Charlie Marx and the Chocolate Factory poster

Charlie Marx and the Chocolate Factory

0.0(0)200927m0

Charlie Marx and the Chocolate Factory started as an investigation of the link between politics and chocolate, at the Karl Marx Confectionary Factory in Kiev, Ukraine. Since access to the factory was denied, the project had to be re-considered, re-invented or re-enacted. Mostly made of archival footage and re-enacted performances based on the company's website, the film merges what was left of the initial idea with what has been collected and realized instead. It borrows from the genres of video art, 'Man on the street' interview, direct address, corporate film, essay, and music video, without legitimately belonging to any of them. The film unravels as a reflection on its own failure, and yet keeps on investigating what has always been at stake: the shift from public to private property (and from analog to digital technology), dialectics of permanence and change, language as a mirror of ideology, and post-Soviet oligarchy culture.

Share WhatsApp Telegram
Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
—
Language
EN
  • factory
  • chocolate
  • soviet union
  • communism

Behind the camera

Director

Michael Blum

Produced in

Ukraine

Videos

No extra videos are listed for this title yet.

Release dates

  • IndonesiaID

    • PremiereOK. VIDEO: COMEDY - 4th Jakarta International Video Festival1 Jan 2009

Frequently asked questions

Charlie Marx and the Chocolate Factory was released on 1 January 2009.

Member reviews

Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

Member comments

0

Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

More like this