Linklater nostalgically revisits this momentous moment for cinema, right down to techniques characteristic of the era.
More than the portrait of a man and his art, the film evokes a prolific period in film, symbolised by freedom of voice, improvisation, and an attachment to everyday poetry.
“It’s the story of a personal revolution of cinema led by a man, and by everyone around him”, the filmmaker told the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles.