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SLACKER on Hulu
SpoutBlog — ... In a post published today on Hulu’s official blog, Kevin Smith reminisces about his 21st birthday, which he spent driving from New Jersey to New York to see Richard Linklater’s ...

MUMBLEBEFORE: RICK LINKLATER'S SLACKER
Filmmaker Magazine — ... Learn to Plow by Reading Books ), was both a no-budget feature which inspired a score of Gen-X philosophizing and a film-savvy work informed by Linklater's days running a local film society. A La Ronde -ish jape in which the camera follows a succession of deadbeat characters, Slacker was capable of both entertaining and boring while always convincing the viewer that a potentially more engaging subject was just a scene or two away. Kevin Smith, who is a big fan of the film, has a great post on the Hulu blog about discovering the film. Here's his lede: August 2, 1991. The ...

This Calls For a Long Lunch: Richard Linklater's ... [Revelations]
Gawker: defamer — ... : Richard Linklater's rambling 1990 masterpiece Slacker is now available for viewing on Hulu, with an accompanying introduction by Kevin Smith at the site's blog. It's worth watching for Madonna's pap smear alone, so get on it, and trust us: If your boss doesn't understand, s/he isn't worth working for anyway. [ ...

Richard Linklater’s Slacker on Hulu
/Film — ... . Aslo, Kevin Smith, who credits the film as his inspiration for making Clerks, contributed a new written introduction about the film for the hulu blog. ...

Movie Marketing Madness: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Movie Marketing Madness — ... Director Kevin Smith got some additional publicity by writing an introductory post on the Hulu Blog for the debut on that site of Slacker, the movie he’s often cited as his biggest inspiration. He also helped his own cause with the release of the ...