![]() How did we live before we all measured our days the same way, before alarms roused us from repose, before work and the mighty strokes of the clock held every moment in a vice grip? Unrest uncovers the arbitrary and often absurd dictates that govern daily life-and reminds us of those who continue to fight, covertly or violently, for a different way. Ultimately the film raises many questions about value: of time, money, watches, photographs, personal relationships, one’s own life and one’s neighbor’s life. As the filmmaker himself has put it, “Every historical film probably tells us more about the present than about the past.” A townswoman receives an alarm clock, yet another recent contraption, as a prize but doesn’t see a need for it-she already wakes up at the same time every day without aid. ![]() The parallels underscore how revolutionary a similar upheaval in our conception of time and labor would be- could be-at a time when new technologies are reshaping and restructuring how we organize our time on this earth. ![]()
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