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The Mangler [Tobe Hooper 1995]
“Have you ever considered the possibility that the machine may be haunted?…Maybe ‘haunted’ is not a good word, let’s say possessed.”Mark I consider The Mangler an incredible classic of occult human-machinic fatal affair, of industrial sacrificial rites and demonic laundry labour. I would like to follow in a few movies the abrasive, deleterious and mutilating…
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The Films of Frank Gilbreth 1908-1924
It is impossible to asses here or gauge the impact of Fordist “efficiency experts” and early scientific management engineers Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr (1868-1924) and his wife Lillian Evelyn Moller on our lives, in their quest for increased output/minimizing downtime PLUS minimizing injuries and accidents to the workers. Their demonstration that rest-time(unemployment?) is actually improving…