Alright, Alright, Alright, Melissa Maerz
Alright, Alright, Alright, Melissa Maerz
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Alright, Alright, Alright
The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused

Author: Melissa Maerz

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, George Newbern

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/17/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast, crew, and Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater. The production includes an exclusive conversation between Melissa Maerz and Richard Linklater at the end of the audiobook.Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater, it introduced a cast of unknowns who would become the next generation of movie stars. Embraced as a cultural touchstone, the 1993 film would also make Matthew McConaughey’s famous phrase—alright, alright, alright—ubiquitous. But it started with a simple idea: Linklater thought people might like to watch a movie about high school kids just hanging out and listening to music on the last day of school in 1976.    To some, that might not even sound like a movie. But to a few studio executives, it sounded enough like the next American Graffiti to justify the risk. Dazed and Confused underperformed at the box office and seemed destined to disappear. Then something weird happened: Linklater turned out to be right. This wasn’t the kind of movie everybody liked, but it was the kind of movie certain people loved, with an intensity that felt personal. No matter what their high school experience was like, they thought Dazed and Confused was about them.Alright, Alright, Alright is the story of how this iconic film came together and why it worked. Combining behind-the-scenes photos and insights from nearly the entire cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and many others, and with full access to Linklater’s Dazed archives, it offers an inside look at how a budding filmmaker and a cast of newcomers made a period piece that would feel timeless for decades to come.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Melissa Maerz

Melissa Maerz has worked as an editor at Spin and Rolling Stone, a staff writer for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times, and a supervising producer on HBO’s Vice News Tonight. She was a founding editor at New York magazine’s Vulture website. She lives in Portland, Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

Yeah, five stars. What a delight and answered so many questions that I had gone into this skeptical about. Longer review to come... just, a great oral history that made me laugh and provided so much insight. Ready for that Dazed rewatch now... (and probably giving this as a gift this holiday season......more

Goodreads review by Brianna

Four weekends in a row were spent watching Dazed and Confused, simply because of reading this book. Alright, Alright, Alright will reinforce your love for Dazed and Confused, causing you to revisit the film as much as possible. I certainly won't be the only one for whom that's the case. That's what I......more