Wow, yet another film about work. Shocking I know. This is part of a 1978 BBC series looking at a week in the life of various groups of people in the nation. This is from steel workers in a Scottish iron factory. I understand more...
LGM film club
Tonight's film is 1893's "Blacksmith Scene," which I believe is the first film recording of work in history. Of course it is staged work, but still. It's an interesting minute.
One of the benefits of the folk revival of the 60s was a lot of people went out and shot documentaries of the aging musicians of the South, at times.
Hey, I was checking out this Peter Thiel biopic and thought you might want to check it out too. Is his employee J.D. Vance out finding new victims in REAL AMERICA IF THEY'D ONLY PULL UP THEIR BOOTSTRAPS LIKE I DID IN THE CINCINNATI SUBURBS...
Tonight's film is Jean Vigo's 1930 release À Propos de Nice. Nominally a street scene type of late silent, as time goes on it moves into both the more experimental,.
Without question, the finest moment in the history of my home county came in 1970, when a dead whale beached on the coast outside of Florence, Oregon and the geniuses.
I am surprised that I've gotten this far into the series without exploring Soviet film, which I love very much. I love most of your leftist agitprop, even bad versions. But the great versions, well, it's tough to get better than that. And it does...
This MGM-produced travel film from 1942 focuses on the ways and life of western North Carolina. It's an interesting view into what might appeal to travelers at a time when.
This supermarket cashier training film from the mid-60s, produced by Reader's Digest for some reason, is an interesting vision into work. I certainly wouldn't say that a checker's job is.
It probably doesn't surprise you to know that I am a big fan of the workplace safety film. The genre doesn't get much better than this. I don't want to spoil this one for you, but basically it's about two guys who work in food...
I've been on my first grave-gathering trip in the COVID era the last couple of days. And let me tell you, it feels good to be away from home. I've.
Earlier in this series, I posted one of the bizarre General Motors producted short animal films used as shorts before feature films (I think). It's time to revisit this series,.