DAZED AND CONFUSED might be the most endlessly rewatchable movie of all time.
Writer/director Richard Linklater's honest, hilarious, and enduringly quotable film is a take on the last day of school in 1976 and the teen cliques – jocks and stoners, seniors and freshmen – that dominated Austin’s burger stands, strip malls, and moontowers. DAZED AND CONFUSED isn’t a rework of teen movie cliches, nor is it empty nostalgia or a That ‘70s Show-style send-up. Linklater’s love letter to a bygone era by makes DAZED a genuine and true portrait of its time and place.
DAZED also served as the launchpad for a murderer's row of talent, many of whom went on to dominate cinema through the 1990s and beyond. It also features the breakout role for a young University of Texas student named Matthew, who just so happened to come across the film’s casting director in an Austin hotel bar…