If you loved Slacker, try Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Richard Linklater, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Slacker, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood is

In the summer of ’69 a ten-year-old Houston boy floats between backyard fantasy and adult reality just as the moon does overhead. He recalls moon-landing fever, blue-collar parents, and a top-secret mission that may or may not have happened. The film affectionately folds history into daydream without ever checking the arithmetic.

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