My Take: 25 Favorite Movies of 1990-1994
The early 1990's marked, at least to me, a downward spiral towards my former love for the movies. During this time period, I was attending film school in New York City, working on the sets of several major movies and TV series, and basically earning my stripes in the field in which I would find my career, which is film programming for festivals and retrospectives. And yet, this period in cinema is weak for me, very few positive experiences, many bad ones. I suppose it could be argued that when you work in the film business, movies start to lose their glamour. I started seeing them more as products and less as fun times, which is sad. I had originally intended to name 50 films on this list but, after scouring all the releases from 1990-1994, I could not find 50 memorable films, and even the ones listed below are arguably not masterpieces. Yes, some films now considered classics in certain circles are absent, and that's intentional. Attending film school changed me, and that was unexpected. Working on commercial movies and TV series made me even more jaded that I ever could have imagined. The list below reflects the 25 films I found most "fun" during a dark period in my life. If you're wondering about the absence of certain heavyweights, well, my life during this time period needed lightness, not heaviness. I'll admit there are many highly-regarded films from these years that I have never bothered to watch because I simply could not stand any more drama in my life. I gravitated toward comedies and light fantasy films. Everyone has difficult times in their lives. The early 90s were mine, and this list reflects my attitudinal change.
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