Glass (1958)
1958-06-27 • Documentary • 0h10m • Released
User Score
Overview
This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and the sequence of mechanical motions of the engines, is it especially a cinematic tour de force. That the industry can’t do without man’s involvement is shown in the scene where we hear the voice of Haanstra himself counting the bottles on the conveyor belt, until one bottle breaks…
Netherlands Government, George K. Arthur - Go Pictures, Bert Haanstra Films
You might also like
The Bridge - 2006
Cobra Verde - 1987
Four Seasons Total Documentary - 2021
Fanfare - 1958
Scarabus - 1971
Oppenheimer - 2023
Joker - 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood - 2019
Back to the Future - 1985
1917 - 2019
Julieta - 2016
Mulan - 2020
2001: A Space Odyssey - 1968
Top Gun: Maverick - 2022
The Sound of Music - 1965
Carol - 2015
12 Angry Men - 1957
Green Book - 2018
Boys Don't Cry - 1999
Midsommar - 2019