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description: Melissa Maerzs brilliant oral history is the definitive account of a cult-classic movie that took a slow ride into the Seventies and defined the Nineties. Rob Sheffield Rolling StoneThe definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast crew and Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater.Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater it introduced a cast of unknowns who would become the next generation of movie stars. Embraced as a cultural touchstone the 1993 film would also make Matthew McConaugheys famous phrasealright alright alrightubiquitous. But it started with a simple idea: Linklater thought people might like to watch a movie about high school kids just hanging out and listening to music on the last day of school in 1976. To some that might not even sound like a movie. But to a few studio executives it sounded enough like the next American Graffiti to justify the risk. Dazed and Confused underperformed at the box office and seemed destined to disappear. Then something weird happened: Linklater turned out to be right. This wasnt the kind of movie everybody liked but it was the kind of movie certain people loved with an intensity that felt personal. No matter what their high school experience was like they thought Dazed and Confused was about them.Alright Alright Alright is the story of how this iconic film came together and why it worked. Combining behind-the-scenes photos and insights from nearly the entire cast including Matthew McConaughey Parker Posey Ben Affleck Joey Lauren Adams and many others and with full access to Linklaters Dazed archives it offers an inside look at how a budding filmmaker and a cast of newcomers made a period piece that would feel timeless for decades to come.
language: English
title: Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
publisher: Harper