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Why is Dazed and Confused so good?
A film can be realistic and simple and still be loved. With Dazed and Confused, Linklater, portrays a real version of what the high school experience is like. It is in no way “done up” or glamorized in any which way, it is simply just what it is and it never tries too hard to be anything else.
Is Dazed and Confused a good movie?
Brilliant; there’s not a single clunker, and it adds to the free, easygoing atmosphere of the movie. “Dazed and Confused” is quite possibly the best “teen movie” ever made, and, from the point of view of someone who grew up in the 80s anyway, the best movie about the 70s ever made.
How does Dazed and Confused end?
Wooderson’s Car Breaks Down On The Way To Buy Aerosmith Tickets. Dazed and Confused ends with Pink, Simone, Slater, and Wooderson traveling down a highway to buy Aerosmith tickets.
How old is Wooderson supposed to be?
McConaughey based his character of Wooderson, a 20-year-old weirdo still hanging around with the high-school kids, on his older brother, Pat. “When I was 11, his Z28 broke down, so Mama was gonna pick him up from high school, and I’m in the back of the car,” McConaughey says in the book.
When did McConaughey say alright alright alright?
1993
“Alright, alright, alright” isn’t new, though. McConaughey’s been rocking that catchphrase since portraying the David Wooderson character in the coming of age film Dazed And Confused in 1993.
How old was everyone in Dazed and Confused?
17
Judd Nelson, who played the rebellious John, was 25. Ally Sheedy (Allison) and Emilio Estevez (Andrew) were both 23. At just 17, Molly Ringwald (Claire), and Anthony Michael Hall (Brian) were the youngest members of the central cast.
Is dazed and confused a movie about how things were?
Dazed and Confused is not a movie about how things were; Dazed and Confused is a movie about how things are remembered. This film doesn’t illustrate what it was actually like to be in semirural Texas in 1976, but I’m sure it evokes how that time and place must retrospectively feel to anyone who was actually there.
Can you watch ‘Dazed and confused’ without being high?
I have watched Dazed and Confused approximately sixty-five times, and I have been stoned for approximately sixty-four of those viewings. At this point, it seems unfathomable to watch this movie without being high; in fact, it’s entirely possible that watching this movie actively releases THC into my bloodstream.
How did Dazed and confused get its name?
The fact that Dazed and Confused was named after a Led Zeppelin song was almost as important: as a college junior in 1993, I glamorized the 1970s to a degree that now seems absurd.
What happened to the VHS tape of Dazed and confused?
When Dazed and Confused became available on video, it was difficult to rent; every weirdo in Grand Forks evidently shared my worldview, because the VHS tape was always gone from Superstar Video. It was several weeks before my friend Michael was finally able to find it, at a twenty-four-hour truck stop.