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Richard Linklater,
Richard Linklater,
Marc James,
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Richard Linklater,
Richard Linklater
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: Criterion
: Comedies, Cult, Independent, Black Comedy, Criterion Collection
: English
: English
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One of the key American independent films of the 1990s, Richard Linklater's feature debut is an audacious look at the twentysomething culture in the college town of Austin, Texas. Set over the course of a 24-hour period, the film is a collection of short, unconnected glimpses into the dropout subculture, touching base with a variety of musicians, students, street people and general eccentrics. While there's no real plot to speak of, Linklater's eye for nuance and gift for dialogue are superb, and the portrait he paints is so uncannily accurate that the term "slacker" was almost immediately co-opted as a media buzzword, one interchangeable with the similarly-overused "Generation X." Regardless, the film is an evocative reflection of a community and its culture and remains a definitive artifact of its time and place. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Three audio commentaries featuring Richard Linklater and members of the cast and crew
- Casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one-hundred-member cast, with an essay from production manager/casting director Anne Walker-McBay
- An early film treatment
- Home movies
- Ten-minute trailer for a documentary about the landmark Austin café, Les Amis, which served as location for several scenes in SLACKER
- Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos
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| Slacker (Criterion Collection) (Bonus Disc) (1991) |
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| I know people like that
by thomasadam
October 22, 2004 - 2:42 PM PDT
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2 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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| I don't really have much to add as far as a review goes. I just really liked this movie, it was much better than I expected. I especially loved the old anarchist, whose scene is at once the most unrealistic, and absolutely true of all in the film. " I know people like that." is what you should say after watching this. Maybe you could also say "I am like that." |
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