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David T. Johnson is an associate professor of English at Salisbury University and the coeditor of Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly. Books in the series Contemporary Film Directors Nelson Pereira dos Santos Darlene J. Sadlier Abbas Kiarostami Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum Joel and Ethan Coen R. Barton Palmer Claire Denis Judith Mayne Wong Kar-wai Peter Brunette Edward Yang John Anderson Pedro Almodóvar Marvin D’Lugo Chris Marker Nora Alter Abel Ferrara Nicole Brenez, translated by Adrian Martin Jane Campion Kathleen McHugh Jim Jarmusch Juan Suárez Roman Polanski James Morrison Manoel de Oliveira John Randal Johnson Neil Jordan Maria Pramaggiore Paul Schrader George Kouvaros Jean-Pierre Jeunet Elizabeth Ezra Terrence Malick Lloyd Michaels Sally Potter Catherine Fowler Atom Egoyan Emma Wilson Albert Maysles Joe McElhaney Jerry Lewis Chris Fujiwara Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Joseph Mai Michael Haneke Peter Brunette Alejandro González Iñárritu Celestino Deleyto and Maria del Mar Azcona Lars von Trier Linda Badley Hal Hartley Mark L. Berrettini François Ozon Thibaut Schilt Steven Soderbergh Aaron Baker Mike Leigh Sean O’Sullivan D.A. Pennebaker Keith Beattie [3.236.171.68] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) Jacques Rivette Mary M. Wiles Kim Ki-duk Hye Seung Chung Philip Kaufman Annette Insdorf Richard Linklater David T. Johnson The University of Illinois Press is a founding member of the Association of American University Presses. Designed by Paula Newcomb Composed in 10/13 New Caledonia LT Std with Helvetica Neue LT Std display by Barbara Evans at the University of Illinois Press Manufactured by Sheridan Books, Inc. University of Illinois Press 1325 South Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820-6903 www.press.uillinois.edu [3.236.171.68] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) [3.236.171.68] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) [3.236.171.68] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 16:11 GMT) FILM Richard Linklater David T. Johnson “With remarkable clarity, this intelligent and rigorous study securely establishes Richard Linklater as a definitive auteur, locating commonalities across his seemingly diverse oeuvre.” —Michael Koresky, staff writer and editor at the Criterion Collection and cofounder and editor of Reverse Shot Richard Linklater’s filmmaking choices seem to defy basic patterns of authorship. From his debut with the inventive independent narrative Slacker, the Austin-based director’s divergent films have included the sci-fi noir A Scanner Darkly, the socially conscious Fast Food Nation, the kid-friendly The School of Rock, the teen ensemble Dazed and Confused, and the twin romances Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. 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. David T. Johnson is an associate professor of English at Salisbury University and the coeditor of Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/ from Literature/ from Film Quarterly. A volume in the series Contemporary Film Directors, edited by James Naremore Cover photo: Milla Jovovich, Rory Cochrane, and Jason London in Dazed and Confused (1993). Courtesy Universal/ Photofest, © Universal Pictures. University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield www.press.uillinois.edu 9 7 8 0 2 5 2 0 7 8 5 0 7 9 0 0 0 0 ISBN 978-0-252-07850-7 ...