of DonbasVertov's 1931 first sound film, built from the noise of Donbas mines and factories.703pts
3Anniversary of the RevolutionVertov's 1918 debut compilation, the first feature-length Soviet documentary.641pts
4The Eleventh YearA 1928 record of industrialisation on the eleventh anniversary of the revolution.481pts
5A Sixth Part of the WorldA 1926 travelogue across the Soviet republics, made as an advertisement for state trade.374pts
6LullabyA 1937 film on Soviet women and motherhood, assembled from footage across the union.374pts
7Kino-PravdaThe 1922-1925 newsreel series of 23 issues that established Vertov's method.374pts
8History of the Civil WarA 1921 compilation feature on the Russian Civil War, long considered lost.374pts
9Kino-EyeA 1924 film following Young Pioneers, famous for its reversed-motion sequences.240pts
10Three Songs About LeninA 1934 tribute built from three folk songs about Lenin.240pts
11Stride, Soviet!A 1926 portrait of Moscow's recovery, made for the city soviet.240pts
12Soviet ToysA 1924 animated short satirising the NEP-era profiteer.240pts
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