Thirty years ago, Richard Linklater started the Austin Film Society and created a thriving Texas film industry. Why not try it yourself? Thirty years ago, there were few films being made in the state of Texas, let alone Austin. There was maybe a once-yearly film shot in the state which, as Richard Linklater describes in the conversation below from this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, tended to be of the exploitation genre like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That wasn’t the type of film Linklater aspired to make, and he didn’t want to move to New York or Los Angeles. Linklater’s response to the question of did you think you could make a living as a film director? “Not no, hell no!” Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 16 July, 2018