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Dazed and Confused [Region 2] | ![Dazed and Confused [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RajDeyk0L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew Mcconaughey, Rory Cochrane, Sasha Jenson
Category: DVD
Buy New: $4.22
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Rating:  322 reviews
Sales Rank: 246873
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 902417-1
EAN: 3259190241718
ASIN: B00008WJ6B
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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You remember high school? Really remember? If you think you do, watch this film: it'll all really come racing back. After changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker, director Richard Linklater turned his free-range verite sensibility on the 1970s. As before, his all-seeing camera meanders across a landscape studded with goofy pop culture references and poignant glimpses of human nature. Only this time around, he's spreading a thick layer of nostalgia over the lens (and across the soundtrack). It's as if Fast Times at Ridgemont High was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The story deals with a group of friends on the last day of high school, 1976. Good-natured football star Randall "Pink" Floyd navigates effortlessly between the warring worlds of jocks, stoners, wannabes, and rockers with girlfriend and new-freshman buddy in tow. Surprisingly, it's not a coming-of-age movie, but a film that dares ask the eternal, overwhelming, adolescent question, "What happens next?" It's a little too honest to be a light comedy (representative quote: "If I ever say these were the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself."). But it's also way too much fun (remember souped-up Corvettes and bicentennial madness?) to be just another existential-essay-on-celluloid. --Grant Balfour
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 Captures the 1970s Suburban Teen Experience by way of the Last Day of School, 1976. June 22, 2009
mirasreviews (McLean, VA USA)
Richard Linklater wrote and directed this tribute to his mid-1970s high school days. "Dazed and Confused" follows the exploits of a group of students on the last day of school in 1976. Randall "Pink" Floyd (Jason London) is a handsome, amiable quarterback who gets along with everyone: jocks, stoners, nerds, but is reluctant to sign a no-drugs-or-alcohol pledge that the football team requires for the next season. New seniors haze the incoming freshman from the junior high school, led by a bully named O'Bannion (Ben Affleck), who is determined to wallop young Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) in particular. Pink takes Mitch under his wing, and they all spend the night cruising around, boozing, smoking pot, and bashing the occasional mail box.
Not a whole lot goes on during this night of revelry and mayhem, but "Dazed and Confused" does as much to capture suburban teen culture in the 1970s as "American Graffiti" did for the 1960s. This was the tail end of the Baby Boom generation, caught between the idealism of the 1960s and the materialism of the 1980s, feeling that they missed out on anything meaningful. Tired of thinking of the present as "some minor, insignificant preamble to something else", they go about living life as it presents itself, to a 1970s soundtrack of more than 30 songs. The film was made in 1993 with an ensemble cast of up-and-coming stars of the 1990s decked out in 1970s attire: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Mila Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey. It's a fun and fond trip back in time to a more laid-back America.
The DVD (Universal 2004 Flashback Edition): Bonus features include 9 deleted scenes, an assortment of period ads and public service spots, and production notes. "The Blunt Truth" (4 min) is an anti-marijuana film that claims pot causes insanity. It looks like it was made in the 1960s. "Retro Public Service Announcements" (2 min) include one about venereal disease and the famous "crying Indian" spot about pollution. "VANS" (30 sec) is an advertisement. "Production Notes" (text) talk briefly about Richard Linklater's intentions and inspirations for the film. The disc is a DVD-ROM for Windows only. Subtitles are available for the film in French, Spanish. Captioning available in English. Dubbing available in French.
 Criterion Collection = 5 STARS! May 27, 2009
alaskanseminole (San Antonio, Texas)
What an absolute perfect release for this movie. After reading all the negative reviews it's obvious most of them are due to the previous inadequate releases. Well, they should all log back in and delete them because this IS the definitive release of one of my all time favorite movies! The '70s-era packaging and a totally awesome selection of bonus features makes this special edition two-disc release of Dazed and Confused one of the very best DVDs of all time!
Some of the best lines ever!
"Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin' right here, all right. We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some f'n' muscle." --Wooderson
"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age." --Wooderson
"Say, man, you got a joint?" --Wooderson
"No, not on me, man. " --Mitch
"It'd be a lot cooler if you diid." --Wooderson
 Current reviews do not match item February 21, 2009
M. M. Beyor
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this DVD from Amazon after reading the reviews and was highly disappointed it was only a ONE disc DVD without most of the special features reviewed on this page. The reviews about the TWO disc on this page is the main reason I purchased this DVD.
Amazon needs to correct this problem before other buyers make the same mistake.
I wasn't given a "Leave Seller's Feedback" option so this has to do.
Dazed and confused February 12, 2009
Joanne Bohm (Florida)
The item was a Christmas present for a granddaughter. It arrived when it was supposed to and she was delighted to receive it.
missing something but loved the product anyways January 18, 2009
Jazmin Ely (spokane,wa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
the disks and booklet are in perfect condition, but it was missing the poster and the outside cover wasn't in the best of shape. Got here alot faster than I thought it would. Will most likely do buisness with this person again.
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