The Matrix, Star Wars: Episode I, Fight Club, Magnolia, The Blair Witch Project, The Sixth Sense, The Virgin Suicides, American Beauty, Run Lola Run, Being John Malkovich... Even by the standards of the entire 1990s, a decade rich in innovative and impressive films, 1999 was a hub of masterpieces whose echoes still reverberate in pop culture. It's a rare case where the word 'cult' doesn't seem like an exaggeration: these films created two generations of devotees who knew every line by heart, remembered the filming details, and were devoted to the point of self-denial. However, even fans can learn a lot from 'The Best Year in Cinema History.' The book reconstructs the history of thirty of the most important films of 1999: journalist Brian Raftery conducted more than a hundred interviews with those involved in their production and not only found an explanation for the phenomenon but also shed light on the structure of Hollywood.

Author: Brian Raftery
Publishing House: Individuum
Year: 2020
Number of pages: 416
Cover type: Paperback
Translator: Andrey Kartashov, Lev Sherer
Age group: 18+