ARIE NEUMANN:

Those are the exact words: not human.

A play on a name one word for another. A resemblance, it’s so common these days.

Language is a powerful means of propaganda. It’s the most public and the most secret at the same time.

The effect of this propaganda is not produced by speeches, articles and flyers. It seeps into many people’s flesh and blood.

Did you know we don’t have poor people anymore? Only people on modest income. We don’t talk anymore about ‘issues’ such as ‘social issues’, but ‘problems’ that our specialists split up into a series of technical details. For each one, they’ll find the optimum solution. Efficient methods...

Yes, but words emptied of all meaning. It’s a break down of the language, a dead language. Neutral, invaded by technical words.

A language, which gradually absorbes its humanity.

Understand?

from Heartbeat Detector, directed by Nicolas Klotz, written by Elisabeth Perceval, adapted from Francois Emmanuel's La Question Humaine