1999
12 Episodes
It’s been twenty-five years since cinema bid the twentieth century farewell with an extraordinary batch of films. In retrospect, 1999 was a time of intriguing cross-pollinations between the studios and independents, national and international productions, and high and low culture. Bringing together art-house favorites (BEAU TRAVAIL, GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI), Hollywood hits (GIRL, INTERRUPTED; THE INSIDER), and new cult classics (GO, TRICK), this cinematic time capsule takes us back to the premillennial, pre-smartphone, dial-up moment just before the world as we knew it seemed to change forever.
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01:09Episode 1
1999 Teaser
Episode 1
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Episode 2
Directed by Doug Liman • 1999 • United States
Starring Sarah Polley, Timothy Olyphant, Katie HolmesDirector Doug Liman’s follow-up to SWINGERS is a hyperkinetic, MDMA-fueled cult joyride that bounces, with whiplash-inducing abandon, between a coterie of twentysomething Californians chasing drug...
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1:51:54Episode 3
The Straight Story
Episode 3
Directed by David Lynch • 1999 • United States
Starring Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean StantonIn between the dark, florid surrealism of the LA-set neonoirs LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND DR., director David Lynch took a detour to America’s heartland for this surprisingly down-to-eart...
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1:33:22Episode 4
Beau travail
Episode 4
Directed by Claire Denis • 1999 • France
Starring Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire ColinWith her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd, Sailor,” Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked ...
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2:01:01Episode 5
Bringing Out the Dead
Episode 5
Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1999 • United States
Starring Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John GoodmanThis searing collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader continues their ongoing inquiry into questions of guilt, torment, faith, and existential meaning. S...
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The Limey
Episode 6
Directed by Steven Soderbergh • 1999 • United States
Starring Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann WarrenSteven Soderbergh’s stylish, fascinatingly fractured revenge thriller stars Terence Stamp as a British ex-con who, following his release from prison, heads to Los Angeles to investigate hi...
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1:30:01Episode 7
Bye Bye Africa
Episode 7
Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • 1999 • Chad, France
Starring Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Garba Issa, Aïcha YelenaThe first feature by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (and the first ever made in Chad) is an autobiographical semidocumentary in which the director plays a version of himself, an African filmmaker...
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Trick
Episode 8
Directed by Jim Fall • 1999 • United States
Starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori SpellingThe Doris Day–style romantic comedy gets a gay 1990s update in this charming, sweetly sexy tale of two Greenwich Village guys—shy aspiring Broadway composer Gabriel (Christian Campbell) and hu...
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1:45:19Episode 9
Buena Vista Social Club
Episode 9
Directed by Wim Wenders • 1999 • Germany, United States
Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cuba’s brightest musical talents as they enjoy an unexpected encounter with world fame. The veteran vocalists...
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Following
Episode 10
Directed by Christopher Nolan • 1999 • United Kingdom
Starring Jeremy Theobald, Alex HawBefore he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story MEMENTO, Christopher Nolan fashioned this low-budget, 16 mm black-and-white neonoir with comparable precision and cunning. Providing irrefutable evi...
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1:56:08Episode 11
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Episode 11
Directed by Jim Jarmusch • 1999 • United States
Starring Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff GormanJim Jarmusch combined his love for the ice-cool crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically postmodern take o...
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1:33:54Episode 12
Ratcatcher
Episode 12
Directed by Lynne Ramsay • 1999 • United Kingdom
Starring Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William EadieIn her breathtaking and assured debut feature, Lynne Ramsay creates a haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland’s national garbage strike of the mid-1970s, RATCAT...