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The Big Picture

‘Dazed and Confused’: Making a Modern Movie Classic, With Richard Linklater

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

We want to go back to a more nostalgic, maybe even more hopeful, period in history. So Sean is joined by Richard Linklater and journalist Melissa Maerz to talk about Maerz’s new book, ‘Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused,’ which comes out on November 17 (47:00). To warm up for that chat, Amanda and Sean share their top five Richard Linklater movies (1:07). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Richard Linklater and Melissa Maerz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Sean Fennesee.

0:10.0

I'm Amanda Dobbins.

0:12.4

And this is the big picture a conversation show about days then confused.

0:17.2

Because that's how we're feeling this week, knocked out by a stressful and tumultuous

0:21.0

period in American political history.

0:23.3

So with that in mind, we wanted to go back to a more nostalgic, arguably more hopeful

0:27.2

period in history.

0:28.2

I was fortunate to be briefly distracted from the world's events with a conversation

0:31.4

with the great filmmaker Richard Linklater and the author and journalist Melissa Mayers

0:35.2

to talk about Melissa's new book, which is called All Right, All Right, All Right, The

0:39.0

Oral History of Richard Linklater's Days Then Confused.

0:41.9

It comes out on November 17th and you can pre-order it now.

0:44.6

It has my highest possible recommendation for a movie book.

0:48.4

To warm up for that chat, Amanda and I will be sharing our top five favorite Richard

0:52.6

Linklater movies all coming up on the big picture.

0:58.5

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