The Art of Life

This post is actually pre-scheduled for I am currently enjoying a brief sojourn at the hospital. However not to worry, whilst I am away please do come inside and make yourself at home. If you should so happen to find your way through to the kitchen and into the larder, I hope you shall find it suitably stocked with an interesting array of teas, cakes and other sundries. If the feeling should perhaps take you, there are a number of thick wool blankets in the linen cupboard, so why not curl up on the sofa?

Man with a Movie Camera is a 1929 silent documentary by Dziga Vertov. It has no story, no script, no actors. It is quite simply a day in the life of citizens in the Soviet Union. It is an artistic exploration through the medium of film, and in that endeavour it is pure magic. For those interested in film production, the skills and techniques used this piece of early cinema are quite stunning in their complexity and variation.

This film is about life, yet more importantly, the art that is life.

Currently playing: Tulips - Bloc Party

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