Film director: I hate unions | IMGpapers 1976

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PAUL management. to attacking the union?

sove the union.

work unem accept it.

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SCHRADER, the director of Blue Collar, spoke to the US magazine Seven Day about the film, unions, and union?

Why did you devote so little time in Blue Collar to attacking perfectly management and so much time attack In researching my material 1 found that there is not much expended between the average American worker and Workers are probably more pisserofesses to help themse professes to help them.

They know the company will -LO death. They put on film.

respect the company for being If corrupt in saying We Fuck you i every way we whereas the union is So your worker protagonists can think of no better way to their hostility and alienation than ripping off their I think the notion of robbing their union is a perfect symbol for not liking their lives. It's so self-defeating the group that supposed to help them They give almost no thought to it. And that's the way I feel.

I hate unions. I've always been in trouble with unions. They hate the individualists, the nonconformists, as much as the company does.

The workers in this film are sheep. I think that's the most unsympathetic work force ever It makes you almost sympathise with the factory owners had those assholes working for me, I'd have them whipped and chained.r The end of Blue Collar seems much like Taxi Driver Corruption is everywhere and all the characters have lost.

I really don't think that's a problem, because the moment a black audience in Detroit o Chicago sees the film, they realise:

"That's right. The big organisations and companies use racism to see that nobody improves their lot.

It only 5 per cent of th audience accepts that fact, it is enormously hopeful. It implies "Things could be otherwise'.

Blue Collar ends with a voiceover speech: Everything they do...is meant to keep us in our place.' Who are 'they"?

All big organisations. In my mind, the KOYCILIICHE the company, and the unions are all the same. They are the Captains of Industry, who rule the Socialist Challenge 1 February 1979 page 15

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