Le chant du Styrène

1958 [FRENCH]

Action / Animation / Documentary

11
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1209 1.2K

short film behind the scenes short manufacturing chemical plant promotional film

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Plot summary

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics.

Director

Alain Resnais Photo
Alain Resnais

Top cast

Pierre Dux Photo
Pierre Dux as Récitant / Narrator
Sacha Vierny Photo
Sacha Vierny as L'ouvrier
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
107.96 MB
1280*544
French 2.0
G
Subtitles
25 fps
12 hr 13 min
Seeds 1
211.28 MB
1920*816
French 2.0
G
Subtitles
25 fps
12 hr 13 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

A marvelous, artistic, somewhat arch ode to plastics

A marvelous, artistic, somewhat arch ode to plastics manufacturing by French New Wave director Alain Resnais. An epic-style Alexandrine poem read by actor Pierre Dux is accompanied by object and production imagery sometimes reminiscent of Saul Bass designs. The effect is entertaining, occasionally informative, and sometimes a bit inspiring.
Reviewed by chaos-rampant

Molding images

The narrative here, I imagine conceived as an educational short to be screened before a feature, is the backwards journey from a plastic bowl to the raw elements it originates from. It doesn't matter, the journey could be anything. What matters here is the plasticity of the image itself, how the forms can be moulded, bent, shaped into a fluid cinema. The various technological processes provide the opportunity; we swirl around machinery, track beneath structures or across platforms, follow busy assembly lines, and it's all joyful and upbeat. A celebration of French industry for who funded this, but for us and Resnais a celebration of the adventurous camera and cinematic texture.
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