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'Daydreaming is a productive activity,' Richard Linklater says. 'Where do you get your ideas from? If you're working all day, that kind of kills a lot.'  
The reverend Richard
Slacker with a work ethic
Planning and instinct
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Slacker (1991) British Film Institute Linklater: St Richard of Austin  
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Links | Linklater films on VHS and DVD at Amazon | Credits

Links

Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000500/
Includes a comprehensive Linklater filmography.

Senses of Cinema
www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/linklater.html
Article on Linklater and his role in the film industry by a US academic, with good links and quotes.

To Live or Clarify the Moment: Richard Linklater's Waking Life
www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/19/waking.html
Article by author and theatre programmer, Kent Jones.

Interviews with Linklater

The Independent Online (2002)
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/interviews/story.jsp?story=286718

World Socialist Website (1998)
www.wsws.org/arts/1998/mar1998/link-m27.shtml

Moviemakers (1995)
www.moviemaker.com/issues/12/12_linklater.html

The Idler - Conversations (1994)
www.idler.co.uk/html/interviews/interview6.htm

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'I don't strive for consistency. I don't have one thought-process, necessarily.'

Linklater films on VHS and DVD at Amazon

School of Rock (2003)
An unemployed guitarist (Jack Black) gets a temporary job as a teacher and forms a rock band with his pupils.
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Tape (2001)
Vince (Ethan Hawke) is angry that his old friend John (Robert Sean Leonard) slept with his ex-girlfriend Amy (Uma Thurman) just after they broke up years ago. But then John admits he raped Any - a confession that Vince captures on tape.
Get this VHS

Waking Life (2001)
An animated feature derived from footage of actors talking about consciousness and reality. 'Who needs Class B drugs when you've got this film?' - Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian.
Get this DVD

The Newton Boys (1997)
The story of the Newton Boys, the most successful bank robbers in the history of the United States.
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Before Sunrise (1995)
After a chance encounter during a Eurorail journey, two strangers (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) share thoughts, affections, and past experiences during a 14-hour overnight tryst in Vienna.
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
It's 1976. A group of teenagers drive around and contemplate the future.
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Credits

Produced to accompany The Art Show: St Richard of Austin (a World of Wonder production), first screened on Channel 4 in December 2004.

Writer: Liane Jones
Design: 72dots
Editor: Peter Millson
Project manager: Red Cinnamon
Resources co-ordinator: Nicole Carman
Picture editor: Nick Pearson

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