Live Music & Film: Man with a Movie Camera | with post-rock band 1929 G

When

11.00am, Sun 26 Feb 2023 (68 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Subtitled
  • Wheelchair Accessible

About

Man with a Movie Camera will begin and end this City Symphony film series to highlight how a live music accompaniment can change your experience of a film. This first live cinema experience will be accompanied by post-rock band hazards of swimming naked. The finale screening of Man with a Movie Camera on 26 November will be with acclaimed violinist Jonny Ng. 

Pioneering Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (David Abelevich Kaufman's pseudonym meaning 'spinning top') is credited as producing the first major city symphony – a film that celebrates the visual language of the modern cityscape with a radical innovation reflecting this technological development. Man With a Movie Camera, billed in the opening credits as an 'experiment in cinematic communication of visible events', observes daily life in Moscow, Odessa and Kiev. Vertov shoots scenes from his hip and employs a vast number of special effects and transitions to create as distinct and bewildering image of modern life. Dismissed at the time of its release and even labelled by director Sergei Eisenstein as "cine-hooliganism", the film is now regarded as one of the greatest documentaries of all time.

G | The content is very mild in impact

hazards of swimming naked

hazards of swimming naked will perform an instrumental, post-rock accompaniment to Man with a Movie Camera that blends the cinematic grandeur of artists such as artists such as Mogwai and godspeed you! black emperor with their signature style that is driven by interlocking melodies and cross rhythms that shift between delicate and bold moments.

Originally from Tropical North Queensland and now Brisbane based, the humidity and vibrancy of the region permeates their music. They have built an international following throughout the US and Europe. From their 2009 debut ‘Our Lines Are Down’ through to the 2018 album ‘Take Great Joy’ and a release planned for 2023, they are crafting a catalogue of introspective, challenging instrumental music.

Production Credits

  • Director: Dziga Vertov
  • Script: Dziga Vertov
  • Cinematographers: Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski
  • Editor: Dziga Vertov
  • Print Source/Rights: mk2 Films
  • Year: 1929
  • Runtime: 68 minutes
  • Country: Soviet Union
  • Languages: Russian, (with English subtitles)
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP