Richard Linklater on the Making of “Dazed and Confused” (Part 2)

August 1995 www.amazon.com Watch the full segment: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Dazed and Confused was released on September 24, 1993 in 183 theaters, grossing 8127 on its opening weekend. It went on to make .9 million in North America. Cast * Jason London as Randall “Pink” Floyd * Wiley Wiggins as Mitch Kramer * Rory Cochrane as Ron Slater * Sasha Jenson as Don Dawson * Michelle Burke as Jodi Kramer * Christine Harnos as Kaye Faulkner * Adam Goldberg as Mike Newhouse * Anthony Rapp as Tony Olson * Matthew McConaughey as David Wooderson * Marissa Ribisi as Cynthia Dunn * Shawn Andrews as Kevin Pickford * Cole Hauser as Benny O’Donnell * Milla Jovovich as Michelle Burroughs * Joey Lauren Adams as Simone Kerr * Christin Hinojosa as Sabrina Davis * Jason O. Smith as Melvin Spivey * Ben Affleck as Fred O’Bannion * Parker Posey as Darla Marks * Deena Martin as Shavonne Wright * Nicky Katt as Clint Bruno * Catherine Morris as Julie Simms * Esteban Powell as Carl Burnett * Renée Zellweger (uncredited) as Nesi White The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and has a 97% “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Roger Ebert awarded the film three stars out of four, praising the film as “art crossed with anthropology” with a “painful underside.” In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, “Dazed and Confused has an enjoyably playful spirit, one that amply compensates for its lack of structure.” Desson Howe, in his review for The …