Although Man With the Movie Camera had no storyline, I really enjoyed it. The music caught me from the beginning. I found myself bouncing up and down to the beat and then it would go dark and seem more menacing and then I would go back to bouncing again. Whoever did the music to the film did an excellent job. It kept me interested throughout. I especially enjoyed the introduction music. The screen is completely dark and silent. Then someone turns on a radio and tries tuning into a station that carries static. Still the screen remains dark. Finally images appear of people sleeping and the song is more calming. Then the sunlight shines and the streets fill with people and the song turns happy and bouncy.
I also enjoyed the creativity in this film. I loved the superimposed camera man on top of the buildings setting up his filming equipment. I also noticed several of the shots with three to four different images overlapping each other. My favorite had to be the scene with the crowds of people. If you didn't look close enough you wouldn't have even noticed there were four images on the screen all moving. In fact, I think that it was purposely held for just those few extra seconds to show that there indeed were several shots overlapping. Then there were the fast flipped pictures. It reminded me of the Animorphs books with the pictures in the bottom corner that you flipped through quickly to watch them transform into an animal. This definitely was something new in Russian Cinema.
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While I overall didn't care for this film (I'm sorry, I just prefer movies with a plot and this is not the first I've seen without one) I must agree with you: both the music and the superimposed shots were stunning. The camerawork was superb; I especially like the shot of the various buildings from both the worm's eye view and the bird's eye view.
P.S. I was the biggest Animorphs fan you can imagine back in the day!
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