Episode 35 - Anti Establishment movies of the 90's Made By the Establishment.
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The following are five films that my friends and I grew up with. Each film was granted repeat viewings through out the years. They all share common themes.
They all feature a great sound track not to mention numerous tracks that appeared on each film that never made the official soundtrack cd. They all were coming of age films and considered part of the the Gen X momement. They were all produced within the Hollywood system and both early and breakthrough films for each director. Each screenplay was filled with witty dialogue, and a young all star cast of which many went on to make bigger names for themselves. More importantly they all geared to be Anti Establishment film although made by the establishment. We ill take a trip down memory lane and review all five films. We will let you know if we think they still stand the test of time or were we just nieve and young in thinking they were great?
Empire Records
" I went to Rock N Roll heaven and I wasn't on the guest list." Debra (Robin Tuney )
High Fidelity
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? Rob Gordon (John Cusak)
Pump Up The Volume
Guess who? It's 10 o'clock, do you care where your parents are? Mark Hunter A.K.A. Hard Harry (Chrstian slater)
Reality Bites
"There's no point to any of this. It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know... a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter become a cackle... and I, I sit back and I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt " Trou Dyer (Ethan Hawke)
Hackers
"Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night. Ginsberg" Dade Murphy (Johnny Lee Miller)
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Pump up The Volume sound byte
Naked Lunch Intro
News!
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
Movieland add
Pump up the Volume Trailer
Pump Up The Volume review
Pump Up The Volume sound byte
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
Naked Lunch show ID
Empire Records sound byte
Empire Records review
Martinis - Free
Hackers Trailer
Hackers Review
Hackers Manifesto
Hackers Sound byte
Squeeze - Heaven Knows
Reality Bites Review
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
The Making of Reality Bites
Naked Lunch ID
High Fidelity
High Fidelity Review
Interview clip with Stephen Frears pt 1
High Fidelity sound byte
High Fidelity review
Interview clip with Stephen Frears & John Cusak
Beta Band - Dry The Rain
High Fidelity wrap up
Interview clip with Stephen Frears pt 2
Top 10 Coming of Age films
Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator
The Kinks - Everyone`s Gonna be Happy
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