Description
Stone explores the theoretical, practical, contextual, and metaphysical elements in Linklater's filmography, especially his experimentation with cinematic representations of time and growth. He demonstrates that fanciful lives and lucid dreams are as central as alternative notions of America and time to Linklater's films. Stone also considers Linklater's collaborative working practices, his deployment of such techniques as rotoscoping, and his innovative distribution strategies. Thoroughly revised, updated, and extended, the book includes analysis of all of Linklater's films, including Dazed and Confused (1993), Waking Life (2011), and A Scanner Darkly (2006) as well as his documentaries, short films, and side projects.
About the Author
Rob Stone is professor of film studies at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Julio Medem (2007); coauthor of Basque Cinema: A Cultural and Political History (2015); and coeditor of The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film (2007), Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema (2012), A Companion to Luis Bunuel (2013), and The Routledge Companion to World Cinema (2018), among others.
Reviews
Rob Stone explores the elements that connect Linklater's films with each other and the ways in which they represent a particular perspective as this is associated with the filmmaker's philosophy. Through recourse to key theoretical and philosophical approaches, the use of thematic analysis and extensive interviews with Linklater himself, Stone provides thought provoking discussions of his numerous films...The Cinema of Richard Linklater is a theoretically powerful and analytically rigorous study. -- Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool
Written with his trademark balance of intellectual rigor and entertainment, Stone's updated volume provides the perfect scholarly accompaniment to Linklater's films, not only offering exceptional analyses of those films that have come out since the publication of the first edition, but also using these films as a filter to cast new light on his older work. -- Paul Cooke, University of Leeds
This book presents a careful reading of every film by Linklater, and considers the filmmaker's work through various theoretical concepts, using each to elucidate and contextualize Linklater's work. Linklater, Stone argues, harbors a commitment to several key themes, a particular aesthetic and a point of view that remains consistent across more than two decades...This book is written with authority, clarity, precision and a full awareness of contemporary conversations related to cinema. -- Holly Willis, University of Southern California
Book Information
ISBN 9780231179218
Author Rob Stone
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press