Premiere Magazine has a terrific interview with Richard Linklater as part of the pre-promo tour for Fast Food Nation, which hits theaters in November.

One interesting factoid from this short piece is that Linklater’s most financially successful film thus far was School of Rock, a film that was not Linklater-esque. It seems that he was pegged to direct that movie following the critical (but not financial) success of two previous films: Waking Life and Tape. Both films are popular among Linklater fans, but rather unknown to the general public.

It’ll be interesting to see what Linklater did with Fast Food Nation. It’s a fictional movie based on a non-fiction book. The Linklater we’re used to will definitely start by emersing us in a fast food joint. That’s already been done this year, in Clerks II, which was directed by Kevin Smith, who credits Linklater’s style as one of his main inspirations. Will Linklater be able to out-Linklater Mr. Smith? We’ll have to wait and see.

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