Dazed and Confused (1993)

I think this movie may have gotten it's inspiration from the 'Seinfeld' TV show - it's about nothing. It's more clueless than "Clueless", and it's one of the few flicks I can think of where if you walk out on it for ten or fifteen minutes, when you come back you haven't missed a thing. Which may be one of it's good points because you can start the picture on any one of the jump scenes on your DVD and you won't have to worry about any kind of story continuity. Having gone to a private high school, I can't really relate to the antics going on here except for the occasional beer blast; drugs and casual sex weren't as prevalent on the scene back in the late Sixties/early Seventies from what I can recall, although I'm sure local public schools were just a tad more liberal, but not to the extent displayed here. Of the future celebrities in the film, I didn't recognize Ben Affleck one bit, and I thought Matthew McConaughey was Owen Wilson. Maybe I'm the one who was dazed and confused. Speaking of which, you would think a movie with that title would have as one of it's required songs the one by Led Zeppelin of that same title. I mean, really, they were one of the premier bands still going strong in 1976.

Some of you are saying this is so far from your experience in high school while others tell what actually happened. So it didn't happen to you but it actually did happen to some people. Just because you went to high school in thIs time periods and it wasn't true to YOUR experience doesn't mean it never happened. It doesn't matter anyway I was a movie that captured parts of the culture in the 70s get over it

In the year of America's 200th birthday, Richard Linklater drops us smack dab at the end of the school year but the beginning of the summer in a small town of Texas. My friends and I grew up with this film and would often watch either this or Pink Floyd's The Wall, the Alan Parker rendition. Years later, I have grown out of the latter film but Dazed & Confused still sticks with me. I believe this is due to the fact that it explores more than just a day in the life of hanging around teenagers but explores a theme that Linklater would continue throughout his career: the passing of time. This is a terrific film to watch at anytime. Whether you're hanging out with friends or all alone.

"Dazed & Confused" is a coming of age movie for one notable teenager who experiences natural carnal awakenings over the course of three heated summer months, from discarding perfidious virginity to partying all night long, and a prospective Football player who refuses to be rushed, and just wants to spend some time with his loser stoner friends. All taking place in the 70's, an evocative transportal for those who can appreciate it, from familiar experiences in clothing, automobiles, speech, terminology, mannerisms, architecture and automobiles, to music and hairstyles.School's out for remmus, and the senior cretin jocks are out to get the scrubs, or freshmen, for a veritable rite of passage into full herd prominence. A party is thwarted, so it's off to find another location, where everyone finally congregates to copulate, compete, and ingest large amounts of liquor, nicotine, and various amounts of narcotics in a nest of human and environmental nature. Even KISS makes an appearance in mannequin form! For those who resonate with retrovolutionary presentations / visualizations, this film is sure to transport the viewer into a most amusing time warp! ∞