To: one_less who wrote (115 ) 1/10/2001 5:33:58 PM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to As for the 90s, the decade started out with the zenith of the alternative music scene. Not only the grunge bands, like Pearl Jam and Nirvana, but other alternative acts like the Smashing Pumpkins, the Indigo Girls, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees did pretty well, and some, like REM, became so successful they were mainstream, to their disconcertment. The indies, having shown that they were profitable, were beginning to get studio financing, but that meant they had more resources, and that greater innovation began to affect Hollywood. By the middle of the decade, someone like Quentin Tarantino could leap from being a clerk at Blockbuster, to selling a script for a moderately successful movie, to directing his own script as an indie, to being seriously bankrolled (Pulp Fiction). Pedro Almodovar suddenly had a big hit with his campy import Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, followed by Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down. Wim Wenders had a big hit with Wings of Desire. Various foreign films were doing serious box office, on a comparative basis. In the states, David Lynch became one of the most talked about directors with Blue Velvet, and later invaded tv with Twin Peaks.
