Those Intrepid Men and Their Complex Machines

Those Intrepid Men and Their Complex Machines 1987 Directed by Tereza Barta Acesti Oameni Indarjiti si Nasinile lor Complicate

Let’s work, but how? reproachfully asks one of the workers from the Station for the Mechanization of Agriculture (SMA) in Țăndărei, where filmmaker T. Barta was sent to document the lives of an agricultural brigade. Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, the film was intended for screening in cinemas. Eight days had been allocated for the full shoot, without prior recce. On the first day, the filmmaker gathered the men round a fire—without having informed the local mayor, the Party Secretary or the head of the SMA, as was customary at the time—and recorded their thoughts about their work: sound only, no images. Once that was completed, the remaining days were dedicated to collecting images of the community.

Country Romania

Production Country Romania

Language Romanian

Production Company Studioul "Alexandru Sahia"

Release Date 1 January 1987

14 mins