Although at first I found Blind Shaft a little disturbing, I got past that and began to realize the importance of such a film!
It is amazing how I never thought to notice that there wasn’t any music playing in the background! I think the overpowering sounds of machinery provided the background music for me, which is why I didn’t notice the absence of music. Such a backround noise made the setting of the film cold and industrialized, making it seem like the characters (in the mine) only lived for the industry as a way to make a living. Any sentiment or meaning to life seems to be gone in the industrial world. There is no music, celebrations or morality–Only money and corruption.
