Friday, July 06, 2007

FILMS ABOUT WORKING CLASS

This post is related to:
http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2007/06/favorite-quote-from-coup-pour-coup.html


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--Seeing COUP POUR COUP (1972, Marin Kamitz, A+) reminds me of many films about working-class people and also some other films, including:

1.MINAMATA: THE VICTIM AND THEIR WORLD (1971, Noriaki Tsuchimoto, A+)
This film is also about evil factory bosses, though it’s not about factory workers.

2.WITTSTOCK, WITTSTOCK (1997, Volker Koepp, Germany, A+)
This documentary film is about female workers in East Germany.

3.A SHORT WORKING DAY (1981, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, A+)
The scene of protest in COUP POUR COUP reminds me of the scene of protest in this film.

4.THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW (2004, Mathias Gokalp, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403997/
This short film is also about the sad fate of some working-class people.

5.THE OLD GARDEN (2006, Im Sang-soo, A+)
This film has a sub-plot concerning a protesting female worker.

6.SEAPORT (MUANG SAMUT) (2007, Attapol Pamakho + Benya Puwaratchanunt, A+)
A Thai short documentary about the struggle of Burmese immigrant workers in Thailand

7.PART-TIME (2002, Mathias Gokalp, France, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282739/
This film is about an unlikely friendship between female employees.

8.TRACES OF STONES (1966, Frank Beyer, East Germany, A+)
This film is about working-class people in East Germany.

9.PEACHES (2004, Craig Monahan, Australia, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347755/

10.MOTHER KUSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN (1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, A)

11.THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (1998, Eric Zonca, A)

12.A NOUS LA LIBERTE (1931, Rene Clair, A)

13.PARALLEL (2002, Panu Aree, Thailand, A-) 13 mins.
This short documentary is about a cleaning lady.

14.THE DEVIL IN THE BOX (1977, Pierre Lary, France, B+)


This is the DVD cover of TRACES OF STONES
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T36RV255L._SS500_.jpg


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