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Forever Idaho
I saw My Own Private Idaho in the theater when it was released back in 1991. I mention this because the seemingly-timeless ‘Idaho simultaneously feels like a movie of its time, and of my time. In the 1990’s Generation X took over the culture: Nirvana, Bill Hicks, Tarantino. Anna Nicole Smith brought back the bombshell, [...]
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Tagged 1990's, Anna Nicole Smith, Bill Hicks, blowjobs, cigarettes, coffee, Gus Van Sant, Keeanu Reeves, Nirvana, prostitutes, River Phoenix
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River’s Return
In 1981, in a small California town, a teenager raped and killed his girlfriend. Afterwards he took his friends to see the body. About a dozen young people had seen the body and known about the murder before the murder was reported two days after the slaying. River’s Edge is based on those events. The [...]
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Tagged California, Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, Ione Skye, Keeanu Reeves, murder, rape, River's Edge, River's Edge: Across the Edge
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