
Overthecourseof15teachingunits,theMarxistvocabularyforcommodityandwork,wageandlabourpower,exchangevalueandusevalueisthoughtaboutviaimages.Thevignettesarecaptivatingintheirdirectness.Whattheydriveatisalwaysunequivocal,astheynotonlyinvokepoliticalconceptswithprecision,butalsobringtogethercinematicmodesofthinkingthataretheequivalentoftheseconcepts:Politicalpositionandaestheticformmerge;thedidacticprocedureleadstoadialecticalform,whichisexpressedinvisualmontages,camerapans,thedivisionoftheimagespace,theadoptionofaperspective.Itseemsonlylogicalthattowardstheend,theformatoftheeducationalfilmdisappearsandthepiecetakesonthefeelofnarrativegenrecinema:“Theintentionistomakeapersonwhoiswalkingthinkaboutwalkingsothathefallsdown.”(BitomskyandFarocki)


