Dazed And Confused (1993 Film)
Tellingly, director Richard Linklatter'sDazed and Confusedwas released 20 years afterAmerican Grafittiand offers a similar  story of troubled young personalities lurking beneath an oversaturated  pop culture veneer. Like Lucas before him, Linklatter clearly relishes  that gloss and wields it like an ironic chainsaw. His soundtrack is a  raucous, authentic collection of mid-70's radio fare, be it sharp-edged  pop (Sweet, the vastly underrated Rick Derringer), nascent metal  (Black Sabbath, Deep Purple) and out-and-out hard cheese (Foghat, Black  Oak Arkansas). Dazed and Confused is therealsound of  70's teenage America.--Jerry McCulley