American Beauty: How 9/11 Changed Cinema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5PALYzO6U
Sam Mendes' American Beauty was once seen as a revolutionary film, released at a time when cinema was being challenged and changed. The transition between the 20th and 21st centuries was a worrying period in America, with fears of the world's end dubbed 'Y2K'. One historic event changed society, and certain films suffered because of it...but none experience a greater fall from grace than this iconic one.
With the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks imminent, it's worth exploring the underdiscussed impact it had on Hollywood.
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