Nineties Movies

28-07-2008 14:28

While the blockbuster really dominated during the eighties it would develop further in this new decade with CGI but it was the independent movie that really led the way in the nineties, led by new maverick director Quentin Tarantino.

Having had no film school education didn't stop him as his debut film Reservoir Dogs did well commercially but it was Pulp Fiction that really made him as a director and paved the way for all the independent movies that followed.

The 1994 picture won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and grossed $213 million at the global box office, the first indie film to surpass the $100 million barrier.

Cinema were treated with respect as with the release of quality scripts such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects and Schindler's List all making an impact upon release. this decade was considered a golden age of script writing as 'twist' movies dominated screen with hits such as Fight Club and The Sixth Sense, which brought director M.Night Shyamalan to the attention of the film industry.

And these quality pictures were not just coming from Hollywood as British cinema had a very successful period in the early to mid nineties with the release of Four Weddings and a Funeral, the film propelled Hugh Grant to fame as well as being the second biggest grossing British film of all time, Trainspotting, which still remains the best anti-drugs movie and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which showed off the directing talents of Londoner Guy Ritchie.

Away from the independent movie and CGI made it into cinemas bringing more advanced images to the big screen and movies would never be the same again.

Terminator 2, and The Matrix had stunning special effects and action sequences, Jurassic Park brought audiences dinosaurs, and Independence Day aliens.