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Brow Beat What Is the Best Richard Linklater Movie? By Forrest Wickman Posted Friday, Apr 27, 2012, at 12:30 PM ET Today in Slate, Seth Stevenson shares what he learned by watching every Richard Linklater film, from School of Rock and Dazed and Confused to lesser known fare like It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. As part of his Completeist, Stevenson also ranked all Linklater's movies from the "Wistful Masterpieces" (Slacker, Before Sunrise, and Before Sunset) all the way down to the lesser "Unnecessary Adaptations" (e.g. A Scanner Darkly) and the lowly "Zac Effron Is in This Movie" (i.e. Me and Orson Welles). Now we want you to weigh in. Are you most charmed by Slacker's "shruggy whateveritude"? Can't get enough of Wooderson? Have you fallen for Before Sunrise and Before Sunset? Vote for your favorite below. The poll closes Friday, May 4 at noon. Previously The Best Ideas for Before Sunrise Part III Dazed and Confused and the Cinema of Aimlessness To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Saletan: We're Escalating Our Drone Campaign in Yemen. Is This War? The Raven: The Strange Hollywood Tradition of Turning Writers Into Action Heroes Zuckerberg Thinks You're Worth $100 to Facebook. Is He Right?	Advertisement
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