劇情簡介
"The passing of the Railroad Turnbridge at Steelmill/Stahlwerk, realized with the assistance of Clara Weyergraf, shows Serra’s clear interest, arising from his experience as a young metallurgist, for the different stages in industrial production, underlying the realization of major sculptures like the Hattingen factories, built in the valley of the Ruhr. This factory, owned by the Thyssen family, employed several thousands of labourers, and it was devoted to the production of turbines, train wheels and nuclear reactors (…) Stahlwerk examines the extreme physical conditions the labourers had to face in the steel factories, in particular the heat, the unbearable noise and the way in which the workers, isolated one from the other as a result of the noise, were forced to gesticulate or whistle in order to communicate. In this film Serra has finally managed to reconcile his fascination for the industrial production, the work of a sculptor and of a labourer. This is combined with an increased awareness of the surrounding context and issues, as well as the determining circumstances." Annette Michelson.