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Brian Raftery
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
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2019
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9 editions
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High-Status Characters: How The Upright Citizens Brigade Stormed A City, Started A Scene, And Changed Comedy Forever
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2013
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2 editions
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Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life
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2008
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7 editions
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Hannibal Lecter: A Life
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2026
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Bitter Sweet
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Budget Travel June 2006
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“It was an epiphany that would propel other 1999 films such as Fight Club, The Matrix, and American Beauty—stories in which the heroes abandon their jobs before finding themselves.”
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
“The sheer number of sequels and reboots doesn’t leave much room for big-budget movies with out-there ideas. In 1999, there were fewer than a half-dozen major-studio-released sequels—an almost unthinkably low number decades later, when release schedules often include more than thirty sequels or reboots per year. And no matter what kind of movie a director wants to make, studios are rarely interested in eking out modest sums on smaller, smarter projects—a model that made many of the films of 1999 possible.”
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
“It’s a remarkable about-face from the late nineties, when movies were considered a crucial part of our culture—and our daily lives. Watching them felt like a pleasurable duty; making them felt like a higher calling.”
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
― Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
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