The Sink

An experimental film based on “The Mid-Atlantic man” by Tom Wolfe. It compares the class structure of the Western world to an experiment carried out on rats by an American ethnologist in the 1950s. Of a group only a minority live comfortably and happily, the majority are not so fortunate.

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Credits

director

Nola Marshall

Duration

00:22:47:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323643

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Class consciousness

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - United States

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1982

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