0:00:01.000,0:00:04.001 Medieoperatørene presents 0:00:06.077,0:00:08.068 A film by Charlotte Thiis-Evensen 0:00:09.008,0:00:11.000 Perhaps you could play that song you gave me? 0:00:11.000,0:00:14.000 - Now? [br]- Yes. 0:00:33.000,0:00:38.001 St. Jørgen's Square 0:00:45.001,0:00:49.000 (NEWS JINGLE) 0:00:52.004,0:00:55.000 ...riots and general strike in Athens... 0:00:55.000,0:00:58.008 ...good morning everyone... 0:00:58.008,0:01:04.004 (MORNING RADIO SHOW JINGLE) 0:01:39.009,0:01:45.001 Jørgen is head of the equipment storage [br]at the NRK for the past ten years. 0:01:45.001,0:01:50.000 I am going on a shoot today, but I [br]forgot the memory cards for the P2-camera. 0:01:50.000,0:01:54.005 - That’s not exactly my problem, is it?[br]- No. 0:01:54.005,0:01:58.002 - And then there's a collection afterwards.[br]- I'll bring them back. 0:01:58.002,0:02:03.009 You can have one, but there will [br]be a collection afterwards, 0:02:03.009,0:02:11.004 - A collection?[br]- I'll hassle you with phonecalls. 0:02:11.004,0:02:15.000 These cards are just trouble, really. 0:02:15.000,0:02:20.005 You should shape up, not just [br]make a muddle. Don't you agree? 0:02:20.005,0:02:22.003 - Yes, yes... 0:02:22.007,0:02:26.000 - An order has been placed? [br]- Yes, but things take time. 0:02:26.000,0:02:31.002 - Must nag, you know. [br]- Can't nag. It takes time. 0:02:31.003,0:02:35.000 They don’t work any faster down there. 0:02:35.000,0:02:38.001 - In Germany? [br]- Yes, they don't. 0:02:40.000,0:02:44.000 The “I-must-have” people... [br]then I get pissed off. 0:02:44.000,0:02:49.000 They don’t get any particular service. 0:02:50.000,0:02:53.000 - I need sound.[br]- You'll need some mikes, then? 0:02:54.000,0:02:58.006 All people are different,[br]some people you like, some you don't 0:03:00.000,0:03:04.000 Of course, I offer more [br]serviceto people I like. 0:03:04.000,0:03:10.007 Some people... I instantly[br]pick up on a bad vibration. 0:03:13.001,0:03:16.005 People are very self-absorbed here. 0:03:16.005,0:03:21.002 No one thinks about the next man. 0:03:26.002,0:03:31.002 "I need, I need..." 0:03:31.009,0:03:34.009 - Haven't you completed the smile-program, Jørgen? 0:03:34.009,0:03:37.004 No, I haven't. 0:03:37.004,0:03:40.001 - Why should I?[br]- Service course... 0:03:40.001,0:03:43.000 - Should I run around smiling when you come then? [br]- Yes. 0:03:43.004,0:03:49.000 – Yeah, right.[br]- You should. 0:03:49.000,0:03:52.006 I'm not working for an airline, you know. 0:03:52.006,0:03:55.001 You don’t have to come here, you know. 0:03:55.001,0:03:58.000 You don’t have to come here. 0:03:58.000,0:04:03.000 You can stay down in the News-department 0:04:03.000,0:04:08.000 - That’s going out again tomorrow. [br]- Have a nice day! 0:04:12.000,0:04:14.006 "Chapter 23" 0:04:14.006,0:04:20.000 "Establishing a power base through terror." 0:04:20.000,0:04:25.000 "For the next ten years, Mao’s home was on[br]the Yellow Earth Plateau in northwestern China," 0:04:25.000,0:04:27.000 "near the Yellow River" 0:04:27.000,0:04:30.000 "the next largest river in [br]China after the Yangtze," 0:04:30.000,0:04:34.000 "and the cradle of Chinese civilization." 0:04:34.000,0:04:40.038 The Mao book, "The Unknown Mao" [br]is a 78 hours long audio book. 0:04:40.038,0:04:48.074 I listen to it at work now and then, [br]but mostly when I go to bed at night, or after work. 0:04:48.074,0:04:53.006 The book is very fascinating. [br]How crazy it all was. 0:04:53.006,0:04:58.052 "The advancing communist army [br]took over all civil institutions" 0:04:58.052,0:05:04.018 "recruiting young people with education, [br]urban men and women, to fill the positions." 0:05:14.005,0:05:19.001 I need a camera, I am going on a trip. 0:05:19.002,0:05:25.008 It's not like a shop here, you know.