Episode of Series “Searching for values: a film anthology”.
Adapted from the film “The Tiger makes out” with Eli Wallach, the theme here is the modern individual in conflict with complex bureaucratic systems. Waking up one morning to the callous impersonality of big city life, Hymie Schultz, mailman, decides to fight back. Bureaucracy, however, proves more stubborn than he, and at the end of the day defeated and helpless, he retreats, one individual lost among many.
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ACMI Identifier
002734
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Bureaucracy
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social conflict
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Values
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Values
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Values
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)