Slacker (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY
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- Genre: Comedy
- Description: SLACKER, directed by Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED), presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. 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.
- Title: Slacker (Criterion Collection)
- Format: Blu-ray
- MPAA Rating: R (Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film-rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences.)
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 09/17/2013
- Genre: Comedy
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- Product Name: Slacker (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY
- UPC: 715515110419
SLACKER, directed by Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED), presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. 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.
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