Filmmaker Richard Linklater on being screwed out of 'Dazed' and what he thinks of Elon Musk
Yeah. But wasn’t film always a nice escape? Famously, in the ’30s during the Depression, they liked to dance and a bit of escapism. I mean, there’s a place for it. People want that in movies, but I don’t think they want it in art movies—they want it in mainstream movies. You never know what cultural moment you’ll be hatched into. But this was a cool film to be working on for such a horrible time these last two years. A film set in 1969, from a kid’s point of view, music playing.
I’m 37 and 9/11 happened when I was a teenager, followed by Afghanistan and Iraq, so this sense of optimism and near-universal patriotism is somewhat lost on my generation. We didn’t have a galvanizing moment like the moon landing. ]. There were things to be optimistic and excited about, and ways that the world was really screwed up. I’ve always felt that push-pull.
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