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People,This weekend, during the holiday partie I came up with a question that I would like to bring in this forum: “ Which movie you consider would the best characterize the America of the 90s?” I do not mean the best movie of the 90s but the best our portrait of 90s as a Nation. My runners were:
Natural born Killers
Clerks
Hudsucker Proxy
Thank you,
Romy, the Cat
Follow Ups:
Okay, I'll play. "Pulp Fiction" reflects American nostalgic yearnings for long-gone heroism, honor, and folklore. "Titanic" shows that America is filled with the optimism of the fat and rich, or the dead poor, both ignorant of the looming iceberg we're headed toward in the future. And "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" proves that we'll watch anything if it is pretty (and some who shall remain nameless have a "major jones" for Natalie Portman).
I think Star Wars as fanciful as it may be is part of the American culture across the ages. For many, first it was Princess Lia; then it was Queen Amidala. ;-)
"Forrest Gump" fulfills the American need to feel good about our past, to bring some sense-of-closure about ugly events, and to try to make sense of things and give them meaning in our lives.
Perhaps. However I do not feel 90s in that film. You know which moment make me REALY feel 90s? It is just 2 min episode from Clerks where the guy tried to select the “perfect egg”. O, man! I go absolutely ballistic over it!Romy, the Cat
I think the two films that capture the '90 (or at least late '90) American mentality are The Fight Club, and American Beauty. There's a sense of hopelessness and emptiness in both of those movies. The economy is good; we're big, fat, happy, and lazy; the problems we agonize about aren't really problems.College students from other countries are much more worldly. ANd I think people from many other countries are living much more meaningful lives - whatever that means.
Films are a good reflection of society. I've found good foreign films much more touching and inspiring. Most of the current hollywood products are empty. Others are fakely if not lamely provoking.
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