A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 3 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaAwarded the Best Short Film at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
- Alternate versionsThe film was re-edited and released as a music video for the song "Hell Bent" by Kenna.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2 - Cannes (1999)
- SoundtracksElegia
Written, Produced and Performed by New Order
Featured review
Masterpiece!...
This is an absolutely astonishing short work concerning the meaning of life and what can not be manufactured in a synthetic factory. It presents a proletarian (in fantastic clay-mation) day in and day out, as he works in a factory assembly line building impersonal products to keep society happy. His dream is to one day create a new life affirming 'lense machine', for he is also an inventor with ingenuity.
In his struggles, he continues having glimpses of children playing around a merry-go-round and they are in vibrant color, while laughing and involved with joy. His dream is achieved, and then he becomes an over zealous capitalist who is sitting all alone in his skyscraper office, after directing the harsh void of the assembly line that manufactures his new product.
In the fleeting time that this short film runs, one gathers that it is something stupendous and magnificent, and the true satisfaction of creativity is not how many products one sells but the "fire that burns within"...
The song by the band 'NEW ORDER', is also melancholy, which adds to the ambiance, and is a joy to listen to.
Strongly recommended!
Look for it on Sci-Fi channel's "Exposure" or on PBS "High Intensity TV".
In his struggles, he continues having glimpses of children playing around a merry-go-round and they are in vibrant color, while laughing and involved with joy. His dream is achieved, and then he becomes an over zealous capitalist who is sitting all alone in his skyscraper office, after directing the harsh void of the assembly line that manufactures his new product.
In the fleeting time that this short film runs, one gathers that it is something stupendous and magnificent, and the true satisfaction of creativity is not how many products one sells but the "fire that burns within"...
The song by the band 'NEW ORDER', is also melancholy, which adds to the ambiance, and is a joy to listen to.
Strongly recommended!
Look for it on Sci-Fi channel's "Exposure" or on PBS "High Intensity TV".
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- osloj
- Aug 17, 2001
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- Runtime6 minutes
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- 1.44 : 1
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