Lord, I am so tired: Top 20 Films for Labor Day
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Published by Dennis Hartley on August 31, 2024
Thought this was appropriate for tomorrow (Labor Day). I have been looking for something to "while my time away" and these titles look like a good way to do so. Lots of great old ones.
Raise your glass to the hard-working people
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
Lets think of the wavering millions
who need leaders but get gamblers instead
-Salt of the Earth, by Mick Jagger & Keith Richard (from the album Beggars Banquet)
It is about a search, too, for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying. Perhaps immortality, too, is part of the quest. To be remembered was the wish, spoken and unspoken, of the heroes and heroines of this book.
― Studs Terkel, from his book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
(Shame mode) Full disclosure. It had been so long since I had contemplated the true meaning of Labor Day, I had to refresh myself with a web search. Like many wage slaves (yes, I am still punching a clock at 68
Google average 1 bedroom rent in Seattle for further details), I view it as one of the 7 annual paid holidays offered by my employer (table scraps, really
relative to the other 254 weekdays I spend chained to a desk, slipping ever closer to the Abyss).
I have curated a Top 20 list of films that inspire, enlighten, or just give food for thought in honor of this holiest of days for those who make an honest living (I know-were a dying breed). So put your feet up, cue up a movie, and raise a glass to yourself. Youve earned it.