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Top Ten Albums Of 1997


1. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Portishead - Portishead
4. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
5. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
6. Pavement - Brighten The Corners
7. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
8. Björk - Homogenic
9. Isotope […]

Top Ten Films Of 1997


1. The Sweet Hereafter
2. Boogie Nights
3. In The Company Of Men
4. Welcome To Sarajevo
5. The Game
6. L.A. Confidential
7. Deconstructing Harry
8. 4 Little Girls
9. La Promesse [Film Log]
10. The Ice Storm

La Promesse


Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
A quality film that draws on traditions descended from Italian neorealism in the way it explores problems of the socially disadvantaged — in this case, the Belgian immigrant population.
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Fast, Cheap, & Out Of Control


Directed by Errol Morris
Rodney Brooks: If you analyze it too much, life becomes almost meaningless.
According to Morris, this film was shot with no idea of a through line in mind. But ultimately, some sort of theme does begin to emerge — a vague conceit having to do with how people see something of humanity or […]