And if he has an essential subject, it's probably the passage of time, and how we all change over the advancing years, reshaped by experience as now gradually becomes then. More than anything, his films seem high on language-on the draw of big personalities spilling their big thoughts at each other or just at the camera. Linklater is drawn to outcasts, to ramblers, to those looking to expand their minds in more ways than one. And he's constantly squaring his preoccupations with those of key collaborators, be they actors, co-writers, or otherwise. Even his most mainstream movies tend to be formally or conceptually interesting. Linklater has made cartoons for adults, mixed nonfiction with fiction, ambitiously adapted novels and stage plays. A certain relaxed quality to his work belies how adventurous it's remained for 30-plus years. His reputation for rambles is well earned (and probably linked to his own laidback public persona, comparable to that of the boho characters he sometimes centers), but it doesn't tell the whole story. Now 62, the man can lay claim to one of America's, not just Texas', most robust, eclectic filmographies. If the state has a leading cinematic voice, it has to be Linklater. He's lived in Austin for most of his adult years, and set many of his films in Texas, going all the way back to his zero-budget debut.
Truthfully, though, Linklater has never strayed far from home. You could call the film a homecoming for the acclaimed writer-director, who was born in the Bayou City in 1960. Last year, Richard Linklater immortalized his childhood memories of the Houston area with the animated nostalgia trip Apollo 10 ½, which premiered at SXSW before heading for Netflix. Apollo 10 1/2 Before Midnight Everybody Wants Some!! Netflix Sony Pictures Classics Paramount Pictures
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