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Linklater’s first studio film, Dazed and Confused, is celebrating its 30th anniversary

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Summary
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59% Informative

Dazed and Confused, released in 1993 , flopped at the box office but almost immediately caught on as a cult phenomenon.

There’s no corny plot to slow things down. Really, there's no plot at all.

For the cast, it was a hedonistic—and totally unrealistic—initiation into the world of filmmaking.

Matthew McConaughey's first onscreen appearance was his breakout star in Dazed and Confused.

The film was a low-budget teen movie, but it was thrilling to us in the '90s , the freedom that was represented in the film and the anger the kids felt at the encroachment.

It was the first time I was making a film with someone else’s money, and it wasn’t just a producer, it was a studio.

I had a lot of dark thinking and existential thinking in the script, but those scenes just didn't really come alive the same way.

It seems to have evolved into more of a party movie than you imagined in the first place.

VR Score

50

Informative language

44

Neutral language

34

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

18

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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