Truly an experimental documentary, Dziga Vertov’s masterpiece vividly exemplifies the montage aesthetic of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s, with its quick juxtaposition of shots and speeded-up and slowed-down cinematography. Using his own concept of the "Kino Eye"—the cinema’s eye, which illuminates the real world as not ordinarily seen—Vertov creates a vivid city symphony depicting an exuberant day in the life of his Moscow metropolis.