2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

1984 · 10 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 289 VOTES · DIR. Chris Marker

Overview

Filmed on the 100th anniversary of the labour union laws in France, the quasi-science fiction film is set in 2084. A robot moderator helps us look 'back' at the contemporary labour situation and different directions the movement could take.

Dialogue Timeline — 161 lines

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00:00:07 the robot presenter of TV Galactica
00:00:36 and imagined that it would last a century longer.
00:01:08 and articulated around certain words
00:01:27 ...the monotony of the unions and demonstrations....
00:01:50 there is hardly anything left to invent the future.
00:02:16 that provides itself with false security and the hope of a stability
00:02:39 That type of union will not invent another type of society;
00:03:02 which it maintains because the nostalgia for the past
00:03:27 "Death...
00:03:43 it could be fascism or maybe stalinism
00:04:10 This was what was at stake, the great question at the end of the century.
00:04:34 and their repression.
00:05:00 You have more images in your home than the eyes can take in.
00:05:31 Of trade unionism nothing remains but the name
00:05:53 where they were already a minority.
00:06:21 ...archery...
00:06:39 ...cinema...
00:07:00 of great truths
00:07:25 sickness, suffering
00:07:53 and injustice of industrial society were right
00:08:11 where people sought with others how to live together
00:08:34 "Idea = challenge"
00:09:01 We have all three hypotheses in front of us
02:00:08 is not programmed in advance either:

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed161
Dialogue density16.1 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line02:00:08

Production Record

DirectorChris Marker
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes289