The brief fight scene in the Turkish bath (where Patrick confronts Joey) is drenched in red light and steam. This is a nightmare for video compression. Steam requires a high bitrate to look like steam rather than digital macroblocking. The "hot" Archive uploads are the only place where this scene looks fluid instead of pixelated.
Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually dated during the production of the film. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - Trivia - IMDb 10 things i hate about you internet archive hot
The famous scene where Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was filmed in only three takes. Ledger himself suggested the song, which replaced other options like "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls. The brief fight scene in the Turkish bath