'Slacker' is a uniquely-structured and seemingly plotless film, following a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly twenty-something bohemians and misfits in Austin, Texas. The film follows various characters and scenes, never staying with one character or conversation for more than a few minutes before picking up someone else in the scene and following them.
I love the idea of this film. Not concentrating on one main character frees the film up to make its own path through the set. The audience is also made aware that different things are happening in everybody's lives at the same time. The world does not revolve around us as one person.
This is the kind of idea that i want to pursue. I like the fact that the characters just come and go. They are involved in one anothers' lives/personal space's, sometimes for just a few seconds, then they just carry on with their own existence. Everyone of the characters is on their own journey for their own reasons. You may not know where they have come from or where they are going, but i think that is one of the feature that intrigues and excites me about this film.
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