Food under a Microscope

Zdeněk Forman / Czechoslovakia / 1971 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 13 min.

synopsis

What have we got here, bacteria? At first glance, they look like abstract paintings, but at second glance, they are swarms of pests filling hospital beds. Laboratory staff, acting as chemical police, search for sources of infection, and save society from pandemics. This jazz-inspired educational film takes a critical look at the hygiene conditions in food stores and production facilities.

biography

Zdeněk Forman (1926–1981) worked as an assistant director, teacher, and organizer. He made the instructional film Vzorné představení (Exemplary Performance, 1956), about the work of a projectionist, and Emancipovaná žena vaří (The Emancipated Woman Cooks, 1971). He collaborated on the films Život bez kytary (Life Without a Guitar, 1962), by Jiří Hanibal, and Kotrmelec (Somersault, 1961), by Václav Sklenář. Together with Vojtěch Jasný and Karel Kachyňa, he wrote the book Budujeme pohraničí (We Are Building the Borderlands) in 1950.