It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
- Directed by
- Richard Linklater
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows a young man as he travels across the country by train and foot. He meets different people and has disconnected encounters. It's a story about wandering and searching for meaning without a clear destination.
low-budgetmeanderingintrospectivequietrealisticminimalistaimlesspersonal
What happens
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books is a 1988 American film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also stars in it. It is Linklater's debut film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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