The Corporation

Wednesday Night Film Series
星期三晚放映系列

8:00 p.m., 20 July 2005 (Wed)
二零零五年七月二十日(星期三)晚上八時正

The Corporation (Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, 2004) is a Canadian documentary about the institution of the corporation. One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the Corporation is today’s dominant institution.

加拿大的馬克阿茲巴(Mark Achbar)、珍尼花雅貝慈(Jennifer Abbott)、祖爾巴根(Joel Bakan)2004年的共同製作。「大企業」是一套剖析企業運作機制的紀錄片。一百五十年前，企業尚未對人的生活造成太大的影響。今時今日,企業的影響力已瀰漫在我們生活的各個層面之中。就像歷史中的教會、君皇以至共產黨，「大企業」就是今天的統治機構。

The film is a critical exposé of the corporation’s inner workings, history, controversial impacts and possible future. Featuring a range of interviews with a variety of participants, The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the institution whose overriding mission is to make a profit. However, the corporation’s profit-driven mission predisposes it toward characteristics that, in a person, would be considered objectionable or even dangerous.

本片具批判地顯示了「大企業」所隱含的內在運作、其發展的歷史、其所帶來極具爭議性的衝擊及未來的可能發展。透過對來自不同界別人士的訪問，「大企業」描繪出以牟取利潤為其終極使命的企業機構的驚人發展。但是, 這種以牟利為優先的使命亦使其預設地發展出一種令人難以接受及危險的性格。

Playing time: 145 min., in English with English subtitles.

片長145分鐘，英語對白，片上英文字幕。

Showplace:
Video Power
Flat A, 8/F., Yiu Chung Building,
368 Portland Street, Mongkok
ShowTime:
8:00 p.m., 20 July 2005 (Wed)

放映地點:
錄影力量
旺角砵蘭街368號
耀中大廈九樓(8/F)8A室
放映時間:
二零零五年七月二十日(星期三)晚上八時正

jointly presented by WNFS and Video Power
星期三晚放映系列及錄影力量協辦