floorMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA
A recording on 6 reels of film.
Production VUFKU, 1929.
Extract from the log book
of a movie cameraman.
Attention, viewers:
The film you are about to see
is an attempt
at cinematographic diffusion
of visual scenes.
WITHOUT USE OF INTERTITLES
(the film has no intertitles)
WITHOUT USE OF A SCREENPLAY
(the film has no screenplay)
WITHOUT USE OF A THEATER
(the film has no sets, actors, etc.)
The purpose of this experimental work
is to create
an absolute and universal
cinematographic language
completely free of theatrical
or literary language.
Author and conductor
of the experiment:
Dziga VERTOV
Head cameraman
M. KAUFMAN
Assistant - editor
E. SVILOVA
M. GORKI
Certificate of marriage
Certificate of divorce
The director
Cultural questionnaire
Suggestion box
for the wall newspaper
A few words about sport...
The "Proletarian" movie theater
Club Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov
at the Odessa train station
The father of fascism
Lenin Club, 2nd floor