Diary entries of Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov, 1924 - 1953, who was born in Bialystok, Poland, 1986. He studied music and enrolled in St. Petersburg Neurological Institute in 1916. Worked on first Soviet newsreel, Kinonedelia (1918-1919), then on subsequent newsreel series (inc. Kinopravda, 1922-1925). Text contains manifesto of the 'Kinoki' about how to defuse theatrical cinematography. Political film-making. Films discussed, among others: - 'Tri pesni o Lenine' (Three Songs About Lenin) (1934); - Odinnadtsatyj, (The Eleventh Year) (1928). - 'Shestaya chast mira' (The Sixth Part of the World) (1926) - 'Shagaj, sovyet!' (Forward, Soviet!) (1926) - Kino-pravda (Cinema-Truth) (1925)
| Item number | 32105 |
|---|---|
| Category | Book |
| Type | Criticism/History |
| Dimensions | height 189mm x width 120mm x thickness 13mm |
| Language | German |
| Country of origin | Austria |
| Related people | Dsiga (Dziga) Wertow (Vertov) (author) |
| Peter Kronlechner (editor) | |
| Peter Kubelka (editor) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection