Why Films From 1999 Are So Iconic

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Why does it feel like every good movie ever was made in 1999? There's gotta be a reason for it.

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SOURCES:

Patty David et al, Generation X and Its Evolving Experience with the American Dream” Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, Vol. 41, No. 3, Generation X: From Fiction to Fact, and Still a Mystery (Fall 2017).

Barbara and John Ehrenreich, Between Labour and Capital, ed. Pat Walker, South End Press, Boston (1979).

Ted Halsted, “A Politics for Generation X” The Atlantic (1999).

Alisa Perren, “sex, lies and marketing: Miramax and the Development of the Quality Indie Blockbuster” Film Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Winter 2001).

Garin Pirnia, “1999: The Last Great Year in Movies” Esquire (2014).

Brian Raftery “Best. Movie. Year. Ever.” Simon & Schuster (2019).

M.J. Stephey, “Gen-X: The Ignored Generation?” Time (2008).

"The Megaplex" 99% Invisible (March 16 2021)

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"The Myth of Sisyphus" Peter Dronen (2014):

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