Richard Linklater’s Adventures in Moviegoing
20 Episodes
While other budding directors were honing their craft in film school, Richard Linklater was getting a crash course in the art and history of cinema his own way: by watching anything and everything he could at the local repertory theaters in Houston and Austin, where he discovered the world-cinema masterworks and avant-garde rarities that would inspire him to create independent touchstones like SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED, and BEFORE SUNRISE. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Linklater sits down to discuss his path from working on an oil rig to directing, why he considers the eighties to be an underrated cinematic decade, and how his Austin Film Society grew from a DIY labor of love into a cultural powerhouse. A seasoned film programmer dating back to his early days as founder of the AFS, Linklater brings a curator’s omnivorous sensibility to the lineup of favorites he has chosen to present, which include a radically subversive family drama by Nagisa Oshima (THE CEREMONY), an outrageously stylized tour through the Berlin underworld courtesy of Ulrike Ottinger (TICKET OF NO RETURN), a torrid François Truffaut deep cut (THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR), and a haunting work of pure cinema by James Benning (LANDSCAPE SUICIDE).
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Richard Linklater’s Adventures in Moviegoing Teaser
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22:27Episode 2
Richard Linklater in Conversation
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Director Richard Linklater sits down to discuss his path from working on an oil rig to directing, why he considers the eighties to be an underrated cinematic decade, and how his Austin Film Society grew from a DIY labor of love into a cultural powerhouse.
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Richard Linklater on THE SHEPHERDS OF CALAMITY
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2:01:48Episode 4
The Shepherds of Calamity
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Directed by Nico Papatakis • 1967 • Greece
Starring Olga Karlatos, George Dialegmenos, Lambros TsagasNico Papatakis’s caustic political allegory—made in the wake of the 1967 Greek coup d’état that led to the establishment of a right-wing military junta—takes the form of a deliriously unhinged r...
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02:21Episode 5
Richard Linklater on THE CEREMONY
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2:02:58Episode 6
The Ceremony
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Directed by Nagisa Oshima • 1971 • Japan
Starring Kenzo Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo NakamuraOne of the greatest and most subversive films by renegade director Nagisa Oshima launches a scathing attack on postwar Japanese society via a portrait of one family, the Sakurada clan, whose increasin...
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Richard Linklater on IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS
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2:05:01Episode 8
In a Year of 13 Moons
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Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1978 • West Germany
Starring Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried JohnThis heartrendingly compassionate tragedy from Rainer Werner Fassbinder traces the final days in the life of Elvira (Volker Spengler), a transgender woman spurned by her former lover...
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Richard Linklater on EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
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1:28:16Episode 10
Every Man for Himself
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Directed by Jean-Luc Godard • 1980 • France
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie BayeAfter a decade in the wilds of avant-garde and early video experimentation, Jean-Luc Godard returned to commercial cinema with this star-driven work of social commentary, while remaining defiant...
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03:59Episode 11
Richard Linklater on THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR
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1:45:40Episode 12
The Woman Next Door
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Directed by François Truffaut • 1981 • France
A man and a woman living next door to each other become too neighborly, as an old flame reignites. Problem is they are now both married to other people. Past meets present and the heat becomes too much to handle.
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04:08Episode 13
Richard Linklater on L'ARGENT
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L'argent
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Directed by Robert Bresson • 1983 • France, Switzerland
Starring Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline LangIn his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new level of astringency. Transposing a ...
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Richard Linklater on MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
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2:01:31Episode 16
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
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Directed by Paul Schrader • 1985 • Japan, United States
Paul Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between s...
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04:17Episode 17
Richard Linklater on HIGH HOPES
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1:52:48Episode 18
High Hopes
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Directed by Mike Leigh • 1988 • United Kingdom
Starring Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna DoréTrue to its title, this slice-of-life satire is one of director Mike Leigh’s warmest and most optimistic films—though it’s still laced with more than a touch of bittersweet melancholy. Focusing on countercu...
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03:11Episode 19
Richard Linklater on A MASTER BUILDER
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2:07:27Episode 20
A Master Builder
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Directed by Jonathan Demme • 2014 • United States
Starring Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa JoyceTwenty years after their brilliant cinema-theater experiment VANYA ON 42ND STREET, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory reunited to produce another idiosyncratic film version of a classic play, this t...