Although I cannot say that I am quite as thrilled about Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera as some seem to be, I do appreciate the idea and find it rather intriguing. The idea of the universal language and communication across languages is a beautiful concept although I feel that in a way it was just an idea used to glorify filmmaking. As if to brag that filmmaking is the superior art form because it can be universal and not limited to one language. The film also seems to show that the video camera surpasses the human eye. It shows how much more the camera can capture than what we may see with the human eye. The camera switches back and forth between what the camera sees and the bigger picture of the man shooting the film to show the subtleties the camera is able to pick up. Sometimes throughout the film the scene would freeze to allow the viewer to focus on a snapshot. This is another thing the human eye is unable to do. We do not have the ability to freeze a scene to give us more time to look at it as the camera did mid men jumping hurtles or horseback riding. I feel like though the film was extremely experimental and the overall purpose was a universal language, its purpose of glorifying filmmaking, or the “kino eye” as Vertov referenced it, was just as prominent.