Love this film and great review of it! I've been a huge fan of Slacker for a long time and had the videotape of it in the mid 90s. I got the Criterion edition the first day it was available (back in 2006...I need to upgrade my DVD to BluRay :) ), and I couldn't even count how many times I've seen it. As someone who is in Gen X, I'm proud that Slacker is so closely associated with it. Same with Richard Linklater's Before films, Waking Life, Tape, and even Suburbia (I need to watch the last 2 of those again as it's been a long time). For filmmakers today, Linklater is right up there with the best.
“She goes on to explain that every time we feel free, we find a way to enslave ourselves with relationships, jobs, and commitments.”
This hit home. I used to do this with dogs. Whenever I felt free, the freedom would turn into restlessness and I would foster a dog, sometimes dogs. The dogs would end up being a lot. Too much even.
I don’t do that anymore. I’m also currently moving away from traditional work to freelancing and not making commitments outside of a commitment to return to kindness, love, and truth (KLT I call it).
I do still seek relationships, but ones where I can come as I am and don’t feel like commitments. I’m in a romantic kind right now that was hard to understand at first. I’m used to seeking the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing. I am letting that expectation go and it’s helping me see her for who she truly is, not who I want her to be.
Definitely want to watch this now :)
Also, I just realized Linklater directed School of Rock, one of my favorite comedies. Seeing Boyhood in theaters with my mom was special, and learning how to hold a conversation with a woman from Before Sunrise was enlightening as a young adult.
I miss the Independent movies of the 80’s and 90’s. I haven’t seen Slacker in years. Perhaps, it is time for me to revisit it.
Love this film and great review of it! I've been a huge fan of Slacker for a long time and had the videotape of it in the mid 90s. I got the Criterion edition the first day it was available (back in 2006...I need to upgrade my DVD to BluRay :) ), and I couldn't even count how many times I've seen it. As someone who is in Gen X, I'm proud that Slacker is so closely associated with it. Same with Richard Linklater's Before films, Waking Life, Tape, and even Suburbia (I need to watch the last 2 of those again as it's been a long time). For filmmakers today, Linklater is right up there with the best.
“She goes on to explain that every time we feel free, we find a way to enslave ourselves with relationships, jobs, and commitments.”
This hit home. I used to do this with dogs. Whenever I felt free, the freedom would turn into restlessness and I would foster a dog, sometimes dogs. The dogs would end up being a lot. Too much even.
I don’t do that anymore. I’m also currently moving away from traditional work to freelancing and not making commitments outside of a commitment to return to kindness, love, and truth (KLT I call it).
I do still seek relationships, but ones where I can come as I am and don’t feel like commitments. I’m in a romantic kind right now that was hard to understand at first. I’m used to seeking the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing. I am letting that expectation go and it’s helping me see her for who she truly is, not who I want her to be.
Definitely want to watch this now :)
Also, I just realized Linklater directed School of Rock, one of my favorite comedies. Seeing Boyhood in theaters with my mom was special, and learning how to hold a conversation with a woman from Before Sunrise was enlightening as a young adult.