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5 July 1991 (USA) morePlot:
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(20 articles)
Stoner | Review (From SmellsLikeScreenSpirit. 20 October 2009, 8:32 PM, PDT)
Trailer For Richard Linklater’s ‘Me and Orson Welles’
(From Screen Rant. 9 October 2009, 4:08 PM, PDT)
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Diversional social dissection (whatever that means) more (57 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Linklater | ... | Should Have Stayed at Bus Station | |
| Rudy Basquez | ... | Taxi Driver | |
| Jean Caffeine | ... | Roadkill | |
| Jan Hockey | ... | Jogger | |
| Stephan Hockey | ... | Running Late | |
| Mark James | ... | Hit-and-Run Son | |
| Samuel Dietert | ... | Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty | |
| Bob Boyd | ... | Officer Bozzio | |
| Terrence Kirk | ... | Officer Love | |
| Keith McCormack | ... | Street Musician | |
| Jennifer Schaudies | ... | Walking to Coffee Shop | |
| Dan Kratochvil | ... | Espresso Czar / Masonic Malcontent | |
| Maris Strautmanis | ... | Giant Cappuccino | |
| Brecht Andersch | ... | Dostoyevsky Wannabe | |
| Tommy Pallotta | ... | Looking for Missing Friend (as Tom Pallotta) |
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97 min | 100 min (DVD)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Ultra StereoFun Stuff
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The "Oblique Strategies" cards that appear in the movie were originally invented by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt in 1975. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the GTO guy arrives he places a few aluminum drink cans on the ground and they clearly sound empty. When he and Nova pick up the Hitchhiker Awaiting 'True Call', they give him one of the cans which is now full. moreSoundtrack:
America's King moreFAQ
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Slacker is the first feature-length offering from indie filmmaker Richard Linklater (of later Dazed and Confused fame). After touring American film festivals with great success, Slacker was blow up to 35mm print and released on the commercial market. The film itself is extremely difficult to categorise, being devoid of conventional plot and major characters. Instead, individuals or groups of characters are followed around for several minutes each, until the camera is distracted by a passer-by. The end result is that close to a hundred characters are met, each linked only in eccentricity, all loosely categorised as 'slackers': students, the under- and unemployed, petty criminals, artists, musicians, conspiracy theorists.
Slacker is an interesting experiment. However, the transitory nature of the script is fairly intensive upon the audience. Some characters work, some don't. Some may seem familiar to current or former students and slackers out there. Of particular praise is the final scene, featuring a group of young people playing with 8mm cameras, which would have to be about the most joyful scene in film history. Overall, Slacker is an interesting experiment and is well worth a look at.
Three and a half stars (from five)