Slacker.

Just finished watching Slacker. It was magnificient. The general idea for the film is that it focuses on one character while they blab on about something that's on their mind. At some point during their monologue (though there is sometimes conversation) the camera simply loses them and focuses on someone else while they yabber on about something that they are thinking about. Most of the dialogue focuses on bits of personal phiilosophy, but it always keeps fromgetting too heavy. A character will sometimes make a clever, though honest, joke to make the scene lighter or toss in a quick statement that reframes and then alliviates what another character in the same scene discussed. The whole thing takes place on location in Austin, Texas and was filmed in 1991 so it has a bit of a dated look regarding dress.

I think what really makes the film is the pacing of it. It's far from jumpy or overly energetic, but it moves along briskly with just enough empty space to give the viewer time to think about what was said without getting lost in it. The characters are really funny in their ecentricities, erring realistically short of slapstick. I know I'm being pretty vague, but I'd hate to ruin it for you.

The movie is really still sinking in. But I know this feeling and its the one that says this is a movie I'm really gonna love when I finish digesting it. Throughout the movie I kept wondering to myself how it could possibly end it without it feeling like it just stops. But it pulls through beautifully, and though I can't quite verbalize yet, the end is the key to my immense enjoyment of the flick.