Dazed and Confused | | Cast : | Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey | | Director : | Richard Linklater | | Studio : | Universal Studios Ho | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 24, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | November 02, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 03, 2005 | | Summary | Dazed and Confused | Content
 | This is one of the best teen films ever produced! From the soundtrack to the hilarious story line that unfolds. It has become one of those movies that no matter how many times it has been seen, if it's on somewhere you find yourself sitting down and watching it...dazing out so to speak. This movie touches all of those that lived through the seventies and those of us who truly believe they were born a couple decades late. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | Perverse and Confused | Content
| I must admit that I haven't seen Slacker, Linklater's previous look at 1976 high school, but I was impressed that a very peculiar time of cultural history has not been forgotten; indeed, has been immortalized, high school and the sociological angst of teenagers. Because the teen years are a joke to begin with, even tragedy seems perversely amusing through the looking glass of time. The boys resemble David Cassidy, or Roger Staubach. The girls all look like Stevi Nicks. The patter is accurate with stoner kids talking like black folks sort of. I'm high man, so high, blah, blah, pass the bong. You get the idea.
The hazing incidents, boys getting paddled, girls getting slimed, seem to be a small town, Mid-Western ritual, I'm not familiar with within my secure East Coast cottage, but I thought it was fascinating when the senior, dominatrix in training chick, whips the little freshman girls into shape, hmm, perverse.
Every teen film has to have a party and these kids get bombed outdoors, a massive kegger and bong fest. One of the last scenes, a romance on a blanket was unexpected, and I will not spoil it. Is there anything new or important here to learn about kids or their world? No, not much, but film is amusing at times, and it certainly nails a time and place. Watch for future stars like Ben Affleck.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 02, 2005 | | Summary | I gave up on this film after a half hour | Content
| I think maybe this is more a "guy" film than a "chick" film -- it's mostly about a bunch of lame teenage guys in the seventies acting out at the end of the school year. My own experience of high school -- not that many years earlier -- was wildly different, but then I didn't grow up in Texas. We certainly weren't riding around in pickup trucks terrorizing people and endangering the general public with bad driving -- we valued our drivers licenses (not to mention use of the family car) way too much for that. So this really didn't particularly ring true for me the way that a movie like "Saturday Night Fever" does (about the same period).
At the end of a half hour, I realized that if this movie had a plot, it should have been apparent. I gave up. But guys might really like this movie. The best part for me was the sound track -- some good music. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 27, 2005 | | Summary | This movie is the reason why 70s sh#$ is everywhere now- | Content
| Back in October 1993, I saw this movie in the theater (I still have the ticket stub too). It was great then and it's still great now. Back in Oct. '93, the late 80s were still being wrung out of American culture, and there was only grunge, and it was about to disappear. Then, this movie came out. Though it wasn't huge at the box office, it got to video quickly, and as word of mouth spread, so did this movie-along with its clothes, music, etc.-and the 70s were back, sort of. Flared pants returned, tight pants returned, long, straight hair came back, copycat movies and/or retro-type movies started appearing more, 'That 70s Show' went on the air, the original KISS got back together, etc., mostly due to the impact of this movie. But, aside from all that, this is a funny, insightful film that has A LOT of one liners, and is worth owning, when the right version of the DVD is finally available... |
| Rating | | | Date | March 25, 2005 | | Summary | It was just like this! | Content
| I was a Sophomore in '76 in a small midwestern town. I can tell you it was just like this. When I watch this I see my youth and my friends. Linklater hit this era right on the mark. We didn't have the amount of hazing freshmen that went on there, but I remember being "initiated" on my second day of high school and I know others that got it a lot worse - especially the freshmen jocks. I'm now 44 years old and this movie really takes me back. It's hard to believ it's been over twenty years since those days - but they were very good days. I remember toking the grass with friends. Hitting the beer bash, crusing the town in some cool cars. The ladies were so hot back then. I really dig those tight jeans and the long hair. I remember all of it and now as an adult when I need a dose of sanity I put in this DVD, light-up a little MJ, kick back and soak it up. Thers' not plot - except life - which has no plot. The music then was incredible and this soundtrack has almost all of it except for Boston's fist LP which came out in 76' and was huge. Could have at least heard som Zepplin in there - I mean, come on, the movie's called Dazed & Confused! to all you who were too young or not around, those days may be gone, but the mindset and attitude can be brought back. To those of you who were around then - how does it feel watching you youth in such incredible detail? Spooky isn't it? Get this movie.
Do it. Do it. |
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