Do you ever feel like you're spinning in circles trying to get ready in the morning? "Diskžokej" ("Disc Jockey"), directed by Jiří Barta, is a 1980 Czechoslovakian short that finds the circle in everything: plates, pancakes, cigarette butts, coffee cups, steering wheels, stairwells, records. The film never leaves the frame, and Barta films most of it directly from above.
Posted by an.i.ma.tion on Instagram. As the music plays, the rhythm pulls in butchers, combine harvesters, and heavy machinery. Western brand logos flash through: Pepsi, Shell, American cars. This was made in communist Czechoslovakia in 1980. Barta, as an.i.ma.tion notes, "doesn't condemn any of it. He just lets it spin."
If you feel caught in a loop of chaos every morning while rushing to get ready, this film will validate your emotions.
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