Slacker (1990) - Blu-ray Forum

GxyExpress999 · 06-18-2013, 08:43 PM

Slacker - United States, 100 minutes, Color, 1.33:1, English, Spine #247, September 17, 2013

Slacker, directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants, and one of the key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.

Disc Features
•New, restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photo*graphy Lee Daniel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•Three audio commentaries, featuring Linklater and members of the cast and crew
•It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988), Linklater’s first full-length feature, with commentary by the director
•Woodshock, a 1985 16 mm short by Linklater and Daniel
•Casting tapes featuring select “auditions” from the more-than-100-member cast
•“The Roadmap,” the working script for Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes (DVD)
•Deleted scenes and alternate takes (Blu-ray)
•Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion
•Early film treatment
•Home movies
•Ten-minute trailer for a 2005 documentary about the landmark Austin café Les Amis
•Original theatrical trailer
•Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos (DVD only)
•Slacker culture essay by Linklater (DVD only)
•Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings (DVD only)
•PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by author and film*maker John Pierson and Michael Barker, as well as reviews, production notes, and an introduction to It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman

New cover by Marc English

Visco. · 06-18-2013, 08:47 PM

Day 1 for me without a doubt.

critterdvd · 06-18-2013, 10:40 PM

Does anyone know why there are numerous DVD only special features? I mean I completely understand having SD features, but just leaving them off the blu-ray entirely... it's bizarre.

format916 · 06-18-2013, 11:05 PM

never resonated with me. may have to give it another spin.

GxyExpress999 · 06-19-2013, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by critterdvd

Does anyone know why there are numerous DVD only special features? I mean I completely understand having SD features, but just leaving them off the blu-ray entirely... it's bizarre.

I'm assuming there is not enough space, but I guess I'll be keeping this.

jamesdevil · 06-19-2013, 01:36 AM

Criterion continues to murder my wallet every month.

Youre My Boy Blu! · 06-19-2013, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by critterdvd

Does anyone know why there are numerous DVD only special features? I mean I completely understand having SD features, but just leaving them off the blu-ray entirely... it's bizarre.

Which features are missing on the blu-ray?

Dubstar · 06-19-2013, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Youre My Boy Blu!

Which features are missing on the blu-ray?

I would assume the supplements that are denoted as "(DVD only)"

lolwut · 06-19-2013, 02:13 PM

Excellent! I was wondering when this would come out. It's on my Netflix queue but never watched it. Looks like I'll be blind buying it instead.

critterdvd · 06-19-2013, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Youre My Boy Blu!

Which features are missing on the blu-ray?

•“The Roadmap,” the working script for Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes (DVD)
•Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos (DVD only)
•Slacker culture essay by Linklater (DVD only)
•Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings (DVD only)

I know they are minor features, it's just weird to me they won't be included. At first I thought this would be a combo pack but that doesn't make sense as I don't think Criterion has ever released such a thing.

Youre My Boy Blu! · 06-19-2013, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by critterdvd

•“The Roadmap,” the working script for Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes (DVD)
•Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos (DVD only)
•Slacker culture essay by Linklater (DVD only)
•Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings (DVD only)

I know they are minor features, it's just weird to me they won't be included. At first I thought this would be a combo pack but that doesn't make sense as I don't think Criterion has ever released such a thing.

I assumed the DVD was also a part of it, but I guess not.
Maybe it has something to do with creative/distribution rights associated with those particular features not being cleared again for blu-ray, so they have to stay on DVD.

GxyExpress999 · 06-19-2013, 08:36 PM

Amazon pre-order

starman15317 · 06-21-2013, 05:23 PM

It sounds like the deleted scenes/alternate takes will be carried over to the Blu-Ray, but not the whole Roadmap feature (which I've never seen, so I don't know what it is exactly).

GuyOfOwnage · 09-04-2013, 05:25 AM

Review is posted:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Slack.../75696/#Review

jamesdevil · 09-04-2013, 05:34 AM

My expectations aren't high for the A/V so it's nice to see it's more than satisfactory. Damn, those special features. Can't wait for this.

Still on page 1? I thought this film would have more of a following.

starman15317 · 09-04-2013, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesdevil

My expectations aren't high for the A/V so it's nice to see it's more than satisfactory. Damn, those special features. Can't wait for this.

Still on page 1? I thought this film would have more of a following.

I know, I can't wait for this one.

Michael24 · 09-18-2013, 11:08 PM

I saw this in one of my college film classes years ago. Most seemed to go crazy over it, but it didn't really resonate with me. I remember a couple of the characters being interesting, but otherwise it just wasn't a movie that I connected with.

GxyExpress999 · 09-28-2013, 06:55 PM

Finally got it through BN.COM B2G1F sale. The packaging design is essentially the same as the previous DVD release.

BTW I didn't know this film was included in the 2012 Library of Congress National Film Registry.

starman15317 · 09-28-2013, 09:27 PM

Thanks for the pics!

GxyExpress999 · 09-29-2013, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starman15317

Thanks for the pics!

I hope this sells well so that, maybe, they could be convinced to release the "Before" trilogy.

06-18-2013, 08:43 PM	#1
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	Slacker (1990) Slacker Blu-ray Slacker - United States, 100 minutes, Color, 1.33:1, English, Spine #247, September 17, 2013 Slacker, directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants, and one of the key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s. Disc Features •New, restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition •Three audio commentaries, featuring Linklater and members of the cast and crew •It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988), Linklater’s first full-length feature, with commentary by the director •Woodshock, a 1985 16 mm short by Linklater and Daniel •Casting tapes featuring select “auditions” from the more-than-100-member cast •“The Roadmap,” the working script for Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes (DVD) •Deleted scenes and alternate takes (Blu-ray) •Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion •Early film treatment •Home movies •Ten-minute trailer for a 2005 documentary about the landmark Austin café Les Amis •Original theatrical trailer •Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos (DVD only) •Slacker culture essay by Linklater (DVD only) •Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings (DVD only) •PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by author and filmmaker John Pierson and Michael Barker, as well as reviews, production notes, and an introduction to It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman New cover by Marc English Last edited by Scottie; 08-26-2018 at 11:37 PM.

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06-18-2013, 08:47 PM	#2
Visco. Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Columbus, Ohio Blu-ray collection:662 DVD collection:24 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:36	Day 1 for me without a doubt.

06-18-2013, 10:40 PM	#3
critterdvd Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Southern California 4K collection:439 Blu-ray collection:4073 DVD collection:2208 MA collection:983 Digital collection:192 iTunes collection:534 Prime collection:21 Trading Score:5	Does anyone know why there are numerous DVD only special features? I mean I completely understand having SD features, but just leaving them off the blu-ray entirely... it's bizarre.

06-18-2013, 11:05 PM	#4
format916 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2011 Location:South Florida 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:497 DVD collection:429 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	never resonated with me. may have to give it another spin.

06-19-2013, 01:36 AM	#6
jamesdevil Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Raleigh, NC 4K collection:640 Blu-ray collection:987 DVD collection:18 MA collection:571 Digital collection:25 iTunes collection:119 Trading Score:20	Criterion continues to murder my wallet every month.

06-19-2013, 02:13 PM	#9
lolwut Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Virginia, US 4K collection:386 Blu-ray collection:1643 DVD collection:445 MA collection:257 Digital collection:292 iTunes collection:348 Prime collection:211 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:202	Excellent! I was wondering when this would come out. It's on my Netflix queue but never watched it. Looks like I'll be blind buying it instead.

06-19-2013, 08:36 PM	#12
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	Amazon pre-order

06-21-2013, 05:23 PM	#13
starman15317 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 4K collection:571 Blu-ray collection:2114 DVD collection:310 iTunes collection:975 Trading Score:61	It sounds like the deleted scenes/alternate takes will be carried over to the Blu-Ray, but not the whole Roadmap feature (which I've never seen, so I don't know what it is exactly).

09-04-2013, 05:25 AM	#14
GuyOfOwnage Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:London, Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:1126 DVD collection:854 Digital collection:7 iTunes collection:118 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:2	Review is posted: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Slack.../75696/#Review

09-04-2013, 05:34 AM	#15
jamesdevil Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Raleigh, NC 4K collection:640 Blu-ray collection:987 DVD collection:18 MA collection:571 Digital collection:25 iTunes collection:119 Trading Score:20	My expectations aren't high for the A/V so it's nice to see it's more than satisfactory. Damn, those special features. Can't wait for this. Still on page 1? I thought this film would have more of a following.

09-18-2013, 11:08 PM	#17
Michael24 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:California 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:559 DVD collection:164 Trading Score:2	I saw this in one of my college film classes years ago. Most seemed to go crazy over it, but it didn't really resonate with me. I remember a couple of the characters being interesting, but otherwise it just wasn't a movie that I connected with.

09-28-2013, 06:55 PM	#18
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	Finally got it through BN.COM B2G1F sale. The packaging design is essentially the same as the previous DVD release. BTW I didn't know this film was included in the 2012 Library of Congress National Film Registry.

09-28-2013, 09:27 PM	#19
starman15317 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 4K collection:571 Blu-ray collection:2114 DVD collection:310 iTunes collection:975 Trading Score:61	Thanks for the pics!

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