The Forgotten Space

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The Forgotten Space

2010

1h 56m

Documentary

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7 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

Filmmakers Allan Sekula and Noel Burch examine the personal stories of links in the global supply chain -- the workers aboard giant cargo ships.

Mark Holcomb

Village Voice

By methodically exposing the physical impossibility of perpetual growth, the film reveals how absurdly self-defeating human and ecological exploitation through mechanization has become.

Feb 14, 2012

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

The longer this unfocused screed goes on, the thinner your patience wears.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 14, 2012

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

[Displays] a good visual instinct for the sublimity, as well as the ugliness, of the industrial and postindustrial environments, and a patient and generous interest in what people have to say about their own lives.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 14, 2012

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Jamie S. Rich

Oregonian

At times as much a travelogue as it is an investigative portrait, [it] finds unexpected tributaries where mass transit has altered the life of the common worker, usually with negative results.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 20, 2014

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

The strong point of this film is its spectacular imagery. The weak point (which for me tips the balance)... is its nave, posturing Marxist commentary and insistence on its own profundity.

Rated: 4/10

Apr 12, 2012

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

A penetrating examination of global transportation systems that make profits for Walmart while destroying the fabric of civilized life.

Feb 12, 2012

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Audience Member

Meandering and non-prescriptive. Needs an editor and trial solutions. Just a litany of sins in this format.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Filmmakers Allan Sekula and Noel Burch examine the personal stories of links in the global supply chain -- the workers aboard giant cargo ships.

Director: Noël Burch, Allan Sekula
Producer: Joost Verhey, Frank Van Reemst
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 56m

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