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Why 1999 Was One of the Best Years for Movies, Plus a Conversation With Roxanne Benjamin | The Watch

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Author Brian Raftery joins the show to talk about his new book, ‘Best. Movie. Year. Ever’ (2:59), and how 1999 became a seminal year for movies (24:31). Plus a conversation with Roxanne Benjamin, the creator of ‘Body at Brighton Rock,’ about making unique horror movies (45:30). Host: Chris Ryan Guests: Sean Fennessey, Brian Raftery, and Roxanne Benjamin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:37.7

Hey guys, thank you for listening to today's episode of The Watch and it was a really,

0:43.9

really fun show today.

0:45.0

I was joined by Sean Fennesy, my buddy over here at The Ringer, and we were joined by one

0:50.0

of our buddies, Brian Raftry, who has a new book in stores called Best Movie Year Ever,

0:55.0

how 1999 blew up the big screen.

0:57.3

It's an account of some of your favorite movies from that year, and also an account of how

1:02.6

movies were made back then, and the way they reflected the world, the Y2K, Mania, the Clinton

1:08.2

administration, just the everything that was sort of going on and how it was reflected

1:13.9

on the big screen.

1:15.2

And it also talks about a bygone era, but also has plenty of people who are still incredibly

1:19.7

relevant today from David Fincher, Stephen Soderberg, Wes Anderson, Spike Jones,

1:24.9

tons of people.

1:26.4

Brian did an incredible job on this book.

1:28.7

It has the readability of a great magazine feature, but it has the depth of research and

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