Great movie years end in a ‘9′

August 20th, 2009 at 08:46am Will Pfeifer

For a long time — about a decade, in fact — I’ve argued that 1999 is one of the great years in movie history, bringing us such memorable films as THE MATRIX, THE LIMEY, ELECTION, TOY STORY 2, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT, OFFICE SPACE, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, MAGNOLIA, THE IRON GIANT, AMERICAN MOVIE, THE INSIDER, THE SIXTH SENSE and my personal favorite, FIGHT CLUB.

The public radio show Here & Now  recently hosted a discussion between Boston film critics Ty Burr and Wesley Morris devoted to this very topic — 1999 being one of the great movie years, right up there with the legendary year 1939 (which brought us GONE WITH THE WING, THE WIZARD OF OZ, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS and other classics).

You can listen to it by clicking here.

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