The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman6/30/2023 As awards season ramped up, it became clear that one film was rising above the competitive field. Even the teen crap of that year-“American Pie,” “Cruel Intentions,” “10 Things I Hate About You”-was somehow genre-defining teen crap. Yet in a single year, when I happened to be in grade 12, I saw the following at our local multiplex: “Being John Malkovich,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Magnolia,” “Fight Club,” “Bringing Out the Dead,” “The Matrix,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “The Thin Red Line ,” “Notting Hill,” “The Blair Witch Project,” “Election,” “Princess Mononoke,” “The Insider,” “Cider House Rules,” and “The Sixth Sense.” It did not occur to us, in 1999, that this was an unusually rich crop of movies-nor did it seem weird that you would experience cinematic landmarks by Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick and David Fincher down the hall from Suzy Shier, Randy River, and Orange Julius.Ĭinephiles everywhere remember 1999 as a banner year at the movies. When I was growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, my hometown of Lethbridge, Alberta, was not especially notable for its cultural abundance.
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