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To Die For — Vintage Movie Tee
Released in 1995, To Die For gave Nicole Kidman one of the defining roles of her career: Suzanne Stone, a relentlessly ambitious small-town weather girl who believes television fame is not just a dream, but a basic human right.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and based on Joyce Maynard’s novel, the film follows Suzanne as she sets her sights on becoming a national TV personality. The only problem is her husband, played by Matt Dillon, whose very normal plans for marriage and family threaten to get in the way. Suzanne’s solution is as cold, absurd, and darkly funny as the rest of the movie.
Kidman plays her with perfect control: platinum-blonde, camera-ready, smiling constantly, and completely terrifying underneath. She turns Suzanne into a satire of celebrity culture before reality television and social media made that obsession feel ordinary.
The supporting cast is just as good, with Joaquin Phoenix as Jimmy, Casey Affleck and Alison Folland as the teenagers Suzanne manipulates, and Illeana Douglas as the sister-in-law who sees through her almost immediately.
