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Workingman's Death (2006)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.4/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 24, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: The toil of the workingman is the fascinating subject for this documentary from Austrian director Michael Glawogger. Taking five groups of workers from five different countries, Glawogger looks at... [More]
Director: Michael Glawogger
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06/24/06
This documentary about men and women performing brutal work tasks for next to no money is full of arresting and eloquent images.
05/05/06
Top CriticVisually, technically, the film is undeniably a work of art, with all aspects -- sound, editing, cinematography, music -- coming together in a stunning symphony.
03/18/06
There's scant dialogue in Workingman's Death, but little is needed when majestic camera work by Wolfgang Thaler tells the story so well.
02/24/06
Top CriticIt's a triumph of the human spirit that so many people in deadly jobs are able, nevertheless, to marry and have a few happy moments despite lives of hellish labor. Glawogger's intrepid camera finds both the shame and the grace in it.
02/24/06
Top CriticIt's not exactly a good time at the movies, and even as pure education, it's a rather dull film with very little dialogue.
02/24/06
Top CriticMichael Glawogger's glamorized documentary observes laborers from around the world going to hell and back, day after day, year after year, to eke out subsistence livings.
02/23/06
Top CriticThe patina of this avant-garde exercise is swanky and alluring, but chip away at it and you will expose a hollow center.
02/22/06
Glawogger is an extraordinarily elegant filmmaker with a photographer's eye for striking compositions.
02/21/06
Glawogger's film may be thematically loose-jointed, but Wolfgang Thaler's cinematography is the glue.
02/21/06
Top CriticComes soaked in good old-fashioned humanist respect for the dignity of labor, but eventually grows a little monotonous.
09/12/05
Top CriticAstonishingly powerful documentary about really, really hard work.
09/12/05
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