Watch The Machinist's Lament (2014) Online

"In factories, everyone has their place. Western industrial production is a site of magical thinking: an old history that will never return, an idealized construction that never really was. It's impossible to know what the true costs would be if it were to return - societal, environmental, and psychological – and yet, entire political campaigns are built around this. This piece speculates on re-industrialization, and is a sequel to my 2013 video, Safety First (Bad, Don’t Touch, Mercy!). Like its prequel, it posits a non-specific future populated by female factory workers. The geometric aesthetics of power and the romance of industrial-era alienation, are paired with theoretical and fictional texts about alternate social economies. Video footage was shot in Ohio, animation and soundtrack by the artist. Voiceover text sources include Industrial supply catalogs, OSHA safety manuals, Monique Wittig’s Les Guerilleres, and Adorno’s Minima Moralia." -Taken from Jen Liu's Vimeo page. Read More

Watch The Machinist's Lament online. Featuring Wang Si and Xu Mengchen, The Machinist's Lament is classified as genre movie with an average rating across the web of 8. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 2014. The Machinist's Lament was directed by Jake Hochendoner,Jen Liu. Read Less