Ranking Every Richard Linklater Film Worst To Best

$3000 - that's all it cost Richard Linklater to make his first foray into cinema, and though It's Impossible to Learn How to Plow by Reading Books is far from a brilliant film, it carries with it a sense of charm, confidence and likability that the best shoe-string budget films have.

The film was made by a young director who already knew what kind of filmmaker he wanted to be. He wasn't interested in big, plot-driven narratives, but naturalistic drama that focussed on realistic and even normal characters.

It's Impossible is minimalistic filmmaking through-and-through, following an unnamed protagonist (played by Linklater himself) as he makes his way through Texas and San Francisco, making the decision to go on an adventure and feed his curious wonderment. It's just a small film about a man walking through life, and yet it's utterly hypnotic, like a vlog he made on the go about travel and exploration, and whilst it's not quite as introspective as what was to come, it's still a must watch for any fan of indie filmmaking or Linklater as a director.