Richard Linklater on Making Independent Movies

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  • čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
  • Richard Linklater on his movie career and a connection to each movie he directs. He reveals how he relates to Billy Bob Thornton's character Morris Buttermaker as well as Dewey Finn played by Jack Black in School of Rock.
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Komentáře • 93

  • @ZarconVideo
    @ZarconVideo Před 9 lety +199

    feels like one of the most down to earth directors.

  • @ravishingravi
    @ravishingravi Před 11 lety +50

    Kudos to the interviewer for actually listening and asking the right questions

  • @troyshen5715
    @troyshen5715 Před 6 lety +14

    dude's chill as fuck

  • @TheOmmW
    @TheOmmW Před 3 lety +29

    As a Texan and aspiring film maker this is golden. I’m hoping to start my “first” film this summer 🤞🤟🙏

    • @erizavisual
      @erizavisual Před 6 měsíci +1

      How it's going, did you make It?

    • @TheOmmW
      @TheOmmW Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@erizavisual I did! And it got accepted into three festivals around the state! I’m still waiting for a couple more notifications 🤞

  • @LondoneFilms
    @LondoneFilms Před 11 lety +38

    Plenty of directors manage to resist putting a great big stylistic thumbprint on every film they make, so you know it's them, but few of them are as talented as Linklater. It's hard to spot any themes running through his work, just great stories, performances, writing and direction.

    • @robindro1961
      @robindro1961 Před 3 lety +5

      Ahh, adolescence, boys on the brink of becoming men is a big one, I think.

  • @rebelcode7697
    @rebelcode7697 Před 9 lety +95

    he watched 600 movies in a year? on top of reading about cinema? no wonder he's so successful

    • @lukecarroll4052
      @lukecarroll4052 Před 9 lety +22

      This was also before you could stream and download movies easily for free... The internet was in its infancy, just sending a picture took ages!

    • @VietCakes
      @VietCakes Před 9 lety +14

      Luke Carroll Thats probbaly the main point. I'm sure there are many people who watch easily in the hundreds. There have been days where I watch 5 movies in a row.

    • @lukecarroll4052
      @lukecarroll4052 Před 9 lety +2

      DopeDo I'm not sure what you mean't by what you said but, good job watchin' all them movies!

    • @metamorphosis67
      @metamorphosis67 Před 9 lety +11

      coby edwin He's not THAT successful, but he has definitely created at least two cinematic masterpieces (Waking Life, Dazed & Confused) and many excellent ones, and he's definitely a millionaire (12 million net worth). The main four French New Wave directors, Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Chabrol, when they were critics for Cahiers du Cinema in the 1950s, claimed that they couldn't even remember the last time they hadn't all watched at least 3 movies a day. They were totally obsessed with the cinematic art form. Regardless of what day it was, they would get their 3 films in just as surely as they would get their 6 to 8 hours of sleep. They lived and breathed film and it should come as no surprise that all four have created many cinematic masterpieces themselves.

    • @shonaboy7554
      @shonaboy7554 Před 7 lety

      I 208 at the cinema in 2010.

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath Před 9 lety +20

    Nice to hear someone who is very talented also acknowledge the breaks they got simply as a result of accidental timing of when they happened to be doing something.

  • @DemocritusWept
    @DemocritusWept Před 7 lety +23

    He is the most under appreciated director. In my top ten are several of his films the most of any director

  • @bradym
    @bradym Před 6 lety +16

    Such an insightful interview. Great questions by the interviewer, you can tell he came prepared.

  •  Před 7 lety +3

    Wonderful interview... thanks!

  • @uhhwhateverdude9463
    @uhhwhateverdude9463 Před 2 lety

    Wow. What an incredible interview! Loved every moment of it!

  • @davekeyser2530
    @davekeyser2530 Před 11 lety +4

    Great interview. Love how he's honest and unpretentious. I could listen to this guy for hours

  • @hang-sangitch
    @hang-sangitch Před 6 lety +4

    The guy is a gem. Truly humble and a very unique creative soul.

  • @rogersinger1843
    @rogersinger1843 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you Richard for plowing the way. 👍👍

  • @conormclaughlan772
    @conormclaughlan772 Před 7 lety +12

    Brilliant interviewer that you can tell is as passionate as the interviewee.

  • @acinemajunkie
    @acinemajunkie Před 11 lety +1

    Job well done, THR. Incredibly insightful interview.

  • @zenpaganwarrior
    @zenpaganwarrior Před 2 lety +1

    Don't you love this guy? I love this guy and his entire oeuvre (and him as a great, humble persona). Thank you, Richard, for putting something internationally respectable on the table of American Independent film, alongside Cassavetes, Orson Welles, et al. but from "Gen X", in the last 30 yrs. Great interview.

  • @xmuscularghandix
    @xmuscularghandix Před 10 lety +1

    21:30 LOVE this question and I love Richards response to it.

  • @robbieardura
    @robbieardura Před 11 lety +8

    Got a ton of respect for this guy!

  • @boredtrophyhusband
    @boredtrophyhusband Před 11 lety +7

    big fan of his movies, seems like a great guy too.

  • @chrisbyerlyislegit
    @chrisbyerlyislegit Před 11 lety +1

    He is such an inspiration! One of my favorite directors!

  • @kobusjnrduplessis466
    @kobusjnrduplessis466 Před 5 lety +1

    Linklater is without a doubt one of my favourite filmmakers

  • @DebashishBhuyan
    @DebashishBhuyan Před 10 lety +8

    He is a wonderful man..

