Visually, I was mostly drawn to the details in these every day work environments that reproduced beautiful cinematography. For example, the bluish smoke from the volcanos, the sparks from the fire in Pakistan, and the glowing grey in the coal mine showed moments of immense natural beauty, yet with humans risking their lives for this labor.
Hearing Glawogger speak also made a great difference about my view on the film. While answering to a question regarding his directions to the subjects, Glawogger stated that his documentaries are creations and do not attempt cinema verite. He told the audience he tells his subjects to repeat certain actions and that does not make it more or less of a documentary. It was comforting to hear a documentarist being open about directing his subjects.
-Samira
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