[br]"Need this, need that" 0:05:25.008,0:05:28.063 - Can I get a camera then?[br]- Where are you going? 0:05:28.063,0:05:32.001 Somalia. Or no, I am going to Kenya. 0:05:32.001,0:05:37.013 - Then you definitely won’t get one. [br]It will get ruined. Sand and shit. 0:05:37.013,0:05:44.066 I talked to Gunnar Grønlund, [br]and we'll bring this air spray. 0:05:45.023,0:05:51.048 I’m not that keen on it.[br]It’s all the same to me where you are going. 0:05:51.048,0:06:01.003 But I can’t go back to my boss and say[br]I can’t go because I can’t get a camera. 0:06:01.003,0:06:05.000 - Allright, do you need a tripod then? [br]- A monopod and a small camera. 0:06:05.000,0:06:10.000 - Can't you do without a camera stand?[br]- Yeah, but the camera is heavy. 0:06:10.000,0:06:15.002 You get one battery. [br]To keep the program short. 0:06:17.005,0:06:22.001 Good lord, this is like pulling teeth now. 0:06:22.001,0:06:25.008 Now you owe me a cigarette.[br]I had to stub mine. 0:06:25.008,0:06:31.005 - I don’t smoke anymore.[br]- Then you can buy me some duty-free. 0:06:31.005,0:06:34.006 - Bye. Have a good trip.[br]- Thanks! 0:06:44.000,0:06:49.007 There's something wrong with power people.[br]Communism and power is not the same. 0:06:49.007,0:06:53.004 - But I’m not really a communist.[br]- A little? 0:06:53.004,0:06:56.008 No. Maybe... Aren't we all? 0:06:56.008,0:06:59.007 Maybe. A hobby communist. 0:07:10.000,0:07:14.000 "Chapter 14. The Long March, III." 0:07:14.000,0:07:18.003 "When the two red armies joined forces in June, 1935," 0:07:18.003,0:07:22.009 "Mao’s powerbase, the Central Red Army, [br]was completely destroyed." 0:07:22.009,0:07:27.004 "The long march started out with 80,000 soldiers" 0:07:27.004,0:07:34.004 "Now it was reduced to around 10,000, [br]on the verge of collapse." 0:07:36.000,0:07:40.003 - Have you got it?[br]- Just. 0:08:53.000,0:08:57.000 Replace the transmitter. 0:08:57.000,0:09:00.000 There. 0:09:00.000,0:09:06.000 This drives me totally, [br]completely crazy, really. 0:09:06.000,0:09:10.003 Damn, where did it go? There, yes. 0:09:11.000,0:09:15.007 Jørgen used to be one of [br]NRK's best Lighting technicians. 0:09:15.007,0:09:20.005 Before he became partially sighted. 0:09:20.008,0:09:24.000 - Are things allright or what?[br]- No. 0:09:24.000,0:09:26.005 - No?[br]- No. 0:09:26.005,0:09:32.005 - It’s absolute hell. Everything is just a fog.[br]- Really? 0:09:32.005,0:09:37.002 I am barely able to make it to work. [br]To find the way. 0:09:37.002,0:09:40.005 I know from memory, but driving... 0:09:40.005,0:09:44.008 But walking is not bad. I need some exercise. [br]And I pass the beer-shop on the way. 0:09:45.000,0:09:51.002 You drink red wine, right, [br]I drink beer. Different tastes. 0:09:51.007,0:09:54.005 Are you having a new operation now? 0:09:54.005,0:09:57.003 I was at the hospital, [br]then I was at the borderline. 0:09:57.003,0:10:02.001 But the conclusion is, I can't be [br]bothered anymore. It’s over. I can't. 0:10:02.001,0:10:05.002 Clearly, it's game over if anything happens. 0:10:06.004,0:10:11.007 - You would like a camera.[br]- If you have one tucked away. 0:10:13.002,0:10:14.098 I do. 0:10:15.000,0:10:19.005 ... then there's Top 20, [br]but does he need sound equipment? 0:10:19.005,0:10:25.095 ...Isn't that just a kind of streaming thing? 0:10:25.095,0:10:28.059 (mimicking a Northern dialect). [br]- "You should be able to hold it then". 0:10:28.059,0:10:31.013 "Otherwise you won't be able to film." 0:10:31.013,0:10:36.006 - We’re talking about a monitor for...[br]- Can you pull focus with this? 0:10:36.006,0:10:42.001 - No...[br]- Is it the same one that we used in the sound...? 0:10:42.001,0:10:45.000 - Yes.