It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books 1988 Movie

A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane ... More details

Directors

Richard Linklater

Cast

Richard Linklater James Goodwin Dan Kratochvil

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drama claim in title bridge reference to idiot winds the song hanging out convenience store mother's boyfriend human disconnection doing laundry telephone book non communication reference to 7 up soda fold down tray water fountain electric fan banality mailbox grocery shopping pharmacist super 8 minimal dialogue nothingness boredom slacker travel supermarket auto repair ticket machine dishwasher food truck thanksgiving los angeles california mail stamp machine change machine automated teller machine intercom puppy listening to a radio car radio bottled water throwing a stone at a window painting painter pumping air into a basketball basketball washing clothes tape recording huntsville alabama playing pool pool table hiking pinball machine lake tent camping throwing a ballpoint pen ballpoint pen brushing teeth pills falling over a chair suitcase reference to sterling hayden bar t shirt bus airport automobile junkyard driving newspaper looking at self in mirror mirror wiping steam off a mirror shaving shower reference to franz kafka book reading cigarette smoking friendship friend circular staircase elevator escalator subway pay phone telephone call laundromat cooking filling station gas station restaurant cafe dog houston texas austin texas shooting rifle watching a movie glacier snow grandmother grandson relationship brother sister relationship mother son relationship father son relationship eating food hitchhiking twenty something san francisco california lighthouse street musician letter on the road directorial debut sleeping bag rain loneliness solitude reference to bob dylan train station alienation watching tv family relationships train independent film

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