Factory

Fabrika

Russia

2004

30 Min

Color

Russian

Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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DP Nikolai Efimenko, Sergei Mikhalchuk

This film depicts one day of an operating fabric. It consists of two parts: the first one is called Steel, the second Plaster. This film is about a human being as a part of human world. Metal produced by people enslaves them and reduce their lives to pure reflexes. —http://www.dokweb.net/en/documentary-network/east-european-docs/factory-1467/

Director

Sergei Loznitsa

Sergey Loznitsa was born September 5th, 1964 in the city of Baranovitchi, in Belarus. At that time Belarus was part of the Soviet Union. Later Sergey’s family moved to Kiev, Ukraine, where Sergey finished high school.

In 1981 Sergey applied and was admitted to Kiev Polytechnic Institute, with the major in applied mathematic and control systems. In 1987 he graduated with a degree in engineering and mathematics.

From 1987 through 1991 Sergey was employed as a scientist at the Institute of Cybernetics. He was involved in the development of expert systems, artificial intelligence, and decision-making processes.

In addition to his main job, Sergey worked as a translator from Japanese. During that time Sergey developed a strong interest in cinematography, and in 1991 he applied to Russian State Institute of Cinematography, in Moscow. After passing a very vigorous selection process, Sergey was admitted to the Institute. He studied in the studio of Nana Dzhordzhadze. read more

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Zachary Phillip Brailsford

1Oct11

Loznitsa seems to be one of the only filmmakers who is intent on (often) showing us hell on Earth. The tiresome repetition that the workers face in this dehumanizing factory seems to suggest a cyclical, almost never-ending struggle. It reminds me a lot of what he did in Train Stop, another brilliant film. Savvy

H. K. ‡

22Jan11

Watch it here: http://video.yandex.ru/users/oldoldman/view/177/

Chasing Butterflies

27May10

This is brilliant! Makes one recall all the great documentaries on the industrial scape, while having its own distinctive quality. Loznitsa's soundtrack, entirely composed of ambient sounds of the factory, made me think of Otar Iosseliani's Cast Iron, and its subtle humanism brought back Kieslowski's Factory. Though its formalism isn't as overt as Resnais in Song of Styrene, Bert Haanstra in Glass or the Taiwanese visual artist, Chen Chieh-Jen's video installation, Factory, you will think of all these films somehow. I think where Loznitsa really scores is in the way he captures colour - the visual opposition of the red and the green. Looking forward to watching more from from this Ukranian director, especially his debut feature. Thanks to this year's Cannes Festival for bringing him on our radar.

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