Especially people have the urge to make independent movies on their own

Kole 2022-02-16 08:03:06

Richard Linklater, in terms of film techniques, Boyhood and Before Midnight, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset trilogy are all synchronized with the real world time. Such obsessions are exchanged for a moving sense of reality, which can be described as experimental. Practical life. And the other one, his debut novel Slacker, which is an absurd drama that is full of the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs, which is similar to family dv shooting. This is a day in Austin, Texas. From the first shot, it feels like there is only dialogue left, or more often, monologues. It seems that everyone knows anyone in the city, and this is precisely the link between the scenes. There is no protagonist, no plot of more than 2 minutes, one person walks into another person’s life and then leaves, the camera turns to the latter, so repeated and coherent , Finally led to an unprecedented subculture discussion.
Introduce a scene from the beginning. The
director is sitting in a taxi and chattering about his dreams. It is estimated that he is talking about the existence of daily experience (dream, reality, multiple) derived from the parallel universe (the raw meat eaten does not fully understand) . The taxi driver drove the car intently with expressionless face, and looked at the rearview mirror from time to time, very focused, and didn't care.
I feel that these two people are actually the same person. He feels unreal in his life and hopes to make another choice, which is not so normal, but he has already gotten in this taxi, regardless of his inner desires. No matter how strong it is, you must take care of your own safety, follow the road and repeat only knowingly.
Then, in order to avoid repetition, I then gave the shots to a group of people. Everyone has their own repetitions, but everyone only gives one or two shots, and they are independent of each other. Think about it, if this group of people is A person, they say weird things, do maverick things, if all of this is done by one person, then what a rich day will be.
Love the final soundtrack, and throw the video recorder down the cliff, the camera rotates in the sky, like a starry night.

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Extended Reading
  • Elbert 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Love was brewing before the trilogy, haha. The content of the broken thoughts seems to be loose and disorganized, but in fact, it restores the real life and the real society, and uses the language full of wisdom and philosophy. The events and conversations of the second person are passed from the first person to the third and fourth. . . Endless and quite creative. RL's words are really endearing. Each topic expresses his opinion in a few sentences. It is not eloquent but intriguing and lighthearted.

  • Sophia 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    4.5 Linklater is always erratic, like "dazed and confused" and this one, dislike "suburbia" and "everybody wants some"

Slacker quotes

  • Has Faith in Groups: You know, that's what I hate: when you start talking like this, like you just pull in these things from the shit you read, and you haven't thought it out for yourself, no bearing on the world around us, and totally unoriginal.

    Based on Authoritative Sources: Okay, great. Personal attacks now, is that it? I thought we were beyond that.

    Has Faith in Groups: It's like you just pasted together these bits and pieces from your "authoritative sources." I don't know. I'm beginning to suspect there's nothing really in there.

    Based on Authoritative Sources: Suspect? You're beginning to suspect? Oh, that's rich, that's really rich. So what? At least what is there, is based on good sources.

  • Old Anarchist: And remember: the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.