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Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979)
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English
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Mar 23, 2009
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Synopsis:

    Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. 
    This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in 
    Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Vatican, or the Virgin Islands. It also 
    attempts to make the functioning of the public service more comprehensible. 
    The absurdities of bureaucratic behavior are exposed with humor and 
    irreverence.

Notes:

    This film has been transcoded from non-free formats to free container, 
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    and ethical problems created through the use of proprietary software and 
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Format:

    Container:          Matroska            (free)
    Video Codec:        Theora              (free)
          Dimensions:   720 x 560
          Framerate:    23.976 fps
    Audio Codec:        Vorbis              (free)
          Sampling:     44.1 KHz
          Channels:     Stereo
          Bitrate:      112 Kb/s
    Size:               1.0 GB (1117180086 bytes)
    MD5 Check Sum:      83cd5fe1159fa3c641a712ffc28f2f08
    Transcoder / Other Software Used:
        Extractor:      mplayer 1.0rc2      (free)
        Video:          theoraenc           (free)
        Audio:          oggenc              (free)
        Container:      mkvmerge 2.5.3      (free)
        OS:             GNU/Linux 2.6.27    (free)
        Distribution:   Ubuntu Intrepid     (free)

Source Format:

    Medium:             DVD                 (non-free)
    Container:          MPEG-PS             (non-free)
    Audio Codec:        AC-3                (non-free)
    Video Codec:        MPEG-2              (non-free)

Content:

    Title:              Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
    Genre:              Documentary
    Country:            Canada
    Language:           English
    Director:           Donald Brittain
    Producers:          Marrin Canell, Donald Brittain
    Co-Producers:       National Film Board of Canada, CBC
    Date:               1979
    Length:             58 minutes
    Wikipedia:          https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Paperland:_The_Bureaucrat_Observed

Awards:

    * Genie Award for Best Non-dramatic Script to Donald Brittain, Ron Blumer, 
      John T. Random, March 20 1980, Toronto
    
    * Genie Award for Best Documentary over 30 minutes, March 20 1980, Toronto

    * Genie Award for Best Direction - Non-Dramatic to Donald Brittain, March 20
      1980, Toronto

    * Genie Award for Best Film Editing to Richard Todd, March 20 1980, Toronto