Office Movies Photography Shack Guide
Office Movies For Your DVD Collection
By Sylvia Adolvana
The hit TV show "The Office" proves that
even the most mundane setting can become a hot bed of
humor, drama, suspense and intrigue. The complex interwoven
web of human relationships combined with the ever-growing,
ever-changing range of tasks demanded of us and mixed
with our own complicated emotional tapestry never ceases
to entertain.
Office movies in general present us with an unlikely
hero, inappropriate bosses, a few friends, even more
irritants and some sort of chaos that can’t be managed
for some reason. Eventually, we just all meet a day
we can’t handle, which is why we’ll continue to watch
and buy movies set in the workplace.
The King Of Office Movies
Office Space is considered the king of office movies.
This 1999 hit film satirizes life at a software company
in the nineties. The story’s protagonist, Peter Gibbons,
decides to stop going to work just as the company is
downsizing, which makes him even more intriguing and
desirable to his bosses.
When his friends get fired, they decide to create a
computer virus that will siphon off money into their
bank accounts. Other characters include Milton, the
quiet eccentric who is perpetually disgruntled and whose
desk is always getting moved. Lumbergh,the ever-irritating
boss whose expressions and mannerisms drive workers
up the wall, and a string of characters who talk about
having "a case of the Mondays" and lust after
their coworkers.
Despite its sluggish box office sales, Office Space
went on to become one of the most-purchased movies online,
with more than 2.6 million DVDs sold for home theater
viewing.
Annoying Customers In Clerks
Clerks, which is a 1994 comedy, is another one of the
classic office movies. While it’s technically set in
a convenience/video store, everyone who works in some
sort of routine occupation can relate to the annoying
customers and lack of fulfillment.
The story follows the plight of Dante Hicks, who is
called into work on his day off to deal with a swamp
of irritating customers. With characters like comedic
slacker Randall and stoners Jay and Silent Bob, the
Clerks motion picture went on to become an animated
TV series, comic book and has several sequels.
Director Kevin Smith originally shot this low-budget
film for just over $27,000 and ended up making $3 million
once the film caught on with fans.
Freedom Is Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose
Office movies often have epic moments of open defiance,
which appeals to us most. It’s hard not to love when
Lester Burnham (American Beauty) negotiates a severance
package with his boss, saying, "Then I guess I’ll
have to throw in a sexual harassment charge...."
As Burnham says, "I’m just an ordinary guy who
has nothing left to lose."
Audiences also love Edward Norton’s character in Fight
Club when he decides he doesn’t care about his job anymore
and goes to work faxing off personal memos for Project
Mayhem. When his boss discovers these files, the narrator
warns him, "Well, I gotta tell you: I’d be very,
very careful who you talk to about that, because the
person who wrote that... is dangerous.
A Dangerous Psycho In The Office
And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just
snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite
AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping
round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This
might be someone you’ve known for years. Someone very,
very close to you."
So this year when you’re looking to buy movies that
center around office rebellion, consider these classics.
About the Author:
Sylvia Adolvana has written articles on digital photography
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