THE PARKING LOT MOVIE (Meghan Eckman, U.S.) 84 minutes.
Saturday (May 1), 6:30 pm, Cumberland 3 Monday (May 3), 11:45 pm, Bloor. Rating: NNNN
Once upon a time, a man named Chris Farina opened a parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia – and decided to hire only graduate students and philosophers to work in the booth. The result was a tiny island of oddballs who banded together against an endless stream of frat boys, sorority girls and all-purpose jerks.
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Mixing testimony from employees past and present (including Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew), Meghan Eckman’s charming little documentary makes an awfully convincing case for the lot as a key battleground in America’s ongoing culture war, not to mention a fun place to hang out on a Saturday afternoon.
