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Summary: Watch, or you'll miss life...
Review: I've got a thousand words max in this review and its nowhere near enough to describe how awesome this movie is...I know its a cliche, but its fitting and seemed destined to say for this film - "You don't know what you're missing..." This film by Linklater is by FAR the best teen flick ever made. Linklater must be a genius for compiling something which is BETTER than American Graffiti (for those who are +30!) but me being born in the summer of 1976 makes me somewhat proud that its set in the summer of '76 where wayward teens share a lil' about life, love, drinks, drugs and the most subtle jokes which you just can't stop cracking up over... watch this, and you'll see.
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Summary: Shotgun!
Review: It's just pretty much in the movie. And i think the dynamic word suites very well!. The problem is with this movie; is that in all my young 17 swedish life. I've dreamt since i saw back in 1996 to have that party. Or at not the least that life. though the more restricted laws in sweden keeps me away from it. But enough about swe. The movie has great characters and the right suiteable actors for'em. It's really sad to not almost ever seen those actors again. I've seen only 7 of those actors in anything else! Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey & Matthew McConaughey. And still so many talents gone. But maby its just me and sweden. Anyways! 8). The movie is incredible lotsa drugs!. And!! if you stop the movie in pickfords room you can acctually count Milla Jovovich toes to SIX! AWESOME MOVIE 7/5
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Summary: missing the old days
Review: as new owner of a dvd this is a must have movie.great sound track,drinking and party all night long wish i was still in my teens.just love this movie great cast too.
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Summary: COOL....COOL....COOL....COOL
Review: This movie rocks!! Its the last day of school in 1976 and a group of seniors and freshman set out into the night to have the time of their lives. From THE EMPORIUM to MOON TOWN this movie is full of fun and makes you wish you could have been part of it. Has a great cast and the soundtrack is excellent! This movie makes you wanna relax and chill out. This is one movie i'll never forget!!
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Summary: Take a trip back to the 1970s
Review: To say "Dazed and Confused" was a trend-setting film would be, for the most part, accurate. This 1993 comedy/drama inspired the television series "That 70s Show," and such films as "54," "Go," and "Sunset Strip." In addition, it spawned the careers of such soon-to-be stars as Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey and Milla Jovovich. But the true joy of "Dazed and Confused" is its lovingly detailed recreation of high school life circa 1976. Owing a respectful nod to George Lucas' "American Graffiti," another nostalgic cruise down the confusing yet crucial roads of youth, director/screenwriter Richard Linklater has given the generation known as X its own celluloid high school annual to cheer and embrace. What sets "Dazed and Confused" apart from similar teenage comedies is the respect Linklater shows for each character -- from the geeks and freaks to the jocks and cheerleaders. His parade of multi-dimensional individuals is a colorful hodgepodge of friends we all had in high school. These kids, for the most part us (if you grew up in the 70s), are likeable, identifiable and at times haunting. The conflicts these souls must go through, from trying to find a place for a beer keg party to deciding rather or not to succumb to the authority of a dictator-like football coach, are the realistic choices faced by most teenagers no matter the year or American locale. These Linklater teens are not necessarily obsessed with sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, though all three are prominent factors in this film, their obsessions are with the future and their place in the world created for them. The backdrop of this immensely enjoyable chaos is the last day of high school in a town somewhere in Texas (the movie was filmed in Austin), where teenagers cruise the city strip listening to the music of Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, Foghat and Kiss. In the span of one night, geeks find romance, jocks find humility and children become young adults. Perhaps the greatest success of "Dazed and Confused" is that it serves as a respectful document to American teenage life. Look closely through the haze of marijuana smoke, bell bottoms and puka shells, and you will see a universal mirror into a youthful past. The performances, almost too many to mention, are uniformly terrific, with exceptional nods to McConaughey, Posey, Rory Cochrane and Wiley Wiggins. Quite simply, "Dazed and Confused" was one of the most underrated and memorable films of 1993.
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Summary: watch this movie man
Review: OK, I'm a teacher and I can definitely appreciate anything that has to do with the last day of school! I love this show! All the stuff you used to say and do when you were a kid. It's got a great soundtrack too!
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Summary: A great depiction of teen life that avoids exploitation
Review: This film's massive cult following has led to the recent rise in marijuana use among teens in the small town I hail from. The film does depict a nostalgic, care and consequence free look on an era of casual drug use. As a high school teacher, I have heard more than one of this film's many fans say "I wish I could go back to that year, it must have been a more innocent time." My jaded side would absolutely relish Linkletter making a sequel to this fine film and re-examining characters thirty years or so later as they confront the ultimate consequences of their choices and maybe even meet their offpring behaving the way they did. These characters, like most teenagers (I certainly remember my years) are all pretty much hedonistic, self centered and consumer driven individuals. I really would love to see what happened to them as they matured and became producers (if ever). Would their lives mirror mine (and Lester Birnham's ?). Anyway, that weak attempt at moralizing aside, Dazed and Confused is a great movie that focuses on character, situation, and setting as opposed to any real plot. There is no great conflict and therefore no real resolution and questions asked in the narrative. In fact, because he (unlike me, the viewer) refuses to judge his characters, Director Richard Linkletter allows them to truly live in the unnamed Texas Town of 1976. Like his earlier film "Slacker", Linkletter simply allows the film to evolve without any imposistions of classic storytelling structure. He wants his characters to tell their stories on their own terms. Scenes happen as opposed to beginning and ending in a set pattern. His camera is so completely neutral and manages, by avoiding the whiplash editing beloved by so many of his peers in favor of long, loopy and dreamy takes, to become close to a documentary. He, through his camera honestly creates honest and personal spaces. Scenes are funny not because of snappy, slogan filled one liners like so many other teen flicks are, but rather due to clear clean truthfull situations that the characters can honestly respond to: moments sketched exactly out fo the hormone driven evolutionary soup that is high school. The film is also extremely economical and tasteful. There really isn't a wasted scene. Linkletter also refuses to bow to current trends by not tacking on any extraneous nude scenes or explicit sex. Such and inclusion would be ultimately exploitive - a quality this film avoids. The film begins en media res and ends much the same way. The performances and writing in the film are seemless and natural in their execution. Many may be turned off by the super natural delivery as it opposes any sort of dramatic tension. These young anctor inhabit their characters completely without a false not struck. The body language and coded linguistics of teenage life is dead on. The young cast is made up of many folks who have gone on to do great things. Watch the fine performances of Nicky Katt, Anthony Rapp and Adam Goldberg in addition to the more famous debuts. Granted not everyone in 76 or now uses drugs and/or drinks to the extent idealized in the movie(it is interesting that we don't see anyone puking or wrecking their muscle cars-again that would be moralizing, explotive. etc.), but yet the costumes and the behavior are dead on. I especially love the dorky tight shorts and pulled up socks of the super macho football coaches. What more could be said too of the excellent soundtrack? The DVD sparkles visually and aurally.I just would have liked some extra commentary. Linkletter captures perfectly the fears, hopes and overall attitudes of teen life better than John Hughes could ever have hoped to. With the exception of Cameron Crowe's superb "Say Anything" this is the greatest teen film ever made. It also stands up to the many, many repeated viewings I have enjoyed.
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Summary: I was around in the 1970's
Review: I take objection to the reviewer who states that this movie was nothing like the '70s. Hello -- yes it was! Right down to the poochah shell necklace Jason London wears. Sure, maybe my sisters and I never experienced the hazing/orientation the freshmen undergo, but people were into the music, drugs, hanging out and having fun. I watch this movie and laugh, remembering how it was. I knew people like the football players, and the stoners. I'd say the picture paints an accurate picture of the 70's. And just for the record, I was 10 in 1976, so I definitely experienced these memories either first or secondhand (through my older sisters).
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Summary: 1976 - Revisited
Review: This fun trip back in time follows a bunch of teenagers around on high school graduation day in 1976. Very much a dead-on portrayal of teenagers back then, with a great soundtrack, and full of subtle references to things like KISS and the Bicentennial. This film also works well on another level, by avoiding film cliches: For example, there is one scene where one of the kids smashes a beer bottle on the street, while another yells at him for doing something so stupid. At that point, the music - Sweet's "Fox on the Run" starts up; according to standard filmmaking cliche, that means the cops are about to start chasing them, right? Wrong! Nothing happens. It works like this throughout the entire film. I think the intent here was to give as accurate a portrayal of 1976 teens as possible, and except for the hazing scenes, which were overblown, this film succeeds beyond anyones expectations. Definitely worth seeing!
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Summary: A Day In The Life
Review: Dazed & Confused takes place on all on the last day of high school in a small Texas town. The year is 1976 and the town has a bizarre tradition of the seniors-to-be hazing the freshmen-to-be. The film has no real plot. We just follow the kids from school, to the hazing, to the local arcade to a party. They don't care about much except for getting high and having fun. The fact it has no plot sounds like a detriment, but it is the real beauty of the film. We just follow the kids around during the day and get to hear their musings. The movie is quite funny, but not in a slapstick manner. The humor is subtle and the writing is razor sharp. The film is also notable as many of the cast have gone on to bigger things. Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughy, Adam Goldberg, Milla Jovanavich & Parker Posey all appear as do actors like Jason London, Rory Gallagher, Cole Hauser & Michelle Burke who you may not know by name but will recognize by face. But singling out those actors does not do the other lesser knowns like Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jensen, Anthony Rapp and the rest of the cast who are all great. The movie is chock full of 70's rock classics and the clothes, cars, hair and settings are quite authentic. Dazed & Confused may take place in 1976, but the situations could translate into any era.
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