[FilmReview]TheNothingFactory(2017)6.1/10
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PortuguesefilmmakerPedroPinho’sTHENOTHINGFACTORYtakeshometheFIPRESCIPrizeinCannes,withthejury’sverdictasfollows:quot;Anevocativeactivistfilmthatblowstheboundariesbetweenreality,fiction,theaterandsociologicaldiscourseleadingtoanunsettlingandprovocativecinematicexperience.”but,itisanoverstatement,becausethereisnothingunsettlingandprovocativeinthismeanderingdocu-drama,ahodgepodgeofdidactic,verbosetheoreticaldiscussionsandworkadaymiserabilismperpetuatingaroundacohortofblue-collarworkerswhoaresaddledwithamassivelayoff.Mostcourageously,thefilmoffersitsaudienceafine-toothcombingofthedownsideofcapitalism,andhammershometheinevitabilityofitsfailingwhichisbehindthelift-manufacturingfactory’sdodgymaneuver,smugglingheavymachinesoutinthenight,sotheycanstartanewinotherplaceswhileditchingthecurrentonewiththeirlaborsurplus.Butitsuffersfrombeingatypicaltalk-the-talkendeavorwhichtothisreviewer’slights,isfloggingadeadhorse.Afternegotiatingwiththeshystershiredbythefactoryownerreachesastandstill,summarily,theworkersareleftwithahalf-emptyfactoryandtheydecidetooperatethebusinessontheirowndespitethatnooneisequippedwiththeknow-howofmanagement.Anticlimactically,aseeminglypropitiousorderfromArgentinadoesn’tnecessarilyelicitthehardship-defyingmettlewhichthestory-linehalf-heartedlysuggests,apartfromanout-of-nowheremusicalsequence,whosefeignedelationcomesabittoolatetodispelthedreadfultenorholdingitsstrangleholdonthisnearly3-hourlongrealism-evokingoverreacher.Character-arcstragglesunsystematically,andwhatPinhoandhisteamactuallyexcelistheatmosphericconstruct:adisconsolateLisboncoloredwithinvariablysomberhuerefractsPinhox27;sownpersonalisticruminationofthecityandhiscompassiontohisbeleagueredsubjectsmightnotbeimmediatelyfelt,becauseself-consciouslyheknowsheistryingtotacklewithsomethingmuchbigger,buttolittleavail(itisnotthatasolutionisarequisite,butPinho’sscattershotpiecessimplydonotcohereasanarrativefeature).Justlikethecontrivedmaterializationofabevyofostricheslopinginthewildernessduringthefilmx27;smiddlepassage,heintendstospeakforthoseostracized,marginalized,underprivileged,butvisionaryilluminationisindirepaucity.referentialpoint:MiguelGomes’ARABIANNIGHT:VOLUME3-THEENCHANTEDONE(2015,6.3/10)本文版权归作者他他所有,任何形式转载请联系作者。
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