Word: slackerly
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...course, there's a contradiction inherent in Linklater's project of filming a bunch of nothing much and presenting it as an object for hedonistic consumption: having been filmed it ceases to be nothing much. Thus his 1990 low-budget cult film "Slacker," which shows some aimless people in Austin doing whatever, has become an emblem of "Generation X," and Linklater its ingenuously reluctant spokesperson. How ironic, since the message of his movie and of Douglas Coupland's book was that there's not that much to say, or for that matter to do or to think. And how even...
...this aside, "Dazed and Confused," which was made on a $2 million budget versus "Slacker"'s $30,000, is amusing and sophisticated entertainment. Linklater follows various groups of classmates around on the afternoon, evening and night of the last day of high school, accompanied by a nostalgic '70s soundtrack of ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, etc. There aren't main characters in the traditional sense, but the camera rests longest on the high school quarterback Pink (Jason London), and on soon-to-be-first-year Mitch (Wiley Wiggins). If Pink wants to stay on the football team...
Lane says Kennedy once good-naturedly called him a "slacker" when it came to getting his work done on time. Lane responded, "You're the only go-getter in the place! This is a magazine of slackers...
...Slacker You're Vaguely Acquainted With "Hey, [insert your name here], you're in [insert class here] aren...
...Slacker: "You've been working on the questions, right? Well, some friends and I are thinking of forming a study group. Why don't you come...