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Running time. 86 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $3,000. 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.
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books: Directed by Richard Linklater. 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 · The seeds for these films were sown in It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. Monte Hellman, a protégé of legendary producer/director Roger Corman, is best known for a pair of Jack Nicholson Westerns, as well as the cult film favorites Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, and China 9 Liberty 37. He has also worked as a theater ...
The protagonist goes about his daily activities, including shooting a gun from his window. He gets on a train and after a long journey, meets his friend in Missoula, Montana . They visit Glacier National Park and walk through town, before the protagonist leaves to visit West Coast cities such as San Francisco, also by train.
Jun 3, 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. A film in which every mundane activity feels the same, a painting of disconnection. Travelling somewhere that way will lead nowhere. It's easy to see why ...
Jul 17, 2014 · It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988): Linklater’s Modest Debut July 17, 2014 by EmanuelLevy Released in 1988, “It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” is the first feature made by the gifted, Texas-based director Richard Linklater, whose latest film, “Boyhood” (now in theaters), is a masterpiece.
It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books is the debut feature from Austin-based auteur Richard Linklater. Conceived, shot, directed, and edited by Linklater using the barest of resources, the film is a model of self-reliant regional filmmaking. Plow was filmed using a Super-8 film camera and then edited at a public access television ...
