Virtual: Last Decade of Cinema

Library : J. V. Fletcher Library

Location : Hosting library Zoom account

Start : Tuesday 25th of June 2024 7:00 PM

End : Tuesday 25th of June 2024 8:00 PM

Description :

Ah, the nineties. Movies were something in those days. We’re talking about a decade that began with GoodFellas and ended with Magnolia, with such films as Malcolm X, Before Sunrise, and Clueless arriving somewhere in between. Stories, characters, and writing were king. If you're a fan, a movie buff, or just a child of the 90s, please join us in conversation with author Scott Ryan as we discuss what made them classics and why they could never be produced in today’s film culture. ABOUT THE BOOK: Scott Ryan, the iconoclastic author of The Last Days of Letterman and Moonlighting: An Oral History, turns his attention to The Last Decade of Cinema—the prolific 1990s. Ryan, who watched just about every film released during the decade when he was a video store clerk in a small town in Ohio, identifies twenty-five unique and varied films from the decade, including Pretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Menace II Society, The Prince of Tides, and The Shawshank Redemption, focusing with his trademark humor and insight on what made them classics and why they could never be produced in today’s film culture. This program is hosted by the Ashland Public Library. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER westfordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-last-decade-of-cinema/