May 9, 2009: Statistics
Statistics is a short film, though at nearly half an hour it’s longer than others recently reviewed here. It brings us a slice of life in a Norwegian call centre, with employees calling and asking people all manner of survey questions, depending on what statistics their clients (corporations and governments) are trying to compile. The comical juxtaposition of the non-sequitur questions and the upbeat telephone manner with the nine-to-five, low-paying, high-turnover drudgery of the job, brings an energy to the film that really impressed me. The staff really are conflicted about whether they like or hate their jobs overall. I don’t know in what forum anyone would otherwise encounter this film (I saw it preceding a feature film in a documentary film festival), but I would certainly recommend it.
Neat little look into people’s jobs.
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