Inside the multiplexes, 2007 was a landmark year for film: No Country for Old Men , There Will Be Blood , Ratatouille , and The Bourne Ultimatum . It was a year that balanced dark, complex storytelling with blockbuster craft.
Inside 2007, we didn’t know we were living in a prologue. We thought we were just living in the present. inside -2007
Inside 2007, the tech world was buzzing. Apple had just unveiled the first iPhone in January — a device that seemed magical but was initially met with skepticism. “No physical keyboard?” critics asked. Meanwhile, Facebook was expanding beyond college campuses, Twitter was spinning out of a podcasting company, and YouTube, bought by Google in late 2006, was still a Wild West of grainy, viral videos. We lived inside a world of wired internet, flip phones, and the last gasps of the CD and DVD. Streaming was a distant dream; you still owned your music and movies. Inside the multiplexes, 2007 was a landmark year
Musically, 2007 belonged to the rise of digital distribution. Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dominated the airwaves, while Kanye West’s Graduation and Radiohead’s In Rainbows (released as a “pay-what-you-want” download) signaled a rebellion against the old record label system. On television, the golden age of prestige drama was in full swing: Mad Men premiered, The Sopranos delivered its infamous cut-to-black finale, and Breaking Bad was just months away. We thought we were just living in the present