Richard Linklater made Texas and the town folk vital characters in his dark comedy about Bernie Tiede and Marjorie Nugent. Jack Black stars.Early in the movie "Bernie," a character describes the distinct regions of Texas with an on-screen map as a guide, noting that East Texas is "where the South begins. This is life behind the Pine Curtain." It is against that specific regional identity that the film's darkly comic tale of murder amid the rhythms of small-town life takes place.
