dizzying array of camera tricks and locations. swept along in a day in the life of a Soviet city, which actually took 3 years to put together. made in 1929 but has a very fast paced modern feel.

Can a silent-era film containing no actors, no plotline, and no narration-cards actually hold the rapt attention of a jaded viewer, like myself, for more than just a few minutes?_____ As hard as it is to believe (after watching 1929's "Man With A Movie Camera"), I'm convinced that it can. This has got to be one of the most interesting films of the silent-era that I have ever seen._____ Filmed in Russia (mainly within the city of Moscow) and directed by Dziga Vertov (also a Russian), I found it quite surprising how startlingly modern this film appeared to be._____ Utilizing a groundbreaking style of rapid-fire editing and incorporating other cinematic techniques such as split-screen, slow motion, and freeze-frame, the final effect of this experimental film was, at times, nothing short of mesmerizing._____ In this dusk-till-dawn view if urban, Russian life (as the wheels of progress relentlessly turn round and round), the viewer gets a rare, front-row seat to take a glimpse at the city and its people at work, rest, and play.