Kino-Eye : The Writings of Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov; Kevin O'Brien; Professor Emeritus Founding Ed October Magazine Annette Michelson
University of California Press
 9780520056305
0-520-05630-2

Dziga Vertov was one of the greatest innovators of Soviet cinema. The radical complexity of his work-in both sound and silent forms-has given it a central place within contemporary theoretical inquiry..

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Vertov's writings, collected here, range from calculated manifestos setting forth his heroic vision of film's potential to dark ruminations on the inactivity forced upon him by the bureaucratization of the Soviet state.