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Slacker (1991)

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Slacker [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

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Features:
  • cc New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, made from original 16 mm film elements
  • Three audio commentaries featuring Richard Linklater and members and 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
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
  • 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 16 mm film made by Linklater and Lee Daniel in 1985
  • "The Roadmap," the working script of Slacker, including 14 deleted scenes and alternate takes
  • Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion in Austin, TX, 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
  • Plus, a 64-page booklet featuring essays by author and filmmaker John Pierson (Spike Mike Reloaded: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of Independent American Cinema) and Michael Barker, head of Sony Pictures Classics, as well as reviews, production notes, a complete cast and crew listing, and an introduction to It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting)
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    • Side #1 -- Disc One
    • Play Movie
    • Chapters
    • Color Bars
    • Commentaries
    • Director Commentary
    • Director Commentary: Off
    • Director Commentary: On
    • Index
    • Cast Commentary
    • Cast Commentary: Off
    • Cast Commentary: On
    • Index
    • Crew Commentary
    • Crew Commentary: Off
    • Crew Commentary: On
    • Index
    • Supplements-a-Go-Go
    • No Longer Not Yet
    • Showing Life
    • Intro by Casting Director Anne Walker-McBay
    • Cast Interviews
    • Taco-and-a-Half After 10
    • Les Amis
    • Play Trailer
    • Shooting From the Hip
    • Side #2 -- Disc Two
    • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
    • Play
    • Chapters
    • Commentary
    • Commentary: On
    • Commentary: Off
    • Index
    • Woodshock
    • Play
    • 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
    • Play All
    • The Roadmap
    • Index of Scenes
    • 1-5
    • 6-10
    • 11-15
    • 16-20
    • 21-25
    • 26-30
    • 31-35
    • 36-40
    • 41-45
    • 46-50
    • 51-55
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Slacker\'sla-ker\
    • "End of Interview!"
    • Play
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    • Side #1 -- Disc One
    • 1. Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station [4:40]
    • 2. Looks Like Some Guy Ran Over His Mom [6:49]
    • 3. The Obsessiveness, the Utterly Passive [1:55]
    • 4. There's Not That Many Perverts Around [5:19]
    • 5. You Boys Done Male Bonding Yet? [2:36]
    • 6. Sometimes He Has Good Dreams [2:37]
    • 7. You Could Say They Put Me There [1:41]
    • 8. Closer to the Rock God Herself Than Just a Poster [3:53]
    • 9. Terrorism Is the Surgical Strike Capability of the Oppressed [1:19]
    • 10. The Next Person Who Passes Us Will Be Dead Within a Fortnight [2:15]
    • 11. You Should Never Traumatize a Woman With Sexual Intercourse [2:16]
    • 12. It's Like Premeditated Fun [2:10]
    • 13. A Series Originating and Repeated to Infinity [3:47]
    • 14. Bits and Pieces From Your Authoritative Sources [2:59]
    • 15. Profiles in Cowardice or Conspiracy A-Go-Go [3:58]
    • 16. It's Practically a Big Block Now [3:48]
    • 17. Dance on His Grave [2:10]
    • 18. Every Single Commodity You Produce Is a Piece of Your Own Death [2:14]
    • 19. She Was in My Ethics Class [2:01]
    • 20. There Was Such a Thing as Belief Put Into Action in Those Days [6:57]
    • 21. This Dormant Potential [5:36]
    • 22. A Total Recalibration of My Mind [3:10]
    • 23. They Don't Want Some Smurf Leaving the Hive Colony [2:40]
    • 24. We're Always Trying to Enslave Ourselves [2:54]
    • 25. Want to Make Somebody's Life Hell? [4:48]
    • 26. Let's Put Squeaky Fromme on the One-Dollar Bill [3:09]
    • 27. I'm an Anti-Artist [2:34]
    • 28. Late Night Pickup [1:39]
    • 29. This Instinct for Life Somehow Asserts Itself [1:05]
    • 30. A Free Weapons Giveaway Program [1:09]
    • 31. Die Grasskop Polka [2:39]
    • 32. Strangers Die Everyday [3:04]
    • 1. My Own Backyard [4:40]
    • 2. Kitchen-Sink Movie [6:49]
    • 3. Captain Quackenbush's [1:55]
    • 4. Unaccredited Information [5:19]
    • 5. Active Nonparticipant [2:36]
    • 6. Jack Meredith [2:37]
    • 7. Anti-Acting School [1:41]
    • 8. Will Madonna Be Around? [3:53]
    • 9. Bummer, Negative, Loser Types [1:19]
    • 10. Always Take the Freebie [2:15]
    • 11. "Is Everyone in Austin Crazy?" [2:16]
    • 12. Anti-Chamber of Commerce Piece [2:10]
    • 13. Casting From Everywhere [3:47]
    • 14. Secondary Sources [2:59]
    • 15. Favorite Scene [3:58]
    • 16. Eight Months [3:48]
    • 17. Charles Gunning [2:10]
    • 18. Seattle Film Festival [2:14]
    • 19. Mackey and McCarty [2:01]
    • 20. Loving the Mayhem [6:57]
    • 21. Scary White Guy Who Snaps [5:36]
    • 22. Crew in the Scene [3:10]
    • 23. Drunk Actors [2:40]
    • 24. Parallel Films [2:54]
    • 25. About Structure [4:48]
    • 26. Setting the Tone [3:09]
    • 27. Ed Hall and Wammo [2:34]
    • 28. Generation X [1:39]
    • 29. Experimental Movie [1:05]
    • 30. Commodity [1:09]
    • 31. Psychic Minefield [2:39]
    • 32. Music of My People [3:04]
    • 1. "Hey You, Slacker!" [4:40]
    • 2. Having His Life [6:49]
    • 3. Baton Pass [1:55]
    • 4. Magic Carpet Ride [5:19]
    • 5. Those Shorts [2:36]
    • 6. Intense Interior Life [2:37]
    • 7. Small Legends [1:41]
    • 8. Big Yuppie Fuck [3:53]
    • 9. Mark Mouth [1:19]
    • 10. From My Life [2:15]
    • 11. Happy Hawaiian Way [2:16]
    • 12. Austin Film Society [2:10]
    • 13. Editing Joyce [3:47]
    • 14. Cher? [2:59]
    • 15. Personal Best [3:58]
    • 16. Gen X Mentality [3:48]
    • 17. Doug the Slug [2:10]
    • 18. College Town [2:14]
    • 19. Film Scene [2:01]
    • 20. Prim Enough? [6:57]
    • 21. Techie Shit [5:36]
    • 22. Denise [3:10]
    • 23. "Oi as Fuck" [2:40]
    • 24. Spirit of Austin [2:54]
    • 25. Free in California [4:48]
    • 26. Not About Slackers [3:09]
    • 27. "Hey You, Passed Out!" [2:34]
    • 28. The Gorgon [1:39]
    • 29. Stolen Beer [1:05]
    • 30. Celebration of the Underground [1:09]
    • 31. How to Connect? [2:39]
    • 32. A Scrapbook [3:04]
    • 1. The Slacker Seven [4:40]
    • 2. Pico de Gallo [6:49]
    • 3. Self-Imposed Limitations [1:55]
    • 4. So Professional [5:19]
    • 5. The Co-Op Scene [2:36]
    • 6. Visual Rules [2:37]
    • 7. Last-Minute Locations [1:41]
    • 8. Fuck Art, Let's Dance! [3:53]
    • 9. Out-of-Date Images [1:19]
    • 10. 120-Degree Day [2:15]
    • 11. Clicking on All Cylinders [2:16]
    • 12. Night-for-Day [2:10]
    • 13. Ruins of a Police Station [3:47]
    • 14. The "Relationship" Scene [2:59]
    • 15. Giving Away Secrets [3:58]
    • 16. Car Talk [3:48]
    • 17. Operating While Driving [2:10]
    • 18. Café Scenes Cut [2:14]
    • 19. Connecting Scenes [2:01]
    • 20. Disaster Articles Collage [6:57]
    • 21. Clark's Big Scene [5:36]
    • 22. Jinxed Scene [3:10]
    • 23. Editing for Pacing [2:40]
    • 24. Drunk Actors [2:54]
    • 25. Fast Film Stocks [4:48]
    • 26. Dollying Down Guadalupe [3:09]
    • 27. Skaters and Musicians [2:34]
    • 28. Wedges in the Shot [1:39]
    • 29. The Walkman Pro [1:05]
    • 30. Citation for Campaigning [1:09]
    • 31. Running With Cameras [2:39]
    • 32. Leave Only Footprints [3:04]
    • Side #2 -- Disc Two
    • 1. Letter Tape #1 [4:01]
    • 2. Groceries, Laundry, ATM [2:12]
    • 3. At Home [3:01]
    • 4. Heading North [4:15]
    • 5. First Stop [4:13]
    • 6. Missoula, Montana [4:09]
    • 7. Hiking [3:57]
    • 8. Hanging Out [9:03]
    • 9. Westward [6:12]
    • 10. San Francisco [5:19]
    • 11. Airport [2:33]
    • 12. Homeward [5:52]
    • 13. Austin [4:06]
    • 14. Letter Tape #2 [1:19]
    • 15. Road Trip [4:13]
    • 16. Family Thing [3:10]
    • 17. Downtown [2:40]
    • 18. Mom's House [4:38]
    • 19. Afternoon [7:40]
    • 20. Another Day [3:08]
    • 1. Starting Out [4:01]
    • 2. Looking Back at the Film [2:12]
    • 3. Stanley Kubrick Film School [3:01]
    • 4. Obsessed With Banality [4:15]
    • 5. Confidence Along the Way [4:13]
    • 6. Anti-MTV Film [4:09]
    • 7. The Viewer's Experience [3:57]
    • 8. Composition [9:03]
    • 9. A Writer First [6:12]
    • 10. This Was My Thesis [5:19]
    • 11. Documentary Style [2:33]
    • 12. Crew of Kids [5:52]
    • 13. Editing in My Head [4:06]
    • 14. Acting in Your Own Movies [1:19]
    • 15. Tapes and Tickets [4:13]
    • 16. Tolerant Family [3:10]
    • 17. You Are the D.J. [2:40]
    • 18. Getting the Most for the Least [4:38]
    • 19. Dream Life [7:40]
    • 20. Ending a Film [3:08]
Year released: 1991
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Pan and Scan for TV
Length: 100
Sound: DD2
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Criterion