Slacker

Linklater’s French New Wave-inspired feature debut serves as an early companion piece to his new film Nouvelle Vague.

  • Director

    Richard Linklater

  • With

    Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Mark James

  • USA 1990. 100min

  • 35mm

  • Certificate

    15

Richard Linklater’s cult classic captures a day in the life of Austin, Texas, drifting seamlessly from one eccentric character to the next in a continuous chain of encounters. Drawing on the spirit of the French New Wave, the film embraces a meandering rhythm and a raw, observational authenticity. Made for $23,000, with a crew of cinephiles from the Austin Film Society, Slacker is the work of a fiercely independent spirit, echoing the ambitious and rebellious filmmakers of the New Wave.

Kimberley Sheehan

35mm collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

The screening of Slacker on Monday 5 January will be introduced by season programme assistant Sean Atkinson.

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