Slacker (1990)

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Richard Linklater

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1 year, 3 months ago at Mar 14 3:25

fernando

(OK) Fluye con naturalidad a pesar de que es una posta de personajes e historias conspiranoicas, dilettantes, marginales, de distinta edad, alrededor de Austin, con humor que llega hasta los pelos púbicos de Madonna y la mitomanía de un viejo que peleó en la guerra civil española

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A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna’s Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

Release date: 5 July 1991
UPC: 715515015523

Tags: 1990s (4), Drama (2), Comedy (2), Satire (2), Philosophy (2), Theft (2), 1991 (2), Paranoia (2), Beer (2), Taxi Driver (2), Atomic Bomb (2), Microphone (2), Politics (1), Cook (1), Photography (1), Conspiracy (1), Usa (1), Book (1), Unemployment (1)

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