Richard Linklater on Making Independent Movies

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.

[@ZarconVideo]

feels like one of the most down to earth directors.

[@troyshen5715]

dude's chill as fuck

[@ravishingravi]

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

[@LondoneFilms]

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]

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

[@TheOmmW]

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

[@erizavisual]

How it's going, did you make It?

[@TheOmmW]

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

[@DemocritusWept]

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

[@rebelcode7697]

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

[@lukecarroll4052]

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]

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]

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

[@metamorphosis67]

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]

I 208 at the cinema in 2010.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

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.

[@rogersinger1843]

Thank you Richard for plowing the way. 👍👍

[@conormclaughlan772]

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

[@bradym]

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

[@BelieverAtHeart]

agreed

[@hang-sangitch]

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

[@boredtrophyhusband]

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

[@billt5410]

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

[@robbieardura]

Got a ton of respect for this guy!

[@zenpaganwarrior]

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.

Wonderful interview... thanks!

[@uhhwhateverdude9463]

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

[@davekeyser2530]

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

[@DebashishBhuyan]

He is a wonderful man..

[@acinemajunkie]

Job well done, THR. Incredibly insightful interview.

[@xmuscularghandix]

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

[@ravishingravi]

What a cool guy !

[@Peace.Beyond.All.Understanding]

This is great, very insightful

[@chrisbyerlyislegit]

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

[@kobusjnrduplessis466]

Linklater is without a doubt one of my favourite filmmakers

[@JordanTelezino]

great interview honestly

[@NenadBach]

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

[@user-dl4fx4ln8s]

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.

[@oliverjohnson4614]

love this dude so much.

[@saeta]

One of the best for sure

[@patriciaadams4171]

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

[@sarahmcguire7332]

love this guy

[@alexm2136]

Brilliant artist

[@SpectralFire]

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]

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

[@SaetiaAnswers]

I love him.

[@floridaman_85_58]

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

[@Kingeptacon]

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

[@TrevorHamberger]

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

[@mikeatkinson2836]

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

[@AA-sn9lz]

It's just "Waking Life"

[@nickinderrieden7630]

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

[@chumbersdee]

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

[@suburbandiyguy661]

I should have stayed at the bus station

[@EMCAL13]

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

[@sahilmalhan6644]

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

[@erniereyes1994]

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).

[@PsycheFuck]

He kind of sounds like Owen Wilson

[@kadedrury300]

Texas

[@jayt7178]

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

[@djstarsign]

Haha, I accidentally read “Orson Welles”.

[@mator2339]

@@djstarsign yeah same here, I wonder why ?

[@uhhwhateverdude9463]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@OutfittersOfArt]

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]

6:24

[@gerriepster]

It feels like he could be related to Dave Grohl.

[@Avasive]

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

[@blondaibonsai]

Evasive Maneuver Nooooo I can’t I see

[@talbrott]

Waking Life

[@sky.the.infinite]

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

[@link_edits2421]

my sir name is linklater... wth

[@colossusforbin5484]

Surname.

[@diegopisfil614]

He reminds me a better version of Nicolas Cage

[@BabyGrampsCA]

I wish he wouldn't chew gum on camera.

[@AntBalzano]

waaaaaahhhhhh

[@BabyGrampsCA]

Ant Balzano ok

[@AA-sn9lz]

What do you mean?

[@jennfaire8726]

Another liberal left wing filmmaker, ohh boy!

[@seanjohnson663]

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