Slacker (1990)
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What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Reality Bites: 2 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Slacker → Reality Bites.
Klosterman says Slacker belongs in the Gen X group because its script appears in the Gen X Reader.
“there's a anthology book called the Gen X Reader, and some of the slacker script is in that book.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:03:37 · Chuck Klosterman (0.70 sure it was them)
Fight Club: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (generational pairing):
Slacker → Fight Club.
Klosterman, as read, names Slacker or Fight Club as the decade's most generationally defining film.
“either slacker or fight club, could justifiably be called the decade's most generationally defining.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:57:12 · Alex Ross Perry (0.45 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:02:57, 5 times
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free), first at 2:57:12, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Reality Bites → Slacker.
Reality Bites was seen at the time as the sellout, mainstream version of Slacker.
“this is the most mainstream version of what a movie like Slacker was.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:24 · Chuck Klosterman (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Slacker → Reality Bites.
Klosterman says Slacker belongs in the Gen X group because its script appears in the Gen X Reader.
“there's a anthology book called the Gen X Reader, and some of the slacker script is in that book.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:03:37 · Chuck Klosterman (0.70 sure it was them)
programming (1)
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programming (generational pairing):
Slacker → Fight Club.
Klosterman, as read, names Slacker or Fight Club as the decade's most generationally defining film.
“either slacker or fight club, could justifiably be called the decade's most generationally defining.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:57:12 · Alex Ross Perry (0.45 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Richard Linklater: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan)