Era
The Roaring Twenties
Prohibition, jazz, new money and the crash waiting at the end of it — a decade cinema keeps returning to for the costumes and the moral.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann · 2013
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder · 1959
Chicago
Rob Marshall · 2002
Miller's Crossing
Joel Coen · 1990
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Run this as a festival
Set the clock, pick the awards, and let your guild nominate. Six films over three months is the recommended shape.
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