I just watched Apollo 10 1/2, a Jack Black narrated story of how it was like living as a child, in Houston when the moon mission was in full swing.
I found it intriguing and set me thinking: most movies exaggerate/glamorise things around their stories. Maybe they have to, to make the movies interesting.
But what are some movies that, kind of, provide a, kind of, window peep into a place/time. An ‘authentic’ representation of it, as close to how you saw/experienced it? Maybe you could expand it to include the travel documentaries/vlogs too because I find that most of them choose only the highlights of a place and look away from the mundane.
Cheers!
My Own Private Idaho. Portland, 1980s.
https://youtu.be/2WoJ4GN5MaQZero Effect. Portland, 1990s.
https://youtu.be/TF9YaxBAGycAnimal House. Eugene, 1970s.
https://youtu.be/KWjtI6n5xWMHow To Beat the High Cost of Living. Eugene, 1970s.
https://youtu.be/9-77VpXSygsBoy
Once we’re warriors
Excellent movies - but terrible reality of what is like living poor in New Zealand in the 1980’s and 1990’s
Thanks, I’ll look into them.
- Death in Brunswick
- Malcolm
Turning Red is very much a time piece for the 90’s, and many Canadians who lived in multicultural cities back then could probably identify with it or at least recognize the cultural references.
A beautiful mind or good will hunting,