Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Don Basin

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07/07/2016 Russian propaganda from the early 1930's; as usual, the montage cinematography is first-rate. See more 04/19/2011 For me, a mixed bag with brilliant cinematic technique in service of straight-up Communism with churches being torn down and farms being collectivized. See more 11/27/2009 Dziga Vertov qui joue avec le son. Pourquoi pas ? Sauf que je trouve cela moins seduisant que L'homme a la camera, ou le concept de kino-glaz etait a son apogee (l'oeil-camera, mais qui voit des choses que personne ne peut voir). Ici ok, il y a un jeu sur le son industriel, le film est assez avant-gardiste de ce point de vue. Mais que c'est lent. Que c'est redondant. Que c'est nauseabond ! L'homme a la camera etait propagandiste mais moins violemment que celui-ci. Vraiment pas convaincu. See more 09/23/2009 Another propoganda piece from Vertov. It doesn't live up to the promise of The Man with the Movie Camera, but it's reasonably engaging. The camera angles are bold and the editing is rhythmic (though sometimes too abrupt), which keeps things lively. More importantly, we see how Vertov embraced sound technology, utilizing music, sound effects and speech in ways both practical and avant-garde, diegetic and non-diegetic. Not essential viewing, but not bad. See more 02/01/2008 WTF!? WTF was that!!! So no plot, story, anything! One character who disappears fifteen minutes in. Really, REALLY bad music. and then really bad stock footage that sort of tell a story but only if your paying attention like 500% and your reading into it way too much! This made no sence and was a waste of time, if it wasn't for a class and I had to watch it I would have walked out. It fails as a documentry, fails as propaganda and passes as being very, very, VERY avante garde. Look even the plot box is empty; CAUSE IT SUCKED! Oh it was horrible! Never again! NEVER! See more Read all reviews

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