REALITY BITES
Reality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with supporting roles by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The plot follows Lelaina (Ryder), an aspiring videographer working on a documentary called Reality Bites about the disenfranchised lives of her friends and roommates. Their challenges exemplify some of the career and lifestyle choices faced by Generation X. The film’s critical reception was mixed, but it was successful commercially, grossing $20 million in the United States on an $11 million budget. Critics highlighted the performances of Ryder, Hawke and Garofalo in particular. However, it has since achieved cult status and has been singled out as one of the films that captured the zeitgeist of the early 1990s grunge scene among 20-somethings, while also bringing attention to various issues that plagued young Americans at the time. (More from Wikipedia)
Nearly all rock bands start out as local bands; hardly any musicians just burst on the scene out of the blue. There are music scouts everywhere (amateur and professional), and anyone with any talent at all is usually under contract before any records come out. Lisa Loeb is still the only recording artist to have a #1 song, “Stay (I Missed You)” (1994) before being signed to a recording contract; the song was part of the soundtrack for the film Reality Bites. She is a major talent, and I have her first three albums: Tails (actually by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories), Firecracker and Cake and Pie.
(December 2015)
