Patricia Arquette $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. Arquette's next film, "Tiptoes", was released straight-to-DVD in the United States, despite a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. After the humdrum reception of "Tiptoes", Arquette did not appear in another film until 2006's "Fast Food Nation", directed by Richard Linklater. During this three years, she was largely working on "Boyhood;" it was released eight years later in July 2014. "Fast Food Nation" marked her second collaboration with Linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. "Fast Food Nation" received mixed
Richard Linklater explored in greater detail in future projects. To this end Linklater created Detour Filmproduction (an homage to the 1945 low budget film noir by Edgar G. Ulmer), and subsequently made "Slacker" for only $23,000. It went on to gross more than $1.25 million. The film is an aimless day in the life of the city of Austin, Texas showcasing its more eccentric characters. Inspiration for Linklater's work was largely based on his experience viewing the film "Raging Bull", Linklater told Robert K. Elder in an interview for "The Film That Changed My Life". It made me see movies as a