Globe on a Globe

Bohuslav Musil / Czechoslovakia / 1965 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 12 min.

synopsis

Our balls will satisfy any chimney sweep, boasts the centrally planned economy as it produces more and more balls. But there are still just as many chimney sweeps. The socialist equivalent of Catch-22 makes a bitingly ironic comment on the paradoxical economics of scarcity and abundance. The mechanical gears of industry produce out of inertia just for the sake of producing.

biography

Bohuslav Musil (1936–1995), screenwriter and director, focused on social and political issues and important personalities in his documentaries. He is the author of the documentaries Czechoslovakia 1968, Dubček, and The Rise and Fall of Sir W. Churchill.