Slacker
Slacker is a 1990 American independent comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also appears in the film. Slacker was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991.
Plot
Slacker follows a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly under-30 bohemians and misfits in Austin, Texas. The film follows various eccentric and misfit characters and scenes, never staying with one character or conversation for more than a few minutes before picking up someone else in the scene and following them.
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author | Richard Linklater |
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award | National Film Registry |
contentLocation | Austin |
director | Richard Linklater |
editor | Scott Rhodes |
genre | comedy-drama social |
keywords | anarchist anarchy austin texas bohemian bohemianism buff butthole surfers collect collector fan film poster jfk conspiracy theorist joblessness john f. kennedy assassination conspiracy theories madonna moon pap smear pap test social class television set terrorism texas ufo unidentified flying object |
musicBy | Georges Delerue |
producer | Richard Linklater |
publisher | Orion Classics |
theme | camcorder dance independent narrative social issues |