{"id":26239,"date":"2017-09-05T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26239"},"modified":"2017-09-05T06:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T10:30:45","slug":"american-masters-richard-linklater-dream-is-destiny-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/05\/american-masters-richard-linklater-dream-is-destiny-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"American Masters: Richard Linklater — Dream is Destiny (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Louis Black and Karen Bernstein\u2019s Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny<\/em> is a remarkable documentary and biography of one of the most acclaimed and innovative filmmakers working today. More of a tribute by Austinites to a hero from Austin Texas who made good and managed to claim success without sacrificing too much of his own artistic vision, Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny<\/em> takes an interesting and new look at the work of one of my favorite directors working in film today. I\u2019ve made no secret that Linklater is one of my personal film heroes and easily my favorite writer working in cinema right now, and I\u2019ve found most of the documentaries and work surrounding his legacy and career to be absolutely entertaining and often times stimulating.<\/p>\n

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Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny<\/em> opts more for the humility of the portrait of a very motivated man who found his outlet through writing and eventually found a way to tell his stories to through his own personal films. While the documentary works as an ode, it also doesn\u2019t gloss over some of Linklater\u2019s personal film failures, as well as examining some of his more offbeat choices in the past. To his credit, Linklater acknowledges what worked and what didn\u2019t work, and why he chose to lens films like \u201cThe Bad News Bears\u201d and how his films before he made \u201cSlacker\u201d were much more just experimental than actual films. On the flip side there are interesting peeks at his more daring cinematic endeavors, including \u201cWaking Life,\u201d and \u201cSlacker,\u201d and how films like the \u201cBefore\u201d movie series meant a lot to its two stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.<\/p>\n

Hawke explains how the series gave his life definition during hard times, while Delpy holds no regret starring in the films, while her agent was pressuring her to star in \u201cRush Hour 3.\u201d Director Black sits with Linklater going over old notes about his future films, and Linklater adds a new dimension to every one of his hit films, right down to \u201cDazed and Confused\u201d which was supposed to be a time capsule about a generation facing adulthood, and was unfortunately mishandled and advertised as a stoner comedy by studios everywhere. Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny<\/em> is a rich, fascinating, and engrossing look at the creative process of a truly stellar filmmaker and storyteller, and the people around him that revere him and understand him. All Linklater fans need apply.<\/p>\n

Premiering nationwide on PBS\u00a0(check local listings); it is also available to stream via\u00a0pbs.org\/americanmasters<\/a> and PBS OTT apps.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n