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Tag Archives: 1999
American Beauty (1999)
Oh boy does a lot of this not hold up but that Conrad Hall lighting is still absolutely gorgeous. Very much a 1999 movie that I once considered one of the Greatest Movies of All Time. Sadly it established a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Allison janey, Annette Bening, Chris Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Sam mendes, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
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Stigmata (1999)
I always remember this haunting the shelves of video shops alongside End of Days at the turn of the millennium so there was certainly a twinge of VHS nostalgia pulsing through my veins upon hitting play. Stigmata is a stimulating visual experience, though dated … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Billy Corgan, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Patricia Arquette, Rupert Wainwright
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Claudia Smiles – Magnolia (1999)
Steven Spielberg once named the final shot of the Star Child in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as the most uplifting and hopeful image in cinema history. I don’t know what my pick for that title would be but … Continue reading
Posted in You've got a killer scene there, man!
Tagged 1999, John C. Reilly, Magnolia, Melora Walters, Paul Thomas Anderson
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"This Film Should Be Played Loud" 