  • @billt5410
    @billt5410 Před 5 lety +7

    9:10 He calls it Dazed! Like calling a loved child.

  • @JordanTelezino
    @JordanTelezino Před 3 lety

    great interview honestly

  • @Peace.Beyond.All.Understanding

    This is great, very insightful

  • @oliverjohnson4614
    @oliverjohnson4614 Před 4 lety

    love this dude so much.

  • @saeta
    @saeta Před 5 lety

    One of the best for sure

  • @NenadBach
    @NenadBach Před 11 lety +2

    RL will be a classic filmmaker in 20 years. Simply TALENTED!

    • @user-dl4fx4ln8s
      @user-dl4fx4ln8s Před 4 lety

      the whole point of his story is that he is not "simply TALENTED".
      It's more about hustle, practicing and studying than anything else.
      I know that your comment meant good, but let's not always use the word "talented" because it's way more than that.

  • @ravishingravi
    @ravishingravi Před 11 lety +6

    What a cool guy !

  • @sarahmcguire7332
    @sarahmcguire7332 Před 9 lety +1

    love this guy

  • @Kingeptacon
    @Kingeptacon Před 10 lety +4

    Loved "A Waking Life." Dazed and Confused is all-time great though.

    • @TrevorHamberger
      @TrevorHamberger Před 5 lety

      It has a sequel...its called everbody wants some
      It's awesome

    • @mikeatkinson2836
      @mikeatkinson2836 Před 4 lety

      My old friend Glover Gill composed the soundtrack and was featured at the beginning of the film.

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz Před 4 lety

      It's just "Waking Life"

  • @alexm2136
    @alexm2136 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant artist

  • @SaetiaAnswers
    @SaetiaAnswers Před 11 lety

    I love him.

  • @SpectralFire
    @SpectralFire Před 10 lety +8

    I'm surprised he didn't mention his cult classic, a scanner darkly. I really want to hear him talk more about that particular movie.

    • @savedfaves
      @savedfaves Před 9 lety

      SpectralFire Watching that animation makes me woozy. I physically couldn't watch it.

  • @patriciaadams4171
    @patriciaadams4171 Před 4 lety +2

    In small towns the 1970s felt like the 50s. Yeah.

  • @floridaman_85_58
    @floridaman_85_58 Před 4 lety +1

    then 2 years later he smacked us with boyhood...Madman, dudes a legend

  • @chumbersdee
    @chumbersdee Před 3 lety +2

    One time I was having lunch with Tolstoy, another I was a roadie for Frank Zappa

  • @nickinderrieden7630
    @nickinderrieden7630 Před 3 lety +1

    Feeling guilty about complaining is about as human as you get. And that's just part of being alive.

  • @erniereyes1994
    @erniereyes1994 Před 3 lety +2

    Not since Francis Ford Coppola has a director made a movie that is arguably close to being considered a "perfect" movie, but Linklater has and it's called Boyhood. The ONLY criticism I've heard about that film is either minor, superficial, or stupid (often times all three in one).

  • @EMCAL13
    @EMCAL13 Před 5 lety +2

    As an indie filmmaker, I wish I saw this in 2012. ...It's 2019.

    • @sahilmalhan6644
      @sahilmalhan6644 Před 4 lety +1

      Whats the one thing you would like to say to your past self when you started out?

  • @suburbandiyguy661
    @suburbandiyguy661 Před 5 lety +13

    I should have stayed at the bus station

  • @PsycheFuck
    @PsycheFuck Před 8 lety +30

    He kind of sounds like Owen Wilson

    • @kadedrury300
      @kadedrury300 Před 7 lety +11

      Texas

    • @jayt7178
      @jayt7178 Před 6 lety +4

      He kind of looks like him. The nose. Dye his hair, make him scrawny and you got it.

    • @djstarsign
      @djstarsign Před 4 lety +2

      Haha, I accidentally read “Orson Welles”.

    • @mator2339
      @mator2339 Před 4 lety +1

      @@djstarsign yeah same here, I wonder why ?

    • @uhhwhateverdude9463
      @uhhwhateverdude9463 Před 2 lety

      I was thinking the same thing!

  • @OutfittersOfArt
    @OutfittersOfArt Před 10 lety +2

    I don't think the themes are hard to spot at all. They are all about living- I think a key to his works (without me being an expert or anything) could be the myth of sisyphus

  • @vegetator
    @vegetator Před 6 lety +1

    6:24

  • @gerriepster
    @gerriepster Před 10 lety +2

    It feels like he could be related to Dave Grohl.

  • @Avasive
    @Avasive Před 6 lety

    His got the Chigurh cut.......

  • @sky.the.infinite
    @sky.the.infinite Před rokem

    Jack Black is _not_ Jack Nicholson (commenting on the time stamps) LOL

  • @talbrott
    @talbrott Před 4 lety

    Waking Life

  • @link_edits2421
    @link_edits2421 Před 3 lety

    my sir name is linklater... wth

  • @diegopisfil614
    @diegopisfil614 Před 6 lety

    He reminds me a better version of Nicolas Cage

  • @BabyGrampsCA
    @BabyGrampsCA Před 10 lety +1

    I wish he wouldn't chew gum on camera.

  • @jennfaire8726
    @jennfaire8726 Před 9 lety

    Another liberal left wing filmmaker, ohh boy!

    • @seanjohnson663
      @seanjohnson663 Před 9 lety +31

      Okay, either you're stupid or are just REALLY jealous of how much of a talented, perssonal filmmaker Linklater really is.