Terry Gross

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My guest Richard Linklater has made several films that have left a lasting mark on pop culture.

Slacker, Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, the Before Sunrise trilogy.

His movie Boyhood was groundbreaking.

Linklater shot the film over the course of 12 years, so we literally see all the actors and therefore the characters get older.

He's doing the same thing now with his film adaptation of the Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along, which takes place over 20 years.

So that is a very long, ambitious project that I am very excited about.

Now Linkletter has two new films, both about brilliant but difficult artists.