Aspen

Aspen was once a mining town in Colorado. Today it is one of the winter resorts of the Rocky Mountains. Wealthy holidaymakers spend the season there. The documentary shows the town as two separate communities. On one side is the ski resort and the money around it. On the other are the people who live there all year. The visitors relax while the locals do the work. The camera moves between the two. There is no narrator and there are no explanatory titles. The scenes make their meaning on their own. Church gatherings, lessons, meeting rooms and workplaces follow one another. Views of the landscape come in between. Wealth and labour stand side by side inside the same town. The film shows that difference without stating it. The hundred and forty six minute documentary watches the daily life of the town. It is an American production Frederick Wiseman finished in 1991.