The Parking Lot Movie
Season 12 Episode 1 | 52m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch this film through August 21.
Delve into the rarefied world of one small parking lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awakenings, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.
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The Parking Lot Movie
Season 12 Episode 1 | 52m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Delve into the rarefied world of one small parking lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awakenings, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.
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The Parking Lot Movie: Existential Implications
Clip: S12 Ep1 | 1m 37s | "People were definitely considering the existential implications of the job." (1m 37s)
The Parking Lot Movie: "I Bought the Car"
Clip: S12 Ep1 | 1m 55s | "I bought the car ... surely, it comes with a parking space." (1m 55s)
The Parking Lot Movie: "The Evening Can Go Good or Bad"
Clip: S12 Ep1 | 2m 22s | "That's kind of where the evening can turn good or bad a lot of the time." (2m 22s)
The Parking Lot Movie: The Plight of the Service Sector Work
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Preview: S12 Ep1 | 1m 43s | "It's not just a parking lot, it's a battle with humanity." (1m 43s)
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