At Long Last, Richard Linklater Is an American Master

by Sean NelsonThe power of ideas in Waking Life is enough to lift you off the ground.
A new episode of the imperishable PBS documentary series American Masters will examine the life and career of Richard Linklater, the filmmaker behind such transformative movies as Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight trilogy, and Boyhood, as well as not-quite-transformative-but-still-really-good movies like Bernie, Me and Orson Welles, School of Rock, the Bad News Bears r