The Cinema of Richard Linklater

RICHARD LINKLATER <P> A new study of the American filmmaker Richard Linklater (b. 1960) whose movies include Dazed and Confused School of Rock Before Sunrise and A Scanner Darkly. </P> <P> This new edition - the only full-length appreciation of Linklater's available anywhere - includes his latest films - Me and Orson Welles and Inning By Inning. </P> <P> FROM THE FOREWORD </P> <P> Welcome to the world of Richard Linklater the extraordinary US movie director from Austin whose broad range of films - from indie (Slacker) to mainstream (School of Rock) - makes it impossible to pigeonhole him. What is not open to debate is quality of his output - his films are entertaining intelligent philosophical innovative adventurous unpredictable eclectic... to be honest the adjectives could go on ad infinitum. </P> <P> Welcome also to the world of Thomas A. Christie whose pioneering attempt to pin down the elusive nature of the maverick auteur makes for a follow-up to his recent volume on Liv Tyler. This new work bears all the hallmarks of the earlier book - wide-ranging and meticulous research and intelligent commentaries on each film backed up by well informed and even-handed opinions. In chapter after chapter Christie demonstrates his knowledge of Linklater his films and movieland in general - you feel safe in his cinematic hands. His opinions are authoritative - you know that Christie's judgements are the result of viewing and analysis of Linklater's oeuvre seen through a sharp and perceptive mind. Christie shows once again that he is master of fine detail and formulated opinion expressed in the clearest narrative prose. We couldn't ask for a better guide to the world of Linklater. </P> <P> If you don't know Linklater's films this book will make you want to see them. If you feel you know them all already think again - you'll want to re-view them again and again after reading Christie's thought-provoking volume. </P> <P> THOMAS CHRISTIE has a life-long fascination with films and the people who make them. Currently reading for a PhD in Scottish Literature he lives in Scotland with his family. </P> <P> He is the author of Liv Tyler Star in Ascendance: Her First Decade in Film (2007) and The Cinema of Richard Linklater (2008) which are also published by Crescent Moon. </P>