#Slacker Movie

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

IT'S THIRSTY THURSDAY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE -- DON'T FORGET THE CONVERSATION.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on my two all-time favorite characters from the American independent comedy/drama "Slacker" (filmed '89, released in the States in '91) -- (L to R): Film stills of Seth Maxwell Malice and Mark Quirk as "Papa Smurf" and "Scooby-Doo Philosopher" respectively, filmed in Austin, Texas, USA.

Sources: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0102943/mediaviewer/rm2008493312 & Dalfar (WordPress).

[anarchistin]

slacker (1990)

[2019mordor]

[princehendir]

Experimenting once again with intentionally not pitching my voice up when I'm being Polite/doing customer service and in the nicest and most genuine way I do enjoy how much it makes me sound like a huge dumbass

[bumblingbabooshka]

Two Flavors of Philipa J. Fry

[lazyspeedster93]

”I need a drink.”

[coolthingsguyslike]

[mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves]

Rest in peace, Teresa Taylor (1962-2023).

[vibe-stash]

Slacker (1990) dir. Richard Linklater

[iliketigers]

[hipstersbleedroses]

[ghost-of-a-wizard]

the things i subject myself to just to look at Jason play losers istg

[why-bless-your-heart]

I actually hate being exposed to Hotel Transylvania discourse. It’s like. I have no horse in this race, but you are WRONG and it’s killing me.

[longlistshort]

Richard Linklater’s 1990 film Slacker, is a wonderful trip back in time to the pre-Internet days and a celebration of American eccentricity. If you haven’t seen it, the film follows various different Austin locals in brief scenes and conversations, all within a 24 hour period in 1989.

The film opens on a monologue from Linklater himself describing his dream to a taxi driver and then moves on to a man who hits his mother with a car. The scenes flow from one character or group to a new one almost seamlessly. Conspiracy theorists, coffee shop philosophers, a man who collects televisions and disaster footage, a group of housemates reading a story on postcards from a former housemate left behind, and on and on as the day turns to night and then back to day again.

Linklater wrote these interactions and many of them are based on stories or projects from the people seen in the film. In his director’s commentary he gives the background for many of the involved participants. He also explains how he directed them not to treat any of the people speaking as if they are strange or odd. It's another aspect of the film that makes it special, and a reminder of how we should try to treat people.

Sadly Teresa Taylor (pictured in the above two photos center), aka Teresa Nervosa, one time drummer for the Butthole Surfers, died last month. Her image was used for the movie poster and promotional materials. Her scene in Slacker is one of the most memorable as well. She tells a story of a highway suicide and then attempts to sell what she claims is singer Madonna’s pap smear.

[youngbroad33]

List of Comfort Movies

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Funny Face

Roman Holiday

Passport to Paris

Legally Blonde

Thirteen

Practical Magic

On the Road

The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir

Clueless

The Doors

Dazed and Confused

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know me

Slacker

Will continue to add when I remember more.

[fishwantssalt]

SLACKER || RICHARD LINKLATER || 1990