I just saw this film at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra. The film is one of the great achievements of the silent era (or any era for that matter). Its technical wonders are so vast, and fly by you so fast, that in the blink of an eye, you can miss some of them. As others have said, Koyaanisqatsi is the first film that comes to mind, and it was made more than fifty years later.
I won't go into the film's technical brilliance and wonders, they have all been well-covered in other reviews. but if you EVER have the opportunity to see this film accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra, do not miss it. I guarantee it will be one of the highlights of your movie-going life.
It will take you time to decompress and process all you have seen, a vast and comprehensive image of urban Russian life in the 1920s.
I won't go into the film's technical brilliance and wonders, they have all been well-covered in other reviews. but if you EVER have the opportunity to see this film accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra, do not miss it. I guarantee it will be one of the highlights of your movie-going life.
It will take you time to decompress and process all you have seen, a vast and comprehensive image of urban Russian life in the 1920s.