Six years prior, Linklater co-founded "The Austin Film Society" where mentors such as New York City critic George Morris were able to teach film. ... Later, two stoned out hairy philosophers in a coffeeshop question whether media sources such as Scooby Doo and The Smurfs are actually being used as a tool for installing cultural programming. ... Probably one of the most explicit deconstructions of the experience of watching motion pictures is during a scene in Slacker during a conversation between two gentlemen in a room full of television sets, VCRs, and VHS tapes. ... In the sce...

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