Ford's Belgian factory in 9 hypnotic minutes—capitalism never looked this pretty.
Cinematography
Dekeukeleire turns assembly lines into abstract art.
Editing
Rhythmic cutting that predates music videos by decades.
Director
Charles Dekeukeleire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dekeukeleire was a Belgian avant-garde pioneer who applied Soviet montage theory to industrial subjects—this is basically 'Man with a Movie Camera' but make it corporate sponsorship.
The 1948 Antwerp plant was Ford's first major post-WWII European expansion—this short doubles as reconstruction propaganda and a love letter to American manufacturing dominance.
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