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#16 - Sam Mendes - American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty is one of those films every always agrees is “pretty damn good”. You’d be hard pushed to find someone who doesn’t like it, and isn’t wowed by the fact this DEBUT FILM won Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. Imagine that? Well, if you’re Sam Mendes, you don’t have to.
Released in 1999, American Beauty follows average middle aged guy Lester Burnham and his mid-life crisis, as it unravels to affect those around him. Not only is this film full of stand out performances, every single department is firing on all cylinders. From Conrad Halls cinematography (which it won an Oscar for) Thomas Newmans haunting score (which it won an Oscar for) and Alan Balls amazing script (which…you guessed it). It’s one of the most knockout debuts we’ve had the pleasure of exploring on YNFYF, and if you expected Louis to relax on taking apart movie titles with the word American in, you’d be wrong!
We also cover all the Oscars chat and our predictions, as well as dropping a Kong Skull island reference for good measure
Theres also no short of the week this week, as we had plenty to get through!
As always, enjoy.
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American Beauty is one of those films every always agrees is “pretty damn good”. You’d be hard pushed to find someone who doesn’t like it, and isn’t wowed by the fact this DEBUT FILM won Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. Imagine that? Well, if you’re Sam Mendes, you don’t have to.
Released in 1999, American Beauty follows average middle aged guy Lester Burnham and his mid-life crisis, as it unravels to affect those around him. Not only is this film full of stand out performances, every single department is firing on all cylinders. From Conrad Halls cinematography (which it won an Oscar for) Thomas Newmans haunting score (which it won an Oscar for) and Alan Balls amazing script (which…you guessed it). It’s one of the most knockout debuts we’ve had the pleasure of exploring on YNFYF, and if you expected Louis to relax on taking apart movie titles with the word American in, you’d be wrong!
We also cover all the Oscars chat and our predictions, as well as dropping a Kong Skull island reference for good measure
Theres also no short of the week this week, as we had plenty to get through!
As always, enjoy.