[br]- Then it won't work. 0:10:45.000,0:10:49.087 Bad luck if someone cleans up [br]around here when I’m on holiday. 0:10:50.009,0:10:55.000 I wouldn’t find anything when I came back. 0:10:55.000,0:10:59.036 - You have your own system?[br]- It looks like a mess, but it isn't. 0:10:59.036,0:11:04.004 I know where things are. When people [br]ask me, I find it for them right away. 0:11:33.000,0:11:36.000 I remember I was lighting [br]Maria McKee for an interview 0:11:36.000,0:11:40.004 I wanted to really go for it, [br]with lots of lamps and soft lighting. 0:11:43.000,0:11:46.000 She was pretty, and then I liked [br]her in Lone Justice and other stuff. 0:11:55.000,0:11:59.004 I was a bit anxious if she wanted so much [br]lighting, it was really hot in there. 0:11:59.004,0:12:03.000 It was an awesome, [br]big lighting design, but... 0:12:03.000,0:12:07.000 It’s fun to meet celebrities. [br]I’m not that blasé. 0:12:07.000,0:12:12.000 There is a hierarchy. The interviewer talks [br]to them, the lighting people do the lighting. 0:12:12.000,0:12:16.000 Lighting people don’t talk to celebrities. 0:12:23.000,0:12:26.000 Hi, this is Jørgen. 0:12:26.000,0:12:30.003 Huh? This is...? What? Ok. 0:12:35.000,0:12:40.000 Which DV-camera, the whole set, [br]or just the camera, or what? 0:12:40.000,0:12:46.008 A lot of people have no idea what [br]we do down here. It's just a warehouse. 0:12:46.008,0:12:52.006 But without us, you couldn't make TV-programmes. 0:12:55.000,0:13:01.000 Some come here just to talk. 0:13:01.000,0:13:06.000 A daily routine to come down here [br]to talk, and to have a smoke and... 0:13:06.000,0:13:11.000 ...talk rubbish. People like it here. 0:13:11.000,0:13:17.000 Some places in NRK no bosses [br]know about. Important places. 0:13:17.000,0:13:19.083 - Isn’t that quite nice?[br]- Red wine and coke? 0:13:19.083,0:13:24.010 - It’s refreshing in the summer. [br]- I’ve never tried. I mix white wine and seltzer. 0:13:24.010,0:13:26.057 Are you connected to the program-bank and such? 0:13:26.057,0:13:30.003 I have managed to create [br]a bit of an atmosphere here. 0:13:30.003,0:13:35.080 Now there are chairs, people sit [br]there... it's a gathering point. 0:13:42.000,0:13:45.000 I was actually going to [br]call it King Jørgen's Ramp. 0:13:45.000,0:13:51.000 But my boss had made a sign with [br]St. Jørgen's Square, so he beat me to it. 0:13:51.000,0:13:54.000 So it is now called St. Jørgen's Square. 0:13:57.000,0:14:01.072 It was presented to me on my 50th birthday. 0:14:07.000,0:14:10.000 "He greatly enjoyed a poem from the sixth century called," 0:14:10.000,0:14:12.000 “'The withered trees,'” 0:14:12.000,0:14:16.000 "an elegy about a copse of unique trees" 0:14:16.000,0:14:21.000 "ending their days dried-up and lifeless." 0:14:21.000,0:14:25.000 "The poet Yo Xin attributed the trees' sad fate" 0:14:25.000,0:14:30.000 "to the fact that they had been pulled [br]up from the roots and transplanted." 0:14:50.000,0:14:57.000 It was my... boyhood dream...[br]A Harley Davidson Soft Tail custom. 0:14:57.000,0:15:04.000 It's the closest one gets to the dream of “Easy Rider”. 0:15:08.000,0:15:16.000 It is very difficult to describe that[br]feeling of having wind in your face, and... 0:15:16.000,0:15:19.000 ...air and smells, and... 0:15:19.000,0:15:24.000 ...you sit outside, it’s a... 0:15:24.000,0:15:28.000 ...it’s a bit..."top of the world" feeling in a way. 0:15:35.003,0:15:36.066 (Private footage from 1994) 0:15:36.066,0:15:39.008 You can accelerate on the uphill slopes 0:15:39.008,0:15:42.086 and then you notice a kind of slow pull backwards. 0:15:42.086,0:15:48.000 Then it’s kind of fun to sing[br]“Born to be Wild” driving over the mountain. 