The Job
Directed by Didier Cros
2012, France, 94 minutes
An audience watching The Job may be forgiven if they think, at first, that this documentary is about an elaborate practical joke. Ten job seekers engage five interrogators in a two-day group interview that involves absurd role-playing situations, questionable personality tests, and increasingly hostile questions, all for an unknown company and barely outlined job described only as ‘sales, with a managerial component’. But it isn’t a joke. The film isn’t Borat. As it turns out, real life is just more absurd than satire.
The film blends documentary with a reality TV show aesthetic, but not in an obnoxious way. After all, a job interview is a contest anyway, and Cros cuts away from the action frequently for quick observations from the job seekers. They make snide observations about their completion, defend their answers, and question the increasingly aggressive technique of their interrogators.
Directed by Didier Cros
2012, France, 94 minutes
An audience watching The Job may be forgiven if they think, at first, that this documentary is about an elaborate practical joke. Ten job seekers engage five interrogators in a two-day group interview that involves absurd role-playing situations, questionable personality tests, and increasingly hostile questions, all for an unknown company and barely outlined job described only as ‘sales, with a managerial component’. But it isn’t a joke. The film isn’t Borat. As it turns out, real life is just more absurd than satire.
The film blends documentary with a reality TV show aesthetic, but not in an obnoxious way. After all, a job interview is a contest anyway, and Cros cuts away from the action frequently for quick observations from the job seekers. They make snide observations about their completion, defend their answers, and question the increasingly aggressive technique of their interrogators.
- 4/30/2012
- by Dave Robson
- SoundOnSight
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