Tuesday 10 November 2009

Office Space - Printer Death

Office Space is a great comedy. Written and directed by Mike Judge - the creative force behind Beavis and Butthead - it captures the mindless grind that is the modern office environment where management buzzwords and meaningless figures generate alienation in the workplace in a very Marxist sense. Our heroes take out their anger at the system on a printer:



The first time I saw this I almost choked from laughing. There's loads more great stuff in the film too, including a couple of great performances from supporting cast members as various parts of the office's human machinery. All except Jennifer Aniston though, she is distinctly unmemorable as usual.

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