Movie Review for 490

Automobiles do not simply appear on lots as finished products. From the raw products of steel for the body and rubber for the tires or hoses someone has to work to transform a flat piece into what will one day be. This is something that most outside the industry often forget, Master Hands is a film designed to increase the number of people who recognize the work required to create an automobile and those who do it.
This film goes behind the scenes into a factory where employees are not paid the big dollars but work to survive, it gives credit to the ones who create the finished products. It shows the dangerous steps including fire and heavy objects being moved through the air by rope. Master Hands is a tribute to the unknown, created in 1936 during a time of fragile peace Chevrolet drew the American eye to American workers at home. This is a film that does its job subtly not proclaiming audibly the dangers and strenuous work but instead showing and allowing the viewer to understand.
While the film does what it sets out to do the method it chooses to complete its work has the possibility of backfiring. Subtlety is a dangerous process to undertake it leaves open the possibility that viewers will miss the point or confuse it. That is the biggest and most obvious problem with this film, the only one in fact worth mentioning.
Masters Hand is a film from over seventy years ago; it has a failing in that it expects the viewer to understand everything that is going on with little explicit explanations. More importantly though is that it is a film that recognizes the underrepresented and holds meaning seven decades after it was created. Chevrolet created an important product with Master Hands, it fulfills its purpose to accrue appreciation for the underappreciated in style that makes it a must see for all.