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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:
(13 articles)
FilmBuff Goes Online! Discover More Gems! (From Cinematical. 10 July 2009, 11:02 AM, PDT)
DVD: Review: Inning By Inning: A Portrait Of A Coach
(From The AV Club. 16 June 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)
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The key to this movie is Linklater's taxi monologue moreCast
(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:
USALanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Ultra StereoFun Stuff
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The "Anti-Artist" in the bar about 3/4 through the movie is a prominent Austin musician and spoken word artist. Wammo is a founding member in the band the "Asylum Street Spankers". The spankers have released numerous CDs and Wammo has also released several solo CDs. His music/poetry are either artistic or anti-artistic depending on your taste. moreGoofs:
Boom mic visible: In the dialog between the Ultimate Loser and Stephanie from Dallas (just before the Madonna-Papsmear-Girl arrives) you can briefly see a microphone coming from the top. moreQuotes:
Video Backpacker: To me, my thing is, a video image is much more powerful and useful than an actual event. Like back when I used to go out, when I was last out, I was walking down the street and this guy, that came barreling out of a bar, fell right in front of me, and he had a knife right in his back, landed right on the ground and... moreSoundtrack:
Seven Song moreFAQ
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About quantum theory and Schroedinger's cat. Each time one potential outcome becomes the case, the other potentials collapse. But all other outcomes are thought to exist in alternate realities. Each time we become invested in one branch of the narrative, the camera takes us somewhere else. But the character we leave continues to exist and his or her story is assumed to continue -- only not before our eyes.
What do we think, or hope the cops found out from the guy who killed his mother. Something. Or other. All outcomes. And none.
Overthinking it? Perhaps. But this marvelous movie keeps teasing us along, making us think it's going to zig when it's going to zag. This reminds me of the joke about people who kept going back to see "Titanic" hoping that this time, maybe the ship won't sink. With "Slacker," the movie will always be the same, but it will never be the same movie because we can never remember exactly where or how it's going to branch.
I love this movie. I can't get enough of it.