1997
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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
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Art and culture
Film
- Boogie Nights by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Funny Games by Michael Haneke
- The Postman by Kevin Costner
- Cube by Vincenzo Natali
- Winter Sleepers by Tom Tykwer
- Gattaca by Andrew Niccol
- Open Your Eyes by Alejandro Amenábar
- Office Killer by Cindy Sherman
- Preaching to the Perverted by Stuart Urban
Shorts
- The Story of I by Jo Anne Kaplan
Literature
- Anthology of Black Humor first translated into English
- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Visual art
- Biomannerism by Stéphen Lévy-Kuentz and H. R. Giger
- The Bra Shop by John Currin
- The Return of the Return of the Durutti Column by Cerith Wyn Evans
Music
Singles
- Watch Them Come by Roy Davis Jr feat. Peven Everett
- Song 2 by Blur
- Priyè-A (The Prayer) by Jepthé Guillaume
- Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass by I-F
- Around the World by Daft Punk
- My Beat by Blaze
- Needin' U by David Morales & The Face
- Home by Mateo & Matos
- Ladbroke Grove by Kerri Chandler
- Underwater Love by Smoke City
- Bentleys Gonna Sort You Out! by Bentley Rhythm Ace
Albums
- Super Rare Disco compilation series
- Dreams of Freedom by Bill Laswell
- Sax Pax for a Sax by Moondog
- Arkology by Lee Scratch Perry
- Nuyorican Soul (Masters at Work) by Masters at Work
Births
Deaths
- October 30 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (b. 1912)
- William Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
- Roland Topor (1938 - 1997)
- Juzo Itami (1933 - 1997)
- Kathy Acker (1944 - 1997)
- Marco Ferreri (1928 - 1997)
- Fela Kuti (1938 - 1997)
- Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926 - 1997)
- Reuben Sturman (1924 - 1997)
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