There are certain films that not only change the landscape of films but the way we see film.
The Jazz Singer popularized the idea of “talkies” in the 1920s.
Jaws brought about the idea of the summer blockbuster.
Toy Story introduced the first completely CGI movie.
Oh yeah, and there was that time a bunch of French people lost their shit at a train coming directly at the screen.
But in 1997, we saw another one of these landmarks.
I’m not talking about Titanic, with its remarkable use of special and practical effects, and its massive success that became the end of a certain type of blockbuster filmmaking.
No, I’m talking about Face/Off, a movie where John Travolta and Nicolas Cage literally swap faces.
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