Parallels to the dot.com era
The Boondock Saints production has some interesting parallels to the dot.com era. (See the films E-Dreams and Startup.com for reference.)
- It happens in the economically heady mid to late 90s.
- Big inside players give large amounts of money to young, unproven newcomers.
- Young, unproven newcomers are big on bluster and promise, but short on ability to deliver results.
- After a briefly prosperous time, everything comes crashing down.
It makes me wonder if Miramax and New Line got caught up in the same hype as the e-commerce venture capitalists - that the old ways were dead and the future lay in the hands of these new wunderkind.