Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for... Alles lesenThe relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
- Auszeichnungen
- 2 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt
- Coffee Lady
- (as Irene Olga Lopez)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesLisa Kudrow postponed her honeymoon to shoot this film.
- PatzerWhen Iris attempts to retrieve the bag Paula drops on the bus, the small child who was sitting immediately in front of Paula vanishes. Iris immediately sits where the missing child was last seen.
- Zitate
Iris Chapman: Everything is temporary. Everything begins and ends and begins again. When I look ahead, I imagine infinite possible futures repeated like countless photocopies, a thousand blank pages, and in each one I see myself, never hiding, never sitting silently, and never just waiting and waiting and watching the world go by.
- Crazy CreditsThe opening credits are shown over the sound of the loud ticking of a clock.
- SoundtracksSnooky's Theme
Written by Joey Altruda
Performed by Joey Altruda
Published by Josho Publishing/Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of Ocean Park Music Group
Good art often offers commentary on the times. When you're in the midst of an era, it's hard to see what characterizes it. I think Clockwatchers does a terrific job of capturing a facet of the temp world of the 80's/90's. I was a temp for a year in 1988. It's quite accurate.
But you don't have to be a temp to recognize these characters. Yes Dilbert, yes Office Space, and especially the beginning of Joe vs the Volcano have these same foils. But I think Clockwatchers' take was unique. The characters were well developed while still being archetypes. There was a subtlety and style that all the others listed chose against.
The direction and cinematography of this film is terrific. It takes guts to burn film doing a close-up of someone's glasses for 10 seconds. There is real art to this film. The writing, the directing, the pacing, editing, all right up at the top of the scale. The acting was fine, but I don't think it's the strong suit of this movie. Toni Collette is a standout. While I love Parker Posey, I think she was probably a bit over the top here. The Muzak, while as mood-setting as the buzz of florescent lighting, can grate at a viewer.
This film touched on too may things to list them all. Here's a sample... What are you doing with your life if you're waiting for it to burn off? Isn't it exhausting and poisoning to pretend to look busy all day? If you are a cog in a machine, and accomplishing nothing at that too, did you really even exist? Are the "troublemakers" in life getting us in trouble, or offering us freedom (note there are two people here stirring up the pot)? What is theft (and theft of services)? Where is the dividing line between unethical play and immorality? At what point do you give up on the dream of personal growth? Are some people "better" than others? What does beauty (and grooming) have to do with it? Does the corporate hierarchy define our worth to others or our self-worth? What is loyalty and betrayal, to whom do you owe how much, and how do you give consent to those obligations/ownership? Work/friends/family are all portrayed as villains and allies wielding this loyalty Sword of Damocles.
One IMDB reviewer said this film was a good way to kill time after work. That's terrific irony. :)
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsländer
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- Esperando la hora
- Drehorte
- 110 East Union St, Pasadena, Kalifornien, USA(former Clothes Heaven location; Jane's fiance picks her up)
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 537.948 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 34.838 $
- 17. Mai 1998
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 537.948 $