Wow, talk about minimalist filmmaking
This was the most minimalist film I've ever seen. Though it was a "talkie," it might as well have just been a silent movie, for there was scant dialogue throughout. It was all about images and expression, and body language. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it - au contraire, I got a kick out of it. I'm just sayin' it was a pretty 'stark' movie in many ways. And that ending montage of the workers doing all that manual labor - heck, i almost thought the camera was gonna' pan up to a sign overhead that said "Arbeit Macht Frei".
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