Slacker

Austin, Texas, here, idles like a cosmic waiting room where ambition goes to nap. The film drifts between eccentrics—one man’s monologue on dreams rouses only a cabbie’s blink, while a hustler peddles Madonna merch with unsettling sincerity. Not exactly a how-to on getting ahead.

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Richard Linklater directed Slacker in 1990. See Richard Linklater's full filmography, where to start with Richard Linklater, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Linklater.

Slacker was released in 1990 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.