Richard Linklater returned to form as a critical darling with "A Scanner Darkly" (released in the same year), 2009's "Me and Orson Welles" garnering an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 2012's "Bernie" receiving a 91% rating. In 2014 he released a film in the making for 12 years titled "Boyhood", which received overwhelming critical acclaim. His daughter Lorelei Linklater co-stars in the film as the sister of the central character. For a while Linklater was attached to direct a remake of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" for Warner Brothers. In 2014, however, he dropped the project in favor of working on a
Richard Linklater for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film "Before Sunset", and was nominated for the same award with its sequel "Before Midnight" in 2014. Many of Linklater's films take place in one day, a narrative approach that has gained popularity in recent years. "Slacker", "Dazed and Confused", "Tape", "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset", and "Before Midnight" are examples of this method. Two of his films, ("A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life"), used rotoscoping animation techniques. Working with Bob Sabiston and Sabiston's program Rotoshop to create this effect, Linklater shot and edited both movies completely as live action features, then employed a team