"oh shit, I should have stayed at the bus station" this is a great quote. It says a lot about the type of people who think in terms of "what if?" When we go down the rabbit hole of what ifs, we find ourselves admiring the decision we didn't make more than the one we actually made. No wonder we have a distaste for reality.
in some ways i think its like his manifesto for what cinema represents and he continues to explore that later in other films like waking life and scanner darkly and even Before Sunset and Boyhood.. bringing the idea of time and causality to the central plot where the characters talk about it or are immersed in it or are paranoid between what is real and or not real...LOL imma pass the bong over to you now...LOL.
This opening scene perfectly sets up the whole movie. As the characters enter and leave the film, they go off on their own stories. But we'll never know what happens to them because we're stuck in one reality, where the movie continues to go from person to person.
Pretty genius, in that some of what linklater says in this scene foreshadows his 2001 film "Waking Life." Even talks about specific scenes in waking life.
The acting in this scene is really impressive, considering that Linklater's not an actor but he had to memorize 4 minutes of constant dialogue in character without any cuts or anything.
This scene struck me the moment he started talking about dreams. Dreams that are completely real, where he's doing mundane things like watching TV at home. Choices that create separate realities, such as one where he calls for a ride at the payphone and meets a beautiful woman. It's like Richard Linklater is describing a movie he's about to make- Waking Life. I love this scene because you can see those ideas would resonate and be brought to the forefront of his later work.
KBMusic Do you ever start dreaming before you've completely fallen asleep? Like two nights ago I was lying in bed with my arms out to my sides and for a moment I felt like there was a girl lying next to me with my arm around her. Another time I thought I was somewhere else for a second, like walking around my house but then I remembered I was just about to fall asleep. I feel like these things might happen every night but I don't always remember them.
I don't think that's ever happened to me, but I do think you can kind of dream right before falling asleep... except it feels more like barriers of your mind are being broken down, so you can think of things without any filters. I always think of amazingly creative things, but I don't remember them when I wake up.
KBMusic Heck yeah man I know what you mean by unfiltered thoughts. In fact I was just talking to my dad about how thoughts just flow in your sleep and before you fall asleep become unfiltered. You don't question your thoughts and they just flow even if they make no sense. crazy stuff
Back after this came out on video, Austin was the Mecca. “Let’s all move to Austin man, where it’s cool.” But even by 1994 word was out… “no man, it’s over. It’s been taken over by Yuppies” Were we wrong? All these years later, I’ve still never been there.
This is the perfect first conversation for the film to have. It makes you think about butterfly effect, and choices people make in their lives, really puts you in the right state to observe all these different people making their own choices.
@@AliFareedMC Good movie. But not relevant to this idea. I am talking about this conversation specifically. Mr Nobody is a movie that is about this idea of alternate realities.
Just sit there to contemplate it all after you come back because you're gonna see such crazy and radical things in these trips. That when you come back you're gonna be like what the fuck was that? And you're gonna spend a week just in the shower, what the fuck was that? Cooking your food, what the fuck was that? Driving to work, what the fuck was that? Sitting at work doing your work, what the fuck was that? Thinking that. Trying to wrap your mind around it. Try to remember and trying to figure it out and that's a very valuable process.
You can literally hallucinate objects and beings into existence because what's happening is you're tapping into that pure abstract creative potential of mind. That's exactly what you want. Of course it can be kind of freaky but a psychedelic is that times a thousand. See so again the point is not to achieve some blissful state or to see some cool colors or to travel to some new dimension you can do all those things. That's nice, that's fun. The point is the lessons the insights you get and the meta understanding of how this entire process works because as you're exploring all your different domains you're learning about your own mind. How the mind of God is generating reality and why it's generating it.
Best opening scene of a movie....ever. Seriously. Also I think the reference to playing pinball turned up in this dream of Linklater's: th-cam.com/video/GinBWW1p1GE/w-d-xo.html
Should have stayed on the bus . . And kept going, and kept going Til the path you've made is the material that has woven you into existence And finding beautiful women on the way
Summary for non-philosophical people: Guy enters taxi. "Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla." Guy exits taxi.
"oh shit, I should have stayed at the bus station" this is a great quote. It says a lot about the type of people who think in terms of "what if?" When we go down the rabbit hole of what ifs, we find ourselves admiring the decision we didn't make more than the one we actually made. No wonder we have a distaste for reality.
I like you. You are a smart human.
Vulgarity is no substitute for wit and he needs to lay off the pot before he writes.
I really admire this scene. Linklater's way of thinking is what makes his movies so special.
in some ways i think its like his manifesto for what cinema represents and he continues to explore that later in other films like waking life and scanner darkly and even Before Sunset and Boyhood.. bringing the idea of time and causality to the central plot where the characters talk about it or are immersed in it or are paranoid between what is real and or not real...LOL imma pass the bong over to you now...LOL.
This opening scene perfectly sets up the whole movie. As the characters enter and leave the film, they go off on their own stories. But we'll never know what happens to them because we're stuck in one reality, where the movie continues to go from person to person.
damn...
Linklater is a genius
This whole scene perfectly sets up Linklater's whole filmography and I LOVE IT. He is my favorite cause of dialogue like this ❤
Thats deep right there
LIKE, THE UNIVERSE AND STUFF, MAN.
Pretty genius, in that some of what linklater says in this scene foreshadows his 2001 film "Waking Life." Even talks about specific scenes in waking life.
facts
Richard Linklater knows how to many the most insane ramblings sound super interesting.
Richard Linklater. I love you. Your movies are awesome. My personal favorites are SubUrbia, Dazed and Before Sunrise. Keep making art.
His movies are slow, boring and vulgar. Do you honestly think this pothead is going to read this?
Ive thought of this scene an unhealthy amount of times , usually driving down the highway with the sun in my eyes
The acting in this scene is really impressive, considering that Linklater's not an actor but he had to memorize 4 minutes of constant dialogue in character without any cuts or anything.
I wish he would be in more of his own movies.
@@ClockwiseCathe is also in waking life. Great movie btw
This scene struck me the moment he started talking about dreams. Dreams that are completely real, where he's doing mundane things like watching TV at home. Choices that create separate realities, such as one where he calls for a ride at the payphone and meets a beautiful woman. It's like Richard Linklater is describing a movie he's about to make- Waking Life. I love this scene because you can see those ideas would resonate and be brought to the forefront of his later work.
KBMusic Do you ever start dreaming before you've completely fallen asleep? Like two nights ago I was lying in bed with my arms out to my sides and for a moment I felt like there was a girl lying next to me with my arm around her. Another time I thought I was somewhere else for a second, like walking around my house but then I remembered I was just about to fall asleep. I feel like these things might happen every night but I don't always remember them.
I don't think that's ever happened to me, but I do think you can kind of dream right before falling asleep... except it feels more like barriers of your mind are being broken down, so you can think of things without any filters. I always think of amazingly creative things, but I don't remember them when I wake up.
KBMusic Heck yeah man I know what you mean by unfiltered thoughts. In fact I was just talking to my dad about how thoughts just flow in your sleep and before you fall asleep become unfiltered. You don't question your thoughts and they just flow even if they make no sense. crazy stuff
Amazing dialogue in this movie... changed my perspective on a lot of things.
Back after this came out on video, Austin was the Mecca. “Let’s all move to Austin man, where it’s cool.” But even by 1994 word was out… “no man, it’s over. It’s been taken over by Yuppies”
Were we wrong? All these years later, I’ve still never been there.
This is the perfect first conversation for the film to have. It makes you think about butterfly effect, and choices people make in their lives, really puts you in the right state to observe all these different people making their own choices.
Quite possibly the best opening to a movie ever.
Yeah to another pothead
@@corey-bird3489 nah he's right
the way he says "reali-tee"
Yeah to me that's quite an annoyance the way says that.
OMFG I have never seen this until now and I always have the same exact thought.
best part is that this is basically the character from his earlier movie "It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books"
Now I know where Ken Levine came up with the idea for Bioshock Infinite.
20 yr old Kevin Smith- "This counts?"
xD
I forgot how much this connects to Waking Life...
If you think about it deep enough all his films connect. Slacker suburbia walking life then trilogy probably ends in boyhood.
Wow i just realized that he said he had a dream where he saw somebody get ran over then just a couple minutes later he saw somebody get ran over
Bruhhh
owen wilson is chatty alright.
Legendary
Genius
beautiful ☺
summing up the plot to everything everywhere all at once.
No it sums up being high.
If you found this interesting, watch the movie Mr. Nobody.
And Naked from 1993.
and Clerks 1994
@@AliFareedMC
Good movie. But not relevant to this idea. I am talking about this conversation specifically. Mr Nobody is a movie that is about this idea of alternate realities.
If you don’t, he’s also the director of the movie.
The cab driver gives no shits
Just sit there to contemplate it all after you come back because you're gonna see such
crazy and radical things in these trips. That when you come back you're gonna be like what the fuck was that? And you're gonna spend a week just in the shower, what the fuck was that? Cooking your food, what the fuck was that? Driving to work, what the fuck was that? Sitting at work doing your work, what the fuck was that? Thinking that. Trying to wrap your mind around it. Try to remember and trying to figure it out and that's a very valuable process.
You can literally hallucinate objects and beings into existence because what's happening is you're tapping into that pure abstract creative potential of mind. That's exactly what you want. Of course it can be kind of freaky but a psychedelic is that times a thousand. See so again the point is not to achieve some blissful state or to see some cool colors or to travel to some new dimension you can do all those things. That's nice, that's fun. The point is the lessons the insights you get and the meta understanding of how this entire process works because as you're exploring all your different domains you're learning about your own mind. How the mind of God is generating reality and why it's generating it.
you're full of truth dude, keep going
I love this so much. You could have been a character in this movie. I'm copying this so I can look back at it in my notes and reread it.
Oh, hey. I remember this movie. My parents got it and my siblings thought it was crap. XD
wow.. thats something..
This sets up Waking Life, doesn’t it? 🤔
shit i shoulda stayed at the bus station lol
such a great philosopher... love 90s
He not down there
Best opening scene of a movie....ever. Seriously.
Also I think the reference to playing pinball turned up in this dream of Linklater's: th-cam.com/video/GinBWW1p1GE/w-d-xo.html
Back seat drivers bro 😂
Linklater invented the multiverse. 😂😂
And people call Lewis Carroll a drug addict 🤦♂️
funny scene
Made before or after before sunrise before sunset?
This was Linklater's first feature film, released in 1991.
Should have stayed on the bus . .
And kept going, and kept going
Til the path you've made is the material that has woven you into existence
And finding beautiful women on the way
2:22
My life in a nutshell.
And that's your mind on drugs
Almost every innovative idea came from someone on drugs
what movie is this???
It's from the 1991 independent movie, "Slacker" directed by Richard Linklater.
It’s on TH-cam if you haven’t seen it yet.
You should have laid off the Mary Jane to Peter Parker...
Summary for non-philosophical people:
Guy enters taxi.
"Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla."
Guy exits taxi.