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Best.movie.year.ever. : how 1999 blew up the big screen / Brian Raftery.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.U6 R34 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raftery, Brian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 2019.
- Summary:
- "From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999--arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue : "Losing all hope was freedom" : December 31, 1999
- "I'm scared to close my eyes. I'm scared to open them." : The blair witch project
- "After the game is before the game." : Following/Go/Run Lola run
- "We need to talk about your TPS reports." : Office space
- "Whoa." : The matrix
- "I don't want your life." : Varsity blues/She's all that/Cruel intentions/10 things I hate about you/American pie
- "Sign up for tomorrow today!" : Election/Rushmore/The virgin suicides
- "At last, we will have revenge." : Star Wars: episode I-The phantom menace/The iron giant/Galaxy quest
- "Fidelio." : Eyes wide shut/The mummy
- "I see dead people." : The sixth sense/The blair witch project
- "It's karma, baby." : The best man/The wood
- "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it." : American beauty
- "I want you to hit me as hard as you can." : Fight club
- "Ever want to be someone else?" : Being John Malkovich
- "Are we shootin' people, or what?" : Three kings/The limey
- "I'm running out of heroes, man." : The insider
- "The bluest eyes in Texas." : Boys don't cry
- "The goddamn regret." : Magnolia
- Epilogue : "We are the middle children of history." : March 26th, 2000.
- Notes:
- "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781501175381
- 1501175386
- 9781501175398
- 1501175394
- OCLC:
- 1039363108
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