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To see the film's evocative 90s aesthetic and character dynamics in action:

: How professional ambition and personal attraction become "dangerously entwined" and the realistic, "unwashed" portrayal of bohemian life in late-90s New York. 5. A Capsule of Late-90s Independent Cinema High Art (1998) - The Criterion Collection high-art-1998-fylm-mtrjm

By 1998, the term “high art” in cinema was already under siege. Directors like Peter Greenaway ( The Pillow Book , 1996) and Raúl Ruiz ( Genealogies of a Crime , 1997) were pushing narrative into labyrinthine territories. Chantal Akerman was redefining time. The Iranian New Wave (Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry , Palme d’Or 1997) proved that minimalist high art could achieve global prestige. To see the film's evocative 90s aesthetic and