Cast your mind back a week and I watched a film called
Slacker, directed by Richard Linklater. I was less than impressed. But he did make
the Before Sunset trilogy, so it was time to give him another chance.
On Thursday Rachel and I watched a documentary about
Linklater called 21 Years: Richard Linklater and it was great. It had lots of
interviews with different stars of his films: Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black
and Zac Efron to name a few.
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The documentary went through Linklater’s entire back
catalogue and what’s really interesting is how you can pinpoint his style of
film. He’s done every sort of film including; period, comedy, kids, drama and
romance.
What you learn from this documentary is he’s really
passionate about film and Austin, Texas where he lives. He’s put a lot of work
in to getting films made there, and is very involved with the Austin Film
Festival, and when an airport closed there he helped get a film studio made in
the airport hangers which were now redundant.
It was a great documentary and I left feeling inspired to
get up and make something myself. Two of the guys contributing said that Linklater
goes and makes films and leaves you thinking; well if he can do it with barely
any money, there’s no excuse why I can’t.
Time to start thinking what I can make.
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