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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#151 Post by jazzo » Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:22 am

