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I was tempted go go with ‘Happiness’ as this week’s topic, as yesterday was the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, but I couldn’t bring too many films to mind*. Instead, as more stories surface of restaurants not paying the minimum wage and self-employed drivers being charged for being unable to work, this week I’m looking for films set in and around the workplace.
Compliance was my first thought – and the tyranny of fast food management is still very much with us – but instead I’ll look back to happier times, when complete incompetence was no great barrier to earning a crust, and kick off with Clerks, Kevin Smith’s only good film (discuss?)……
What films about work would you recommend?
*Or, if you prefer, films about happiness.