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It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books is a 1988 American road film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also stars in it.
With Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Dan Kratochvil, Linda Finney. A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane activities.
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Sep 13, 2004 · It might as well have been called It’s Impossible to Learn to Make Movies by Reading Books. Given some natural talent or aptitude, the best way to learn to plow or make movies is by doing, and I was enormously impressed by this director’s first effort.
"It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books" is the first feature film by Richard Linklater, released in 1988. The film features little dialogue. In its minimal and...
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Richard Linklater's first feature film may not be a movie for everybody. Its minimal and non-traditional plot will divide audiences, and some may diss it by saying "dull". But this is a must-see...
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Jun 3, 2024 · It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books 1988. Watched Jun 03 , 2024. Made on a shoestring budget, but full of memorable images that will be charred into my brain. A young Linklater figuring out how to use a camera—his alive style condensed into just 85 minutes, and his precision visible even at that age.
It's Impossible To Learn to Plow by Reading Books. Shot on Super 8 for $3,000, Richard Linklater’s first feature follows the wanderings of a young man (played by Linklater himself) as he journeys the country by bus and train, encountering friends and strangers along the way in a series of quotidian encounters that signal the filmmaker’s ...
