Slacker

DVD - 2013

Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas; a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2013]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm) (-)
Other Authors
Richard Linklater, 1960- (film producer)
Edition
Directro approved special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentaries (Director commentary, Cast commentary, Crew commentary); No longer, not yet (pages from the original script); Showing life (cast interviews with introduction by casting director Anne Walker-McBay); Taco-and-a-half after 10 (home movies shot during filming of Slacker); Les Amis (10 minute trailer for the film Viva Les Amis, directed, edited, and produced by Nancy Higgins); Shooting from the hip (stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes photos). Disc 2: It's impossible to learn to plow by reading books (Richard Linklater's first feature project filmed in 1988, featuring commentary by the director); Woodshock (a 1985 16 mm. short by Linklater and Lee Daniel); The Austin Film Society (The Austin Media Arts by Denise Montgomery, Where the Magic Takes Place by Lee Daniel, AFS history in flyers); Ain't no film in that shit (deleted scenes from the film); Original theatrical trailer; Slack-er\'sla-ker\ ("Slacker Culture", 1991 essay by Linklater); End of interview! (footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion and screening).
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Audience
Rating: R; for language.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Lee Daniel ; editor, Scott Rhodes.