A journey into the mines provides a visual representation of a journey into the conscience of Kentridge's invented character, Soho Eckstein, the white South African property owner who exploits the resources of land and black human labour which are under his domain. Throughout the film the imagery shifts between the geological landscape underground inhabited by innumerable black miners and Soho's world of white luxury above ground. When Soho, breakfasting in bed, pushes down the plunger of his cafetière, its movement is transformed into a rapid descent through the tray, through the bed and into the mine-shaft. Here the miners' world of overwhelming misery is depicted in claustrophobic tunnels where they are trapped digging, drilling and sleeping, embedded in rock. Above ground, Soho sits at his desk in his customary pin-stripe suit and punches adding machines and cash registers, creating a flow of gold bars, exhausted miners, blasted landscapes and blocks of uniform housing.
Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old
Drama, Animation
6.8
A Woman Under the Influence
Drama, Romance
7.8
Mickey 17
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
6.9
Rashomon
Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.1
War
War
9.5
Qwerty
Thriller
5.7
Through a Glass Darkly
Drama
7.8
Paths of Glory
War, Drama, History
8.3
Nights of Cabiria
Drama
8.0
Junkyard Dog
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.9
The Gold Rush
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
8.0
Other People's Children
Drama, Comedy
6.7
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
A Night at the Opera
Comedy, Music
7.4
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Drama, History
7.1
R.O.T.O.R.
Action, Science Fiction
4.4
High and Low
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
8.3
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Drama, Comedy
6.9
School Daze
Comedy, Drama, Music
5.7
Zombie Fight Club
Action, Horror
5.6
World of Tomorrow
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
7.8
Grin and Share It
Animation, Comedy
6.4
Early Man
Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure
6.1
Payada pa' Satán
Animation, Drama
0.0
Below the Earth's Surface
Action, Thriller
5.6
Woman of the North Country
Drama, Western
4.5
The Heart of the Earth
Drama
4.9
Outland
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
6.4
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.7
Ghosts of Mars
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
5.1
Battlefield Earth
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.3
The Whistleblower
Action, Crime, Mystery
6.3
Westray
Documentary
0.0
Harlan County U.S.A.
Documentary
7.5
The Devil's Miner
Documentary
6.7
The Painted Desert
Western
4.8
The Cost of Cobalt
Documentary
0.0
Where the Green Ants Dream
Drama
6.9
Moon Zero Two
Science Fiction
4.9
Strange Colours
Drama
5.6