Richard Linklater, who wrote and directed this movie, was born in 1960 in Houston, Texas. I suspect that this script is somewhat autobiographical as he would have been a teenager in 1976.
One fascination is the large number of young actors who went on to become movie and TV stars. Also an equal number of young actors who just faded away, which shows the uncertainty of pursuing a career as an actor.
Today in the 2020s a common trait of the speech patterns of many teenagers and young adults is to insert the word "like" one or more times in a sentence, where it is totally unnecessary. "It was like one of the best like experiences I ever had." In this movie the pervasive, unnecessary word is "man", as in "Yeah, man..." or "That was a wild time, man." After a while I got sick of hearing most characters say "man" all the time.
This is an interesting movie for its depiction of the time but in truth not that good a movie. It portrays teenagers in Austin as being rebellious and always thinking about sex, drinking, and smoking pot. The part that bothers me most is the hazing of freshmen by upperclassmen. The older boys chasing down freshmen boys and beating on them with thick wooden paddles.
I attended high school in the 1960s, my children attended high school in the 1980s and 1990s. I don't know if what is depicted here is accurate but they sure have foul mouths in this movie.
At home, streaming on Peacock.
One fascination is the large number of young actors who went on to become movie and TV stars. Also an equal number of young actors who just faded away, which shows the uncertainty of pursuing a career as an actor.
Today in the 2020s a common trait of the speech patterns of many teenagers and young adults is to insert the word "like" one or more times in a sentence, where it is totally unnecessary. "It was like one of the best like experiences I ever had." In this movie the pervasive, unnecessary word is "man", as in "Yeah, man..." or "That was a wild time, man." After a while I got sick of hearing most characters say "man" all the time.
This is an interesting movie for its depiction of the time but in truth not that good a movie. It portrays teenagers in Austin as being rebellious and always thinking about sex, drinking, and smoking pot. The part that bothers me most is the hazing of freshmen by upperclassmen. The older boys chasing down freshmen boys and beating on them with thick wooden paddles.
I attended high school in the 1960s, my children attended high school in the 1980s and 1990s. I don't know if what is depicted here is accurate but they sure have foul mouths in this movie.
At home, streaming on Peacock.