I bought the Criterion edition of 'Slacker' - ask me anything

[devilgrrl]

Haven't watched it yet. :silly:

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=247

Any other 'Slacker' fans out there?

[Lautremont]

1. Count me in that group!

I didn't know there was a Criterion edition. Good news for all Madonna pap-smear collectors!

[devilgrrl]

4. You should quit traumatizing women with sexual intercourse!

I should know - I'm a medical doctor - I own a mansion and a yacht.

[gardenista]

8. Now that part was good! nt

[Lautremont]

11. You will die within a fortnight.

Don't worry - you won't! I'm just quoting the movie!

Do you have the companion book? It's amazing.

[devilgrrl]

15. Oh yeah, I've got the companion book...

I even visited Austin, TX because of the movie.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Bill O'Reilly's documentary about Daily Show fans?

I'll be here all week. Try the veal. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

Seriously though, Linklater is a great director. Haven't seen Slacker though.

[Eye and Monkey]

3. Scooby snacks?

Spanish Civil War? Auto-parts? ah, Austin before the dot.coms and rePubes took over...

[devilgrrl]

7. It's bribery - they're teaching our kids bribery.

:-)

[Eye and Monkey]

10. you know, Austin really was like that for awhile

damn

[devilgrrl]

16. The movie reminded me of people I knew in college...

I was reliving the experience.

[Eye and Monkey]

21. aw, c'mon - "people you knew" - admit it, you were one of those people

sorta, in a way...:toast:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

19. I remember running around Austin...................

after I moved there, "Slacker Spotting". Some local friends of mine would point out some of the locations. I spotted the "right kind of radio" kook in a burger joint over on the east side and saw the house with the turret that the guy who ran his mom over lived in.

Damn, thinking about "Slacker" makes me homesick for Austin.

[Eye and Monkey]

20. "homesick for Austin" - in a sense, you can't go home

It's not there any more. The ran-over-Mom house, I'm not sure if its there, but that little section off the Drag, in behind the theatre, it has changed alot. When I was last in Austin for any length of time, it seemed that us weirdos are increasingly less welcome. And I can't imagine that the creeping gentrification of the Eastside or the sprawl across the hills has dropped off.

[Nordic]

5. man, that's the proverbial silk purse from a sow's ear

not that I don't like the movie, I do, but it's a ragged, messy, cheapo film, it's just bizarre to me you can get a "Criterion" edition of it these days.

[gardenista]

9. Criterion also has "Armageddon". Go figure. nt

[gardenista]

6. We got it. My husband's a Criterion freak. I missed it the first time

'round because I was too busy living the DC version of it, big house with many roomates, and all.

To tell the truth, although I found it mildly amusing, I was mostly bored by it, because I've seen or heard most of that shit before.

The extras are good. I loved what the casting director had to say about the interview process.

Haven't looked at the second disk of extras yet.

[CanuckAmok]

12. I agree, it's a boring as church.

What an over-rated piece of crap that movie was. And what else has Linklater done? Not much. He's a hack.

Sorry, but "Slacker" is garbage.

[Onceuponalife]

14. Are you kidding??

He has made some great films:

Dazed and Confused
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Waking Life
School of Rock
SubUrbia

and he has a remake of Bad News Bears in the works, starring Billy Bob Thornton.

[gardenista]

22. I'd like to see a "Dazed and Confused" from a female director. nt

[gardenista]

23. What I'm saying is that it doesn't measure up to Criterion, well,

criterion.

Maybe I'm hyper sensitive, because every time a new DVD comes out in the Criterion Collection, it is snuck into the house and quickly shelved in perfect numerical order, so that I don't notice. I finally caught on when we had to buy 3 new DVD shelves in one year, and learned that my darling husband had paid $400 for a copy of "Salo", which was out of print, and will remain in its shrink wrap, because it's a collector's item. For the shrink wrap, I am glad, because I never want to see that film.

[devilgrrl]

17. Slacker was brilliant!!!!

BTW, great cat picture. :-)

[Onceuponalife]

13. I love it

Richard Linklater rules!

I like the anarchist guy the best.

[asthmaticeog]

18. It's kinda pricey.

Do the extras merit repeat viewing? I almost bought it, but I've seen that movie a gazillion times already. If you think the extras are worth the expense, I'll go for it.

[gardenista]

24. There's another Linklater film on the second disk, which I found more

interesting than Slacker. More visual, more of a story line. Very little dialog. Actually, it was the dialog that bugged me the most in Slacker. Maybe I should watch it again with the sound off.

Criterion does a great job with extras. If you love the film enough to watch it multiple times, you will probably really enjoy the commentary.

[Forkboy]

25. Worthwhile for the cameo by the band Ed Hall

and having a Crust song playing in the backround.

And the old anarchist is awesome!