Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2018.41.07
Technical Events and Worker Intimacy. Uljanik Shipyard on Documentary Films Kolos s Jadrana, Berge Istra and Godine hrđe
Andrea Matošević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-6353
; Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
This paper analyses Kolos s Jadrana and Berge Istra, two documentary movies filmed in 1972 at the Uljanik shipyard. Their theme is a christening: the launch and the joining of the stern and bow of the MS Berge Istra, the largest and most complex vessel ever built at an Adriatic shipyard. Such a technical and professional success contributed to a disregard of the building crew’s daily experience as well as a disregard of the problems encountered during the vessel’s construction. Barring a few rare but significant departures, the content of these films is thus almost completely dedicated to ideal representations. However, Godine hrđe, filmed in 2000 in the same shipyard, depicts a completely different reality. In this documentary, the difficult everyday life of subcontracted workers completely overshadows discussion of the vessel – a vessel that, if successfully built, would have brought the workers a great deal of satisfaction. Along with analyzing the distinct politics of representation in films from different periods, this paper argues for the complementarity of these films.
Keywords
Uljanik shipyard; Kolos s Jadrana; Berge Istra; Godine hrđe; documentary movies
Hrčak ID:
213534
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2018.
Visits: 2.370 *