American Beauty (1999)

Director: 

Sam Mendes

Writer: 

Alan Ball

Stars:

 Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening and Thora Birch

In the opening sequence of American Beauty, it begins with an establishing shot on a small suburban town and slowly zooms in, with the voice of a man speaking over it, describing his life to the audience. It then cuts to a middle aged man in a bed getting woken up by an alarm. The scene cuts to him 'jerking off' in the shower, with the voiceover still talking about his life. The scene then cuts to his wife outside, who is cutting roses. We see the middle aged mans gay next door neighbours, who then one of the neighbours begin talking to the middle aged mans wide. The mid-shot of them two talking then zooms onto the middle aged man as he watches them from the window.

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