Fabrika
Factory
Ein Tag in einer Stahl- und Tonfabrik im Ural, die sich irgendwie aus dem 19. Jahrhundert in die Gegenwart herübergerettet hat: Präzise fotografiert Loznitsa die monotonen Prozesse, das Meditative, das Zusammenspiel von Mann und Maschine. Die immer gleichen Handgriffe, die immer gleichen Abläufe: Die Männer schuften an Hochöfen oder hantieren in beinahe vollkommener Dunkelheit mit geschmolzenem Stahl. Die Frauen bewegen Tonblöcke von einem Förderband zum nächsten. Alles ist in Bewegung und steht dennoch zur gleichen Zeit still. In seiner visuellen Intensität markiert FABRIKA die Symbolkraft der scheinbar anachronistischen Fabrik und deren soziologische Bedeutung.
A meticulous study of a steel and clay factory in the Urals, Sergei Loznitsa’s Factory is a captivating meditation on man and machine. Stunningly photographed in rich sacral tones, FACTORY takes the viewer on a visually mesmerizing tour through the belly of an old Soviet industrial plant. In near pitch-dark conditions, male workers toil over fiery blast furnaces, pour molten steel into giant casting ladles, and hammer metal spikes into colossal machines (echoes of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis abound), as their female counterparts in a slightly more hospitable environment operate the assembly lines, endlessly moving clay blocks from one conveyor belt to another.
Director's Biography
Sergei Loznitsa was born 1964 in Belarus and grew up in the Ukraine. Graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow in 1997. He has been making documentary films since 1996 and has received numerous national and international awards. In 2010 Loznitsa’s feature debut MY JOY premiered in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes followed by IN THE FOG in 2012 and MAIDAN in 2014. SEGODNYA MY POSTROIM DOM (Today We Are Going To Build A House, co-directed by Marat Magambetov, 1996, short doc), ZHIZN, OSEN (Life, Autumn, co-directed by Marat Magambetov, 1998, short doc), POLUSTANOK (The Train Stop, 2000, short doc), POSELENIJE (The Settlement, 2001, doc), PORTRET (Portrait, 2002, short doc), PEYZAZH (Landscape, 2003, doc), FABRIKA (Factory, 2004, short doc), BLOKADA (Blockade, 2005, doc), ARTEL (2006, short doc), SEVERNY SVET (Northern Light, 2008, doc), PREDSTAVLENYE (Revue, 2009, doc), SCHASTYE MOE (My Joy, 2010), V TUMANE (In The Fog, 2012; CE '13), O MILAGRE DE SANTO ANTÓNIO (The Miracle of Saint Anthony, 2012, short doc), PISMO (The Letter, 2012, short doc), REFLECTIONS. DIRECTOR'S CUT (2014, short doc), MAIDAN (2014, doc), THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY (2014, short doc)
Tribute 2015
Sergei Loznitsa
Russland 2004
color
30 Minuten
OmeU
Kamera Nikolai Evimenko, Sergei Mikhalchuk
Ton/Sounddesign Vladimir Golovnitzkiy
Produzent*innen Viacheslav Telnov (St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio)
Produktion
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio Kryukov kanal 12 190068 St. Petersburg Russia T +7 812 714 53 12 F +7 812 714 33 04 cinedoc@mail.ru www.cinedoc.ru