0:15:48.000,0:15:51.010 Just throttle it and head on. 0:15:59.000,0:16:03.000 The best trip I had, I think was when[br]I had been in Western-Norway for work. 0:16:03.000,0:16:06.000 I had my bike and rode over Valdres plateau 0:16:06.000,0:16:11.058 in fantastic weather, late summer. [br]It was really warm. 0:16:13.065,0:16:17.028 The mountains lay in the background[br]and there was willowherb along the road 0:16:17.028,0:16:25.090 and you could just stop and lie[br]down along the river and sunbathe. 0:16:33.000,0:16:37.000 "...also outside NRK. It is known that NRK [br]wishes to free up about a hundred million kroner..." 0:16:37.000,0:16:40.000 "...There has been much unrest about [br]the plans for NRK’s future these past..." 0:16:40.000,0:16:45.004 "...and that we, confronted with the rapid changes in media, need" 0:16:45.004,0:16:48.000 "need to have greater economic flexibility..." 0:16:48.000,0:16:53.000 "...today, we received word that NRK will [br]cut 100 positions in the course of the year..." 0:16:55.000,0:16:57.061 Perhaps you could play that song that you gave me? 0:16:57.061,0:17:00.036 - Now? [br]- Yes. 0:17:25.000,0:17:27.000 It must be melodic. 0:17:27.000,0:17:30.000 I am melancholic and often dream. 0:17:30.000,0:17:35.000 I am not aggressive at all. [br]I don’t have any violent genes at all. 0:17:35.000,0:17:40.073 No, I am actually pretty kind. Maybe a [br]little strange, and a little... individualistic. 0:17:45.000,0:17:48.016 Music can only be played when [br]you’re alone, otherwise it becomes annoying. 0:17:48.016,0:17:51.000 No one has the same taste, [br]so it must be played when you’re alone. 0:17:51.000,0:17:55.044 But of course I am mostly on my own, [br]so then you play it alone. 0:18:02.000,0:18:05.000 I have become kind of melancholic[br]over the years, a bit calmer. 0:18:05.000,0:18:13.000 So I play more and more calm music. 0:18:13.000,0:18:23.048 But when in a bad mood, it's better[br]to play an intense song and just dance. 0:18:27.093,0:18:31.000 I grew up with alternative clubs... [br]so of course it's the solo dance. 0:18:31.000,0:18:36.027 Doing the airguitar, and yeah, all that. 0:18:39.000,0:18:45.074 What the hell should I use my head [br]for if I can’t dream and fantasize? 0:18:46.015,0:18:52.000 Actually, you haven’t been very much alone, have you? 0:18:54.041,0:18:58.037 No, I have though, really... What the hell [br]am I supposed to say to that, then? Alone... 0:18:58.037,0:19:03.012 The last five years I have lived alone. 0:19:05.000,0:19:11.000 From when I was 36 and until I was [br]almost 50, I was in a long relationship. 0:19:11.000,0:19:15.058 We had a good time together, and had fun together. 0:19:15.058,0:19:20.027 Perhaps we were both just [br]as strange, and individualistic. 0:19:20.027,0:19:23.093 We slid away from each other, [br]my sight became worse and worse. 0:19:23.093,0:19:28.002 Our interests changed, both of ours... [br]We rode bikes and she started sailing. 0:19:28.002,0:19:31.000 We just slid away from each other. 0:19:32.094,0:19:36.060 I can’t decide that other people [br]should fancy me. Or fall in love with me. 0:19:36.060,0:19:41.001 That is not something I can decide. [br]Of course, I can fall in love. Theoretically. 0:19:41.001,0:19:47.000 I am actually. 0:19:47.000,0:19:51.000 But I don’t think it's realistic really. 0:19:51.000,0:19:57.000 Hell, who wants to be together with a cripple? 0:19:57.000,0:20:02.000 I am an old man and a cripple, right? 0:20:02.000,0:20:06.000 No, I must admit that I don’t have any[br]positive aspects right now, really. 0:20:06.000,0:20:09.002 I have basically given up because of my sight 0:20:09.002,0:20:13.000 and going home to hang around [br]in the fog, and not see a damn shit. 0:20:13.000,0:20:20.000 It's not often I laugh much anymore, [br]or get very excited, really. 