Tag: Slacker
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How Kevin Smith Parlayed $27,575 Into a Career Spanning Three Decades
Kevin Smith didn’t always want to be a filmmaker. As a youngster in New Jersey, he was more enamored with the written word and had aspirations to work as a journalist or write for shows like Saturday Night Live. But that would change in the summer of 1991 when, on his 21st birthday, he saw…
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How Gwar Ended Up With A Cameo In Empire Records
In the nineties, director Allan Moyle accomplished the rare feat of making two movies that wound up being considered cult classics. At the start of the decade, “Pump Up the Volume” starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis used pirate radio and a killer soundtrack to take down a corrupt high school. In 1995, “Empire Records”…
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‘Roaring 20’s’ Manages Little More Than a Purr, Failing to Stitch Together Anthology Set-Pieces Into Something More [Tribeca Review]
Narrative-averse portmanteau films are a tough nut to crack, yet not impossible. Richard Linklater made a name for himself in 1990 by hovering over a collection of Austin 20-somethings doing nothing in particular with “Slacker,” and it is this template that director Elisabeth Vogler seems to be following with her newest feature, “Roaring 20’s.” Yet…
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to honour Richard Linklater, Milos Forman
Industry details also announced.The first batch of guests and events have been unveiled for the 2018 Karlovy Film Festival (29 June-7 July).The festival will pay tribute to Milos Forman (who died earlier this month) with a concert of music from his films at the opening ceremony performed by Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The festival’s opening…
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to honour Milos Forman, Richard Linklater
Industry details also announced.The first batch of guests and events have been unveiled for the 2018 Karlovy Film Festival (29 June-7 July).The festival will pay tribute to Milos Forman (who died earlier this month) with a concert of music from his films at the opening ceremony performed by Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The festival’s opening…