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The following still depicts one of Vertov's most famous traits; his use of the splitscreen.  In Man With a Movie Camera, Vertov uses this technique numerous times in order to create a conversation between the images, trying to show through this the communication between Russia and it's people.

 

Scanned image from the following book source:

Roberts, Graham.  The Man With The Movie Camera.  (London and New York: I.B. Taurus Publishers, 2000). Page, 7.

 

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