Directed by Alain Resnais
Written by Raymond Queneau
1959/France
Les Films de la Pleiade/Pechiney
First viewing/FilmStruck
Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics. – The Graduate
Resnais brings poetry to a documentary short about the production of plastics.
This follows the production process for polystyrene and a number of articles made from the material. Part of the process is observed in reverse order.
Resnais makes the quotidian beautiful. The narrative is fairly straight-forward this time, lacking the resonance of his documentary shorts Night and Fog and Toute la memoire du monde.
Images from the film set to music from Blade Runner
Well done with the quote and the clip.
The whole short movie is just as beautiful as the clip.