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If one day we discovered the manufacturing process a thread with which we were able to make unbreakable fabric that repels dirt, it might seem that we were in possession a great achievement, a breakthrough in the technological and social, when the truth is that soon we would find the rejection of both investors in tissues such as the low-skilled workers in the textile industry. It would therefore be a matter of staying with our stubbornness, disclose the patent, to step forward, a leap into the future, or remain anchored and enslaved in the way of life known. This chimera just basted seams, the eternal duration of our creations, and the reaction provoked panic peek into the precipice of the world that we ignore, we do not understand, partly to blame for the failure of the capitalist system in the early twenty-first century, are treated by Alexander Mackendrick on The man in the white suit (The man dressed in white, 1951), filmed at Ealing Studios, the largest factory of illusions for the Briton who survived the Nazi aviation, with Alec Guinness playing the apprentice of chemical molecules and stirred consciences with undesirable results, it is remarkable that the record manifests ephemeral.
In order to achieve the perfect fabric, durable and always spotless, Sidney Stratton (Guinness) will not hesitate to get checks unethical fund their experiments or to accept a job that involves a pay cut. Having achieved their goal, not without many surprises, which Mackendrick comic drawn in, with explosions more or less controlled, pots, coils, flasks, beakers and other containers holding sharp rages between beeps machinery laboratory, actually imposed, and neither approach Bertha (Vida Hope), working with great faith in the unions, or kiss Birnley Daphne (Joan Greenwood), the greedy daughter of the industries where the dream materialized seems an important obstacle to stop the advance: in the life of every indefatigable researcher no place for earthly passions.
often considered a masterpiece of black comedy, with Arsenic and old lace (Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944), Capra, or Kind Hearts and Coronets (Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949), Hamer, the truth is that The man in the white suit stands apart from these, and others like Monsieur Verdoux (1947), the long forgotten work of Charles Chaaplin recoverable, that here there is a ghoulish atmosphere, dark, but scientific, parody, in its way, the novels of HG Wells invisible men or machines of the time, an approach to Objectivism, the confrontation of the individual against the mass, a similar spirit to that of the heroes of philosophical novels Ayn Rand. You could say that, rather than black comedy is a pessimistic, despite the smiles and walking hurriedly to the end of utopian Sidney Stratton, a bitter and revealing book, which does not hesitate to unite employers and workers to defend the same ideals, the obvious style Metropolis (Metropolis, 1927), the immortal movie Lang of the much-criticized, all too right, in collusion final sequence complementary irreconcilable forces, it is a satire on corporate profits and ruin, on the destabilization of the balance of the markets - in 1951! - using the textile industry as well could have done with auto-motive of derision here, "the car that ran on water and a pill inside" - or another. Speaking today
of obsolescence, planning, duration and durability of products, but reality is not accepted by everyone: manufacturers and consumers, employers and employees, but unthinkable for the insane indestructible and dazzling costume made to bear a cause for reflection then and now: are we prepared for sudden changes, technological advances?, who exploits the talents to loose?, questions still arise rancorous debate.
Returning to purely art: highlighting the work of Alec Guinness, who won the Sir with determination, or short work of Alexander Mackendrick, Scot born in Boston through no fault of their own, one day preferred classroom training for young filmmakers in California to negotiate with the majors, it might sound repetitive. It is therefore the best way to assert their names is to face the facts. And the facts overlook is that when the actor or the director, who only returned to agree Ladykillers (The Ladykillers, 1955), another fine film of black humor, the quality of the tape is secured. See if The man in the white suit .

The man in
the white suit (the man dressed in white, 1951)

In the book 1001 movies you must see before you die (Editorial Grijalbo) detail of A. 3 titles Mackendrick: Whisky galore ! (1949) *; Ladykillers (The Ladykillers, 1955) and Sweet Smell of Success (Sweet Smell of Success, 1957).
* In the book appears with the title in Castilian of Whisky Galore!