'Slacker'

Girl: "Sorry I'm late. I mean ..."

Girl 2: "That's alright. Time doesn't exist."

Richard Linklater is interesting.



On one hand, he can direct some of the most wandering and listless independent films like "Slacker" or "Waking Life." And these just aren't independent films. Most people would find these films ridiculously obnoxious with no point or plot.



Then Linklater can go out and direct "Newton Boys," "School of Rock" and "Bad News Bears." If you watched all five movies, you'd never really think that the same guy directed all five.



Then he's capable of "Dazed and Confused," which is a legit amalgamation of both styles (the random conversations and the way the camera serves as a fly with ADD).



I think it's more remarkable that he can do both kind of films rather than doing the more independent-style films.