0:20:20.000,0:20:26.075 If you are down of course you dream about [br]having another person to lean on, or hold. 0:20:26.075,0:20:35.000 Someone who thinks about me [br]and takes... thinks about me. 0:20:36.095,0:20:40.005 Not being completely alone here on earth. 0:20:40.005,0:20:43.040 But that’s not something I can do anything about. 0:20:43.040,0:20:50.000 But not at all costs. I can happily [br]do it a bit... on the weekends and things. 0:20:50.000,0:20:58.012 Not everyday, right? [br]But to live alone all the time... 0:20:58.012,0:21:02.019 No... [br](There's a knock on the door) 0:21:02.019,0:21:07.074 There's this superior looking guy [br]here. He is taking some batteries. 0:21:07.074,0:21:10.048 - Who is it? [br]- I’m Henrik. 0:21:10.048,0:21:15.013 - What job is it for? [br]- The Children's show. Our camera just eats batteries. 0:21:15.013,0:21:19.086 - It's the DV-batteries? [br]- Yes. Can I take three? 0:21:19.086,0:21:23.017 - Yes. [br]- Brilliant! 0:21:29.000,0:21:33.090 Just check that I have brought [br]the right ones. There should be one 305. 0:21:33.090,0:21:37.053 - If it is the three... let’s see... [br]- Three, zero, five. 0:21:37.053,0:21:43.000 There are five of those, and then there is one 305 camera. 0:21:45.000,0:21:48.092 Have you thought about what you [br]would do if you didn’t work here? 0:21:48.092,0:21:58.023 I have. Honestly, when I can’t [br]handle it anymore, I’ll call it a day. 0:21:58.023,0:22:03.025 - Call it a day? [br]- When I don’t function anymore, I'll call it a day. 0:22:03.025,0:22:07.046 That’s just how it is. It’s no [br]loss for humanity that I die. 0:22:07.046,0:22:11.003 It’s a loss for NRK, but not for humanity. 0:22:11.003,0:22:12.087 So, it’s a loss for NRK? 0:22:12.088,0:22:14.089 Oh yes. 0:22:14.089,0:22:17.099 "Zhu De apologised to Zhang Guotao, who was an old friend" 0:22:18.000,0:22:22.084 "and said that the army had been [br]a giant, but now it was just a skeleton." 0:22:22.084,0:22:25.037 "It can no longer fight." 0:22:25.037,0:22:29.065 If you want to understand how crazy Mao actually was... 0:22:29.065,0:22:32.098 ...of course, it is very difficult [br]to know, to find out, isn’t it? 0:22:33.000,0:22:36.000 "But Mao needed Jiang Ching at [br]this turning point in his career." 0:22:36.000,0:22:40.065 "She was, as she said herself, [br]his most loyal lieutenant" 0:22:40.065,0:22:45.035 "Because without Mao she was nothing." 0:23:08.000,0:23:15.071 It’s OK to stand out as a character, [br]during a long life at a workplace. 0:23:15.072,0:23:22.000 Then at least people know... [br]Then you haven’t been a grey mouse. 0:23:22.000,0:23:25.014 No, that’s for sure. 0:23:25.014,0:23:28.041 - But it sounds as if you like your job? [br]- Yes, I do. 0:23:28.041,0:23:32.062 Yes, I think it's totally ok, [br]because I'm free here, really. 0:23:32.062,0:23:35.073 I'm a free man... you have to [br]be here from half eight to four... 0:23:35.073,0:23:39.000 ...but then you are in a way free anyway, right? 0:23:39.000,0:23:43.040 You can choose your own tempo throughout the day. 0:23:43.040,0:23:47.098 That way it’s a pretty good [br]workplace actually. It is. 0:23:48.000,0:23:50.092 - Can you see me now? [br]- No. 0:23:50.092,0:23:54.000 No. You are a sort of gray, [br]or a sort of black mass. 0:23:54.000,0:23:59.040 You might look pretty, [br]I don’t know, but it's possible. 0:24:00.057,0:24:03.019 That’s straightforward. 0:24:03.019,0:24:07.003 An advantage for you maybe? 0:24:15.068,0:24:21.050 The equipment storage is to be moved, [br]expanded and reorganized, for better efficiency. 0:24:21.050,0:24:28.022 I’m very uncertain if I want to move. With my [br]eyes I probably have no business being there. 0:24:28.022,0:24:32.045 But time will tell.