Archive for Tag Paul Thomas Anderson
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Fine, a good director deserves a break from brilliance, this is like an inside joke for particular people in the audience (or himself). Like the protagonist does, and then nobody laughs, not even the object of that joke. Just stunned silence.
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This not so stealthy Scientology putdown is brought to you by the Weinstein company and Larry Ellison’s (less bad) kid. I guess the new money doesn’t like old school grifters, but they are equally vulnerable to the new ones.
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Incredible. The spiritual sequel to The Big Lebowski, but with more politics and a non-joke plot. That middle part is truly brilliant, it’s almost Apocalypto in its relentless rush.
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A tale of wooden machines and iron men. I mean “men” in the physical sense only, closer to soulless ghouls capitalising on hard working people. Standard Oil is not even the main villain.
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Stream of consciousness book? The narrator is perma-stoned, so it’s like glimpsing at a larger plot without long-term memory.