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“I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see”

Quote by Dziga Vertov

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Russian film director and documentary pioneer, known as the 'father of cinema'. Dziga Vertov's unique cinematic language and revolutionary documentary ideas have influenced generations. His works emphasized the role of film as a tool for social change, with notable works including 'Man with a Movie Camera'. more

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“The film drama is the opium of the people…down with bourgeois fairy-tale scenarios…long live life as it is!”

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“Kino-Eye uses every possible means in montage, comparing and linking all points of the universe in any temporal order, breaking, when necessary, all the laws and conventions of film construction.”

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“I'm not that shallow, asshole. I don't need money. It's way more important for them to be good-looking.”

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