![]() The pain of adolescence, the tensions of the sexual revolution, the great music, and the troubling politics-all these are wrapped up in the spaces between the relationships of these characters. And now we have a beautiful bluray release from the Criterion Collection to help us remember.Īdapted from Rick Moody’s novel by James Schamus, The Ice Storm follows two families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973. The Ice Storm, Ang Lee’s quieter, tender masterpiece of American life, was released in the fall of 1997 and remains one of the best depictions of the suburbs ever committed to film. ![]() Some may say that the crowing achievement came in 1999 with Sam Mendes’ American Beauty, which went on to gather up plenty of awards statues and critical accolades, but that film has not aged nearly as well as one that came a few years earlier. Of course, this was not new, but something gelled in those years. ![]() This took shape in everything from Tim Burton’s outcast in Edward Scissorhands, Gregory Crewdson’s mysterious photographs of western Massachusetts, Tom Perotta’s darkly funny Election and Little Children, and many other visions of sprawl and ennui. Many novelists, filmmakers, and photographers focused their attention on the darker side of the cookie-cutter landscapes, examining the homogeneity and boredom of it all. ![]() ![]() In the 1990s, there seemed to be something in the air about the suburbs and small towns of America. ![]()
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