Sinclair is now most remembered as the writer of industrial documentary novels such as The Jungle, set in the Chicago meat yards, and Oil!, which was adapted as the Oscar-winning movie There Will Be Blood.
The son of an industrial documentary filmmaker (named Homer), Groening was, in the mid-1980's, the author of "Life in Hell," a cartoon that appeared -- and continues to appear -- in numerous alternative weeklies.
The director and her team, including cinematographer Renan Ozturk (a climber and specialist in high altitude photography) have fashioned what is very likely the most majestic-looking industrial dispute documentary ever made, the icy blue environment an awe-inspiring backdrop for a film largely about employment conditions and worker's rights.
All these works, and everything else — the early features, the TV work, music videos, industrial shorts, and documentary pieces — are included in the MOMA retrospective, in which the acrid and brilliant "Player" has a pivotal role.
All these works, and everything else the early features, the TV work, music videos, industrial shorts, and documentary pieces are included in the MOMA retrospective, in which the acrid and brilliant "Player" has a pivotal role.
Afterward, he made documentaries and industrial films, including in-flight programming for Northwest Airlines.
Born in Cracow in 1925, Mr. Has graduated from the Cracow Film Institute in 1946 and spent the next decade making documentaries on industrial and agricultural subjects.
Using skills that he honed during his nonperforming years, when he wrote music for documentaries and industrial films, Mr. Muldaur began orchestrating the pieces in the mid-1990's, concentrating on those textures while leaving Beiderbecke's notes intact.
They have released three books and a documentary about industrial food design and how culture shapes our aesthetic expectations of the things we eat.
He followed it up with "Objectified" (2009), a documentary on industrial design that veered into more real-life concerns, and interviewed well-known designers like Apple's Jonathan Ive on what qualifies as good design.
