Movie Must See: The Parking Lot Movie (2010)

Site: www.theparkinglotmovie.com
Plot: Often described as the documentary version of Clerks, The Parking Lot Movie follows a select group of parking lot attendants who work at The Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesvile, Virginia. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more.




Located nearby the University of Virginia and tucked in behind a number of bars, the assortment of overeducated attendants who work at The Corner Parking Lot have to deal with throngs of drunken frat boys, vandals, and SUV-driving jerks who either take off without paying or fight them over sums as low as $0.40.




Fortunately in this establishment the normally agreed upon rules of customer service don’t exist. Disrespect the staff and face the consequences.




In what becomes a discourse on American life, these overeducated parking attendants wax profoundly about car culture and capitalism, seek vengeance against entitled patrons and thieves, and make fun of drunken jerks.




If the intersection between the status quo and the quest for freedom is their ultimate challenge, could a slab of asphalt be an emotional way station for The American Dream?




Quotes:
Did we play God at the parking lot? And while none of us could, I guess we did. I guess we did play God.
Scott Meiggs
Parking Lot Attendant
1996-2000




I try to tell people about the parking lot - about the experience of that. I could never get across what kind of place it was. I don't think it exists anywhere else. It's like, you try to describe it to people. People think it's such a pedestrian thing- a parking lot. They put the blinders on.
Scott Meiggs
Parking Lot Attendant
1996-2000




Basically when people would drive out without paying, the switch would flip in my head then it was just total bloodlust. There was no rational thought anymore. The next thing you know I would end up hanging onto some guy's shirt. And that was when I realized I had a problem with anger.
John Lindaman
Parking Lot Attendant
1991-2002

I did not overcharge people to get more money. I overcharged people because they were dicks and deserved it. Vengeance is mine.
John Beers
Parking Lot Attendant
1986-1990