With Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey. People who do nothing. I think though, that the animation on Waking Life transformed the moments of dialogue and the philosophical and monologues and enhanced the whole thing. These characters, lost in a state of disillusionment, are living their lives; and Linklater made a movie out of it. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. Richard Stuart Linklater (* 30.Juli 1960 in Houston, Texas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor Richard Linklater - Slacker (1991) From Amazon.com: Richard Linklater's debut feature is a comic kaleidoscopic portrait of the quirky characters stuck in a college town (it's Austin, Texas, but it could stand for hundreds of such places), a devilishly clever and endlessly inventive film that overcomes its nothing budget with scene after hilarious scene of short, sharp cinematic shots.
I found out about Richard Linklater from this Waking Life, which I thought was absolutely brilliant. Slacker (englisch, von slack, „lustlos“, „schlaff“) ist eine Bezeichnung für eine Person, deren Lebensstil durch geringe Leistungs-und Anpassungsbereitschaft in Schule oder Beruf gekennzeichnet ist.. Ursprünglich wurde der Begriff in den Vereinigten Staaten für Menschen benutzt, die sich dem Wehrdienst entziehen wollten. A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs. Richard Linklater's Slacker is a film about nothing. As is evidenced from Linklater’s illustrious career, he is a man of tremendous ambition. Inhaltsangabe: Ein Tag in Austin, Texas - aus der Sicht der Außenseiter und Ausgestoßenen.. Slacker | Linklater, Richard | ISBN: 9780312077976 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. And yet, I can see why some get angry when others say that there isn't any point to the whole thing. The dictionary defines slackers as people who evade duties and responsibilities. In den 1990er Jahren vollzog sich eine Begriffswandlung. A more modern notion would be people who are ultimately being responsible to themselves and not wasting their time in a realm of activity that has nothing to do with who they are or what they might be ultimately striving for.” – Richard Linklater
Slackers, Stoners and Scanners: Richard Linklater’s Films, Ranked In honor of his epic ‘Boyhood’ hitting theaters, we rank all of this pioneering indie filmmaker’s work from worst to best