Man with a Movie Camera
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Man with a Movie Camera is a 1929 silent experimental documentary film by Dziga Vertov, celebrated for its innovative cinematic techniques and influential role in film history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Man with a Movie Camera canonical | 5 |
| The Man with the Movie Camera | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Man with a Movie Camera Context triple: [Soviet montage school, notableWork, Man with a Movie Camera]
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Soviet montage school
The Soviet montage school was an influential early 20th-century film movement in the Soviet Union that emphasized dynamic editing and the collision of images to create meaning and emotional impact, shaping the theory and practice of cinema worldwide.
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B.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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film Un Chien Andalou
Un Chien Andalou is a landmark 1929 surrealist short film, co-written by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel, renowned for its shocking, dreamlike imagery and non-linear narrative.
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D.
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 silent romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, celebrated for its blend of slapstick humor and poignant emotion.
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film L'Age d'Or
L'Age d'Or is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel, co-written with Salvador Dalí, renowned for its shocking, anti-bourgeois imagery and early avant-garde style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Man with a Movie Camera Target entity description: Man with a Movie Camera is a 1929 silent experimental documentary film by Dziga Vertov, celebrated for its innovative cinematic techniques and influential role in film history.
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A.
Soviet montage school
The Soviet montage school was an influential early 20th-century film movement in the Soviet Union that emphasized dynamic editing and the collision of images to create meaning and emotional impact, shaping the theory and practice of cinema worldwide.
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B.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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C.
film Un Chien Andalou
Un Chien Andalou is a landmark 1929 surrealist short film, co-written by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel, renowned for its shocking, dreamlike imagery and non-linear narrative.
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D.
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 silent romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, celebrated for its blend of slapstick humor and poignant emotion.
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E.
film L'Age d'Or
L'Age d'Or is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel, co-written with Salvador Dalí, renowned for its shocking, anti-bourgeois imagery and early avant-garde style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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experimental film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mikhail Kaufman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts | urban life in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Dziga Vertov ⓘ |
| editedBy | Elizaveta Svilova ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde film
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city symphony film ⓘ documentary ⓘ |
| hasNo |
actors
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synchronized dialogue ⓘ traditional narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
construction of cinematic truth
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industrialization ⓘ mechanization ⓘ modern urban life ⓘ relationship between camera and reality ⓘ |
| includedIn | many lists of greatest films of all time ⓘ |
| influenced |
documentary filmmaking
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experimental cinema ⓘ music video aesthetics ⓘ |
| metaCinematicElement | film about filmmaking ⓘ |
| music | various later scores by different composers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fast cutting and rapid editing
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freeze frames and slow motion ⓘ innovative cinematic techniques ⓘ self-reflexive depiction of filmmaking ⓘ split screens and double exposure ⓘ stop motion and time-lapse photography ⓘ tracking shots and crane shots ⓘ use of montage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian intertitles ⓘ |
| partOfMovement |
Soviet avant-garde
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Soviet montage school ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet montage cinema
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| portrays | a cameraman filming a city ⓘ |
| productionCompany | VUFKU ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
highly influential documentary
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landmark in film history ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1929-04-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approx. 68 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn |
Kyiv
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Moscow ⓘ Odesa ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Man with a Movie Camera Description of subject: Man with a Movie Camera is a 1929 silent experimental documentary film by Dziga Vertov, celebrated for its innovative cinematic techniques and influential role in film history.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Man with the Movie Camera
this entity surface form:
The Man with the Movie Camera