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THE EXPERIENCE

Welcome to the SUMMER OF ’99, before smartphones, social media, and streaming. Pre-doom scroll, bed rot, and AI ubiquity. 1999 wasn’t just another year—it was THE year. The one that redefined cinema. Think: Go, All About My Mother, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Election, Three Kings, and Office Space. It was a launching pad for today’s biggest filmmakers, a breakout year for indie film, and a cultural turning point that echoes today. To honor this watershed moment in movie history, we’re teaming up with art + magazine space Chess Club and avant garde fashion boutique Stand Up Comedy to curate a season-long celebration featuring these enduring titles. The films above not only connect shared sensibilities, but reflect the language, skepticism, rage, humor, and romance that shaped a worldview. Leave your phone behind and hold onto your ticket stubs, because this is the SUMMER OF ’99.

ON SCREEN: Office Space 

1999. Directed by Mike Judge. Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes. Rated R.

Letterboxd review by MovieBoy, May 16, 2022: “Fight Club for people too lazy to do any of the stuff they do in Fight Club (me)”

Corporate drone Peter Gibbons hates his soul-killing job at software company Initech. While undergoing hypnotherapy, Peter is left in a blissful state when his therapist dies in the middle of their session. He refuses to work overtime, plays games at his desk and unintentionally charms two consultants into putting him on the management fast-track. When Peter’s friends learn they’re about to be downsized, they hatch a revenge plot against the company inspired by “Superman III.”

HOSTED BY: Chess Club

Chess Club (est. 2023) is a living index of global imaginations. It supplies humans with texts and tools for creative practices.

HOSTED BY: Stand Up Comedy

Stand Up Comedy (est. 2007) is located at 511 SW Broadway, and features clothes, objects, and print. It’s an uncomprehensive home with no fixed identity, for ideas that reflect an evolving attitude on societal norms and styles. The featured designers and artists use small swords to engage with more dominant forces, often exploring one discipline to better understand another. The store provides exposition for their narratives, proposing a de-centering of established order on how to look and what to see.

Note: We do not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, and films exhibited don’t necessarily reflect the views of PAM CUT, the Tomorrow Theater, or the Portland Art Museum. In addition to the synopses, trailers and other links on our website, further information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on sites like Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com.