Work Hard Play Hard

Work Hard Play Hard (2012)
by Marcel Wyss

One of them quit coke only after he had looked death in the face. The other thinks he can control his consumption and wants to keep taking coke – up until his dying day if possible.

«WORK HARD PLAY HARD» tells the story of two coke addicts. Two men who couldn’t be anymore different: A restless yuppie and a jaded clown. But all are equal before the white powder. Coke has become the people’s drug. During the last decade it has started its frighteningly successful triumphal march through Western performance society.

Documentary author Marcel Wyss visualises what coke does to people. He manages to do so without judging. He shows both the seductive and the fatal aspects of the drug. This milieu survey boldly blurs the boundaries between documentary and animation film: 14’000 frames become elaborate hand-crafted illustrations in order to make the protagonists unrecognisable. A provoking film that will become subject of controversial public discussion.

Credits
Directed by	Marcel Wyss
Written by	Marcel Wyss
World Premiere	April 2012
Original Version	Swiss-German
ISAN	0000-0002-E9EA-0000-0-0000-0000-3
Production	Lomotion AG
Producer	Louis Mataré
Cinematography	Dominik Gehring, Tobias Kaufmann, Marcel Wyss
Editing	Marcel Wyss, David Fonjallaz
Location Sound Mix	Janosch Röthlisberger, Marcel Wyss
Sound Editing	Marcel Wyss
Sound Design	Peter Von Siebenthal
Rerecording Sound Mix	Peter Von Siebenthal
Music	Niklaus Hürny, Fabian M. Mueller, Alexandre Maurer, Don Li
Animation	Rodja Galli, Pinto Galli, Rahel Soumaya Mekni, Yannick Mosimann
Compositing	Jonas Moser
Characters by	Rodja Galli
Techniques	Zeichenanimation