Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal eccentric and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas at Austin. Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere 000 writer/producer/director Linklater and his close-knit crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters each as unique as the last culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration. Slacker is a prescient... look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants and one of the keynote films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Richard Linklater&39;s Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal eccentric and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas at Austin Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere 23000 writerproducerdirector Linklater and his close-knit crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters each as unique as the last culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants and one of the keynote films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s Actors Richard Linklater Rudy Basquez Jean Caffeine Jan Hockey Stephan Hockey Mark James Samuel Dietert Bob Boyd Terrence Kirk Keith McCormack Jennifer Schaudies Dan Kratochvil Maris Strautmanis Brecht Andersch & Tommy Pallotta Director Richard Linklater Certificate 15 years and over Year 1991 Languages English Duration 1 hour and 37 minutes (approx)
Set over the course of a day in the college town of Austin, Texas, 'Slacker' follows a series of oddball characters as they wander the streets pursuing their own individual obsessions. These range from the eccentric (a man tries to convince every passer-by that the aliens have landed) to the sinister (a boy runs over his mum and then watches old home movies until the police arrive). Together with Douglas Coupland's 'Generation X', 'Slacker' acted as a rallying cry for the twentysomethings in the early 90s who couldn't quite get it together to rally.
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