Dziga Vertov : life and work

Cover Dziga Vertov: Life and Work (Volume 1: 1896–1921) Table of Contents Note on Abbreviations, Transliteration, and Translations Introduction: How Did It Begin? Province of Universality: David Kaufman before the War (1896–1914) Social Immortality: David Kaufman at the Psychoneurological Institute (1914–16) Acknowledgments Archives Consulted Filmography Bibliography Index The most extensive study of the life and corpus of any Russian or Soviet filmmaker, this book reinserts Dziga Vertov's films into the complex epoch in which he worked, the theoretical debates in which he participated, and the reception his writings and films have generated.