The Parking Lot Movie (2010) on Netflix
NR20101h 14mDocumentary
At a parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia, a crew of attendants studies philosophy, absorbs insults from rude drivers and gets even. Most are students at the nearby university.
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Plot summary
At the Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesville, Virginia, the attendants are mostly students at the nearby University of Virginia, many majoring in philosophy or anthropology. Their shifts bring drunken, rude and cheap patrons, along with vandals, and the job leaves room to weigh societal norms and values and to shape a personal philosophy of life. They get around on skateboards and bicycles rather than cars, and treat the customers they serve with a tolerant contempt. In their spare time they stay on the lot anyway, playing a game called flip cone, stenciling messages on the parking gate, writing songs and dancing for tips. Attendants who have since moved on also appear, looking back on their years there.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Parking Lot Movie (2010)
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- Director Meghan Eckman hired New York musician Sam Retzer for the soundtrack; he had studied for several years in Charlottesville. Former parking lot attendants in the film, including Mark Schottinger and John Lindaman, wrote and performed other songs.
