Work hard - play hard
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Work hard - play hard |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carmen Losmann |
| script | Carmen Losmann |
| production |
Erik Winker , Martin Roelly , Andreas Brauer (HUPE Film) |
| camera | Dirk Lütter |
| cut | Henk Drees |
Work Hard - Play Hard is a German documentary film by the director Carmen Losmann from 2011 . He deals with the new forms of work organization and methods of personnel management .
action
The film begins with (simulated) advice from Behnisch architects and consultants from the Quickborn team on the new Unilever - DA-CH headquarters in Hamburg . The next sequence, which documents the implementation of the desk sharing there , was recorded on the Accenture Campus Kronberg . Both sequences focus on the working environment and the structural conditions. They each stand for themselves.
After that, an interplay followed between different places between which the film jumps back and forth: An assessment center in Sales Marketing at SCHOTT Solar , an outdoor training for a team in the Lueneburg Heath , a scene collegial advice from Towers Watson - business consultants , a Area meeting at Kienbaum , a meeting of internal change agents in the DHL LEAN project and a SAP software presentation for talent management at Endress + Hauser . The documented conversations are punctually interrupted by interview-like monologues .
background
The film is completely underlaid with original sounds and works without speaking texts or comments . Only in a few scenes can subtly threatening sounds be heard in the background. It is visually designed with long, calm camera settings and drives in widescreen format.
Carmen Losmann's cinematic work is influenced by Harun Farocki , who also shot A New Product for Unilever with his film, which was shown in 2012 .
Reviews
The film was received positively in the national press - Süddeutsche Zeitung , Der Tagesspiegel , FAZ , TAZ Jungle World - and in the specialist press.
“Clairvoyant documentary film about the creeping changes in the modern world of work, which in the wake of digitization and under the auspices of flat hierarchies, tend towards the loss of privacy and a leveling of the boundary between work and leisure. The visually captivating film describes with analytical sharpness, but without judgmental comments, how modern office architecture, management fashions and personnel management are combined in the main idea of permanent self-optimization. An oppressive internal perspective on the new economy and its increasingly sophisticated methods of exploiting 'humane resources'. "
Awards
- 2011: Documentary Film Festival Kassel: Golden Key
- 2011: International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - FIPRESCI Prize , Prize of the Ecumenical Jury , Healthy Workplaces Award
- 2012: Jury of Evangelical Film Work : Film of the Month April 2012
- 2012: German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) : Predicate particularly valuable
- 2012: Documentary Edge Festival in New Zealand : Honorable Mention in the category "Best Future Watch"
- 2014: Grimme Prize
The book about the film
- Eva Bockenheimer / Carmen Losmann / Stephan Siemens: Work Hard Play Hard. The book about the film . Schüren-Verlag, Marburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89472-852-6 .
Web links
- Work Hard - Play Hard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Work Hard - Play Hard at filmportal.de (with photo gallery and trailer)
- www.workhardplayhard-film.de (there is also a trailer), accessed on March 22, 2014
- Film production website
- Interview with Carmen Losmann on Telepolis (April 12, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Work Hard - Play Hard . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2012 (PDF; test number: 132 087 K).
- ↑ Carmen Losmann in an audience discussion on January 29, 2013 in the Abaton Cinema , Hamburg
- ↑ Carmen Losmann , Interview with Carmen Losmann, dkritik.de, April 27, 2012
- ^ Walpuski, Volker: Film review "work hard - play hard" , in: Supervision. People - Work - Organization , 2/2013, pp. 62–65
- ↑ Volker Hummel: You should recognize them by their language , Taz , July 19, 2012
- ^ Film review: Forever in the Flow , Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 13, 2012
- ↑ Silvia Hallensleben: The air is thin in the office ( memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Der Tagesspiegel , April 13, 2012
- ↑ Rüdiger Suchsland: Film review guide through fabric softening , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 12, 2012
- ↑ Bert Rebhandl: Film Review: Work 2.0 , the daily newspaper, April 12, 2012
- ^ Gabriele Summen: Film criticism in the company at home , Jungle World, April 12, 2012
- ↑ Tobias Radlinger: Review: Work Hard - Play Hard , Critic.de, March 31, 2012
- ↑ Silvia Hallensleben: Review of Work Hard - Play Hard , epd Film , April 1, 2012
- ↑ Work Hard - Play Hard. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 22, 2016 .
- ^ Film of the month , accessed on October 18, 2012
- ↑ Grimme Institute: Prize Winner 2014: Work Hard Play Hard ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 22, 2014