{"product_id":"9798765134672","title":"Dazed and Confused Movies Minute by Minute","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTimecodes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDazed and Confused\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMovies Minute by Minute\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eColin Winnette | Nicholas Rombes | Nadine Boljkovac\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Individual Director\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA minute-by-minute analysis of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Linklater's 1993 film, \u003ci\u003eDazed and Confused\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending film criticism with creative nonfiction, each book in the Timecodes series focuses on one film, exploring it minute by minute beginning with minute one, and ending with the final minute before the closing credits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book uses a close study of \u003ci\u003eDazed and Confused \u003c\/i\u003eto tell three interrelated stories of adolescent development: the filmmaker's, the film's characters, and the author's own. The film's unconventional approach to character and plot mirrors the author's own structureless and energetic childhood, while also having a profound impact on his artistic development, as the film revealed that bending traditional narrative rules could make a story feel more honest and precise. The film also marked a kind of artistic coming-of-age for Linklater himself, as he transitioned from his self-financed indie infancy into his first studio film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe structure of \u003ci\u003eDazed and Confused \u003c\/i\u003emirrors the roving momentum of a youthful night, moving fluidly between characters, incidents, conversations, and what can only loosely be called “set pieces”, while never feeling aimless. Each moment moves the night forward, revealing more of our characters as we slowly form a sense of what the rest of their summer might look like, and how the rest of their lives might go (though we're also reminded there'll be surprises along the way). As these moments accumulate, viewers are invited to reflect on their own lives, their own friends, their own easy nights of highs and lows, boredom and elation, danger and congress. Adopting the formal conceit of the Timecodes series, this book accepts the film's invitation to live moment by moment, taking each discrete minute as an opportunity to reorient and explore new vantages on both the movie and the author's own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColin Winnette\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from Denton, Texas, USA. He is the author of several books, translated into multiple languages. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eUsers \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), was a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e “Best Book of 2023”, a \u003ci\u003eNY Times\u003c\/i\u003e “Editor's Choice” pick, and was called “The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality” by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, including \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765134672\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223597547660,"sku":"9798765134672","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765134672","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}