Slacker
Slacker 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 $23,000, writer-producer-director Richard 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.
Curated and presented by filmmaker Nellie Kluz as part of DELLS NATION: A trio of movies – Slacker (1990), Seventeen (1983) and Mai's America (2002) – about young people cruising around, comparing notes, and making their own scenes in small-city America.
In the contained bubble-worlds of these films, adolescent energy powers philosophical theorizing, devastating culture clashes, and epic social collisions. Across decades and regions, characters grapple with the collective coming-of-age question: "what do people do around here?"
6/14 (Saturday): post-screening convo with musician and writer Fletcher C. Johnson
6/15 (Sunday): post-screening convo convo with Writer and editor Andy Battle
Dir. Richard Linklater, USA, 1991, 97 min.
Special thanks to Janus Films
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.
Slacker 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 $23,000, writer-producer-director Richard 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.
Curated and presented by filmmaker Nellie Kluz as part of DELLS NATION: A trio of movies – Slacker (1990), Seventeen (1983) and Mai's America (2002) – about young people cruising around, comparing notes, and making their own scenes in small-city America.
In the contained bubble-worlds of these films, adolescent energy powers philosophical theorizing, devastating culture clashes, and epic social collisions. Across decades and regions, characters grapple with the collective coming-of-age question: "what do people do around here?"
6/14 (Saturday): post-screening convo with musician and writer Fletcher C. Johnson
6/15 (Sunday): post-screening convo convo with Writer and editor Andy Battle
Dir. Richard Linklater, USA, 1991, 97 min.
Special thanks to Janus Films
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.
Slacker 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 $23,000, writer-producer-director Richard 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.
Curated and presented by filmmaker Nellie Kluz as part of DELLS NATION: A trio of movies – Slacker (1990), Seventeen (1983) and Mai's America (2002) – about young people cruising around, comparing notes, and making their own scenes in small-city America.
In the contained bubble-worlds of these films, adolescent energy powers philosophical theorizing, devastating culture clashes, and epic social collisions. Across decades and regions, characters grapple with the collective coming-of-age question: "what do people do around here?"
6/14 (Saturday): post-screening convo with musician and writer Fletcher C. Johnson
6/15 (Sunday): post-screening convo convo with Writer and editor Andy Battle
Dir. Richard Linklater, USA, 1991, 97 min.
Special thanks to Janus Films
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.