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x yThe silent film "Man with a Movie Camera" directed by Dziga Vertov shows a typical day in a Soviet city in the 1920s without actors or plot. It uses innovative camera techniques to reflect everyday life and the relationship between humans and machines. The documentary style film gave the author new insights about workers living routine lives stuck in factories while living in Germany. They lived in harmony with machines similar to what was shown in the film about Russian people. The film succeeded in making the author think about values like factories and humans through its unique style, showing it took Vertov 5-6 years to prepare.
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