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Dazed And Confused [1993]
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The story deals with a group of friends on the last day of high school, 1976. Good-natured football star Randall "Pink" Floyd navigates effortlessly between the warring worlds of jocks, stoners, wannabes and rockers with girlfriend and new-freshman buddy in tow. Surprisingly, it's not a coming-of-age movie, but a film that dares ask the eternal, overwhelming, adolescent question, "What happens next?". It's a little too honest to be a light comedy ("If I ever say these were the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself.") But it's also way too much fun to be just another existential-essay-on-celluloid. --Grant Balfour
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Director Richard Linklater turned his free-range verite sensibility on the 1970s in Dazed and Confused after changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker. As before, his all-seeing camera meanders across a landscape studded with goofy pop culture references and poignant glimpses of human nature. Only this time around, he's spreading a thick layer of nostalgia over the lens (and across the soundtrack). It's as if Fast Times at Ridgemont High was directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
"George Washington was in a cult and the cult was into aliens."
Review date: 2008-06-24 Rating: 8 out of 10
Many Americans enjoy this movie as the quintessential teen movie. Is it accurate? Not really. But it is fun. It's a movie that doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. It's just a stoner movie that is beloved by many who lived through the American high school experience. As I'm not British, I don't know how well it crosses the cultural divide. Apparantly some American phraseology is annoying such as "freshman" but really, this movie is not about Brits and doesn't have to cater to those who can't be bothered to enjoy a movie from another country. In the States we say "freshman" and "sophomore" and this movie is portraying an American high school, not a British one.
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Reviews
Dazed and Confused is the best teen movie ever...
Review date: 2007-10-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
...in my opinion!
If you don't like movies where nothing major happens then don't buy this film. But you'll be missing out!
Irritating American Drivel
Review date: 2007-10-04 Rating: 2 out of 10
This film is usually praised for its rock and roll soundtrack, which is fair enough. Trouble is you hear very little of that music here, and the movie itself is rubbish. Its just cringeworthy adolecent college crap in which annoyingly American terms such as "Freshman" and "Semester" appear with frightening regularity. I trusted the hype but soon took it back and swapped it for a proper film. Then again, I'm not an American teenager.
For a quality stoner experience try Up In Smoke, or even The Trip!
D+C
Review date: 2006-09-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
nothing much really happens in this movie, but it's awesome to watch while you're getting totally wasted.
are you tokin the reefer?
Review date: 2004-10-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
This film is wat its all about,u can identify wit every character-most of th characters are jus like ur mates-its awesome, although its slow to start, its well worth it, its full of comedy and so damn true, its easily one of my favourite films to chill to- check you later!
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jason London
Matthew McConaughey
Wiley Wiggins
Sasha Jenson
Rory Cochrane
Creators:
Jason London (Primary Contributor)
Wiley Wiggins (Primary Contributor)
Lee Daniel (Cinematographer)
Richard Linklater (Producer)
Richard Linklater (Writer)
Sandra Adair (Editor)
Anne Walker-McBay (Producer)
James Jacks (Producer)
Sean Daniel (Producer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 3259190241718
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2003-07-07
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1993-09-24
Language: English (Original Language)