 7. Vertov 1 Readings Vertov: We: Variant of a Manifesto Senses of Cinema: “Dziga Vertov” Lecture: Zabel: On Vertov Discussion:  Make your entries for Session 4 in the Discussions page of our Blackboard Site Film Vertov: A Sixth Part of the World Vertov’s montage documentary is an ode to the vast region of the Soviet Union and all the different cultures contained within it. Like all of Vertov’s films, this film is a documentary that features no narrative at all and is instead composed of a series of images that are carefully composed to create meaning. The title refers to the amount of land that is taken up by the newly formed Soviet Union, and the film functions to celebrate and unify the diversity contained within the multitude of cultures. It was commissioned the Soviet Government trade agency as a sort of advertisement for the USSR to be shown internationally. Vertov took the opportunity to turn the film into a sort of poem illustrating his ideas on the power of cinema.[1] Director: Dziga Vertov Writer: Dziga Vertov Year:1926 Production Company: Sovkino - Jay Leyda. Kino (London: C. Tinling & Co., 1960) 200

7. Vertov 1

Readings

Vertov: We: Variant of a Manifesto

Senses of Cinema: “Dziga Vertov”

Lecture:

Zabel: On Vertov

Discussion:

Make your entries for Session 4 in the Discussions page of our Blackboard Site

Film

Vertov: A Sixth Part of the World

Vertov’s montage documentary is an ode to the vast region of the Soviet Union and all the different cultures contained within it. Like all of Vertov’s films, this film is a documentary that features no narrative at all and is instead composed of a series of images that are carefully composed to create meaning.

The title refers to the amount of land that is taken up by the newly formed Soviet Union, and the film functions to celebrate and unify the diversity contained within the multitude of cultures. It was commissioned the Soviet Government trade agency as a sort of advertisement for the USSR to be shown internationally. Vertov took the opportunity to turn the film into a sort of poem illustrating his ideas on the power of cinema.[1]

Director: Dziga Vertov

Writer: Dziga Vertov

Year:1926

Production Company: Sovkino

- Jay Leyda. Kino (London: C. Tinling & Co., 1960) 200