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Class of 1999: A Most Original Year: The Virgin Suicides

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In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters, who are obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys, commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family's fatal melancholy in this modern classic adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola. The Virgin Suicides is a hypnotic and unforgettable tale of adolescent love, disquiet, and death. Class of 1999: A Most Original Year. In 1999, Hollywood as we know it exploded with landmark titles including The Virgin Suicides, Being John Malkovich, Election, Run Lola Run, and Magnolia, pushing cinema to new limits. Freed from the restraints of budget and technology, they produced a slew of classics that took on every topic imaginable. The result was a highly unruly, deeply influential set of films that would not only change filmmaking, but also give us our first glimpse of the coming 21st century. $8.

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