Slacker /
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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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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[United States] :
Criterion Collection,
[2004]
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| Edition: | Director-approved special ed. double-disc set. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
246. |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. RSDL dual-layer edition. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, made from original 16mm film elements Special features: disc 1. Three audio commentaries featuring Richard Linklater and members of the cast and crew ; Casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one-hundred-member cast, with an essay from production manager/casting director Anne Walker-McBay ; An early film treatment ; Home movies ; Ten-minute trailer for a documentary about the landmark Austin café, Les Amis, which served as location for several scenes in Slacker ; Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos -- disc 2. It's impossible to learn to plow by reading books (1988), Linklater's first full-length feature, with commentary by the director, available here for the first time on home video ; Woodshock, an early short 16mm film made by Linklater and Lee Daniel in 1985 ; "The roadmap," the working script of Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes ; Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary in Austin, Texas, in 2001 ; Original theatrical trailer ; Slacker culture essay by Linklater ; Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booket ([64] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.). |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, stereo. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Lee Daniel ; editor, Scott Rhodes. |
| ISBN: | 1559409533 |