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Antiwork movies and novels

Antiwork movies I have seen are: Office Space (now on Prime again, was payable till recently) Brazil Metropolis (much of) Quadrophenia 9 to 5 The IT Crowd Sweeney Todd (I think this counts, there is much likening of capitalism to cannibalism) … Any suggestions? Or things with a similar vibe, perhaps more in the anarchist line. This Q was asked not too long back .. but any more suggestions? I also love movies where the protagonist is just an average schmuck, at least until propelled out of their depth by events. I suppose “Total Recall” counts, or sticking with PKD, his “Galactic Pot-Healer” novel. Novels have wider themes, but examples I can think of are The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (piecework decorators) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (piecework lathe operator) Charles Bukowski has some of the rejectionist, embrace-dropping-out vibe Some Dickens is horribly realistic about the inhuman conditions of Victorian labour…


Antiwork movies I have seen are:

  • Office Space (now on Prime again, was payable till recently)
  • Brazil
  • Metropolis (much of)
  • Quadrophenia
  • 9 to 5
  • The IT Crowd
  • Sweeney Todd (I think this counts, there is much likening of capitalism to cannibalism)

… Any suggestions? Or things with a similar vibe, perhaps more in the anarchist line.

This Q was asked not too long back .. but any more suggestions?

I also love movies where the protagonist is just an average schmuck, at least until propelled out of their depth by events. I suppose “Total Recall” counts, or sticking with PKD, his “Galactic Pot-Healer” novel.

Novels have wider themes, but examples I can think of are

  • The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (piecework decorators)
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (piecework lathe operator)
  • Charles Bukowski has some of the rejectionist, embrace-dropping-out vibe
  • Some Dickens is horribly realistic about the inhuman conditions of Victorian labour

…?

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