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'''''Man with the Movie Camera''''' is an experimental [[1929]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]] by [[RusiaRussia]]n director [[Dziga Vertov]]. The film follows a cameraman around various cities, intercutting his footage with footage of him filming and footage of a woman editing, and includes a number of cinematic techniques such as [[double exposure]], [[fast motion]], [[slow motion]], [[freeze frame]]s, [[jump cut]]s, [[split screen]]s, [[Dutch angle]]s, extreme [[closeup]]s, [[tracking shot]]s, footage played backwards, and a self-reflexive storyline (at one point it features a split screen tracking shot; the sides have opposite Dutch angles).

The film has an unabashedly [[art film]] bent and emphasizes that film can go ''anywhere'', for instance superimposing a shot of a cameraman setting up his camera atop a second, mountainous camera; or superimposing a cameramn inside a beer glass; or filming a woman getting out of bed and getting dressed; or even filming a different woman giving birth, the baby being taken away to be bathed.