Directed by: Richard Linklater Script: Richard Linklater Producer: Richard Linklater Production company: Detour Filmproduction Cinematography: Lee Daniel Editing: Scott Rhodes Cast: Richard Linklater, Marc James, Stella Weir, John Slate, Louis Mackey, Teresa Taylor
Format: boja, color, video Running time: 98 min
Synopsis Richard Linklater’s Slacker presents a day in the life of a loose-knit subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in Austin, Texas. Shooting film on 16mm for a mere $3,000, writer/producer/director Linklater and his 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 key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.
Directors Biography Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. After his job on the oil rig, Linklater used the money he had saved to buy a Super-8 camera, a projector, and some editing equipment, and moved to Austin. For several years, Linklater made many short films that were, more than anything, exercises and experiments in film techniques. He finally completed his first feature, the rarely seen It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. While gaining a cult following for his independent films, such as Dazed and Confused, Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly his mainstream comedies, School of Rock and the remake of Bad News Bears, have gained him wider recognition. Many of Linklater's films take place in one day, a technique that has gained popularity in recent years. Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Tape, Before Sunrise, and Before Sunset are examples of this method. His latest film, Fast Food Nation, is an adaptation of the best selling book that examines the local and global influence of the United States fast food industry.
Location and screening schedule: BUG cinema &TD, Thursday, October 23rd at 21.00
