{"product_id":"richard-linklater-david-t-johnson-9780252078507","title":"Richard Linklater","description":"Richard Linklater's filmmaking choices seem to defy basic patterns of authorship. From his debut with the inventive independent narrative \u003ci\u003eSlacker, \u003c\/i\u003e the Austin-based director's divergent films have included the sci-fi noir \u003ci\u003eA Scanner Darkly, \u003c\/i\u003e the socially conscious \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e the kid-friendly \u003ci\u003eThe School of Rock, \u003c\/i\u003e the teen ensemble \u003ci\u003eDazed and Confused, \u003c\/i\u003e and the twin romances \u003ci\u003eBefore Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBefore Sunset.\u003c\/i\u003e Yet throughout his varied career spanning two decades, Linklater has maintained a sense of integrity while working within a broad range of budgets, genres, and subject matters. Identifying a critical commonality among so much variation, David T. Johnson analyzes Linklater's preoccupation with the concept of time in many of his films, focusing on its many forms and aspects: the subjective experience of time and the often explicit, self-aware ways that characters discuss that experience; time and memory, and the ways that characters negotiate memory in the present; the moments of adolescence and early adulthood as crucial moments in time; the relationship between time and narrative in film; and how cinema, itself, may be becoming antiquated. While Linklater's focus on temporality often involves a celebration of the present that is not divorced from the past and future, Johnson argues that this attendance to the present also includes an ongoing critique of modern American culture. Crucially filling a gap in critical studies of this American director, the volume concludes with an interview with Linklater discussing his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David T. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252078500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252078507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012","brand":"David T. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427379560703,"sku":"9780252078507","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcca0f45-9ff3-4e82-a52b-74fbe22c03df.jpg?v=1761579200","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/richard-linklater-david-t-johnson-9780252078507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}