I think the meaning behind "The Man with the Camera" is greater than the meaning of the film itself. The camera subject theory established by Vertov is almost the same as today's documentary theory. Tricks...we don't think it's a myth, it's the normal way to make the most of it."
It is not difficult to see Vertov's admiration for the film eye, and also the reason for his creation of this film: the film eye can not only observe and record life, but also create. For him, the camera itself is an objective existence. Rather than a tool "I am a movie eye, I am a mechanical eye," says "Cine Eye Man: A Revolution". "The Man with the Camera" is a blend of documentary and avant-garde film, a collision between editing and montage. The "self-exposure" is repeated repeatedly in the film, and the camera is rescued from the "slaves" of previous directors: let The camera sees what it wants to see, not what the director wants to see. We can see many irreplaceable angles in the film. Vertov, like Flaherty, is a director who insists on himself under the torrent of the times. It’s a pity The idealistic avant-garde art has been completely destroyed by the system and has become a part of it, but fortunately, we can still see the indelible revolutionaryness of avant-garde art like "The Man with a Camera".
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