Interview with Richard Linklater

This interview took place in two phone conversations on November 30 and December 8, 2010, when Linklater spoke to me from his Detour office in Austin, Texas, while on postproduction for Bernie. Because we covered his entire filmography, our conversations generated more dialogue than would be possible to print. As a result, I have condensed and excised certain passages. I have also edited many of the false starts, repetitions, and pauses in speech that are a part of everyday conversation but are distracting on the page, and I have moved one section to account for his going back to add to an answer on an earlier question. That said, what follows are Linklater’s own words on his films and related subjects....