Slacker - 5

This film was done earlier than Waking Life which was also written and directed by Richard Linklater. It is similar, yet more scattered, as there are no main characters. It is a lot of small vignettes with conversations about almost everything; terrorism, government, aliens, love, relationships, etc. It engages the ideas and dialogue that Linklater is capturing of the twentysomethings at the beginning of the 90's. There are some memorable scenes and quotes despite the disconnectedness of the dialogue. Someone recently told me that films like this work well for teaching or showing to others who won't watch the whole film, because they need almost no context. A film for a weeknight rather than something to watch for entertainment on the weekend.