Monday, 17 February 2014

Slacker/ Non Linear Vignettes

While investigating different narrative forms I came across Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker.

Slacker has a unique narrative form, which is seemingly plot less, following a series of various bohemian/burnt out characters in a single day. The film never focuses on one character for more than a few minutes. Slacker gives a unique insight into the lives of these kinds of people in the college town of Austin, Texas and almost acts as a cautionary tale at times.

Upon investigating the film more, i saw that the films narrative structure had several times been described as as series of Non Linear Vignettes. Vignette being a term i had not encountered before i decided to investigate further.

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