Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
"Dazed and Confused" ought to be in a prominent place at the Library of Congress, next to "The Godfather," Frederick Wiseman's "High School," "American Graffiti," "Nashville," "Citizen Kane" and other quintessentially American works.
"Since this movie is set in a high school," says Van Sant, "and Wiseman made a movie called High School, there are repercussions or remembrances of his students going through the halls between their classes.