Sex, lies, etc. (The Critics Film).(Richard Linklater's "Tape")
American Prospect, The, December, 2001 by Hoffman, Adina
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SET IN A SINGLE, GRIM MICHIGAN motel room, Richard Linklater's latest film, Tape, has an air of let's-put-on-a-movie spontaneity--and concentration--that's often missing from contemporary American pictures. This refreshing charge derives in part from the film's terse concept (a trio of high-school friends are reunited 10 years after graduation), but it also comes from the low-cost, less-fuss new digital video technology that Linklater is toying with here.
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The film's scruffy surface is, though, deceptive. Linklater's dramatic approach is quite sophisticated, and Tape, for all ...
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