Re: Any good films

Donna L. Phillips (philld2 who-is-at rpi.edu)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:12:21 -0400

I don't know how you're defining "modern." Gregory Peck in The Man in
the Gray Flannel Suit is more of a classic, though it sure highlights
the homogeneity and alienation of slightly older than postmodern
capitalism.

Donna Phillips
RPI
Troy NY

Katherine Brown wrote:

> People can recommend about the modern workplace for a course on
> organizational theory for the section about the fragmented nature
> of modern office life?
> I will show the Judge Film Office Space and need one other
> to illustrate ideas about power, alienation, bureaucracy,
> technology.
> I have thought about Brazil, but it may be too much or too difficult
> to analyze for undergrads.
> I have ruled out 9 to 5 "(it is not as good as I remembered it
> upon a second screening) and tried Clockwatchers but it drags.
> Modern Times has been done alot in my department, and its more
> about FOrdism in general. Working Girl doesn't foreground the
> issue of work itself enough and is more about the appearance of
> success and class/gender.
> Any help is appreciated.
> Katherine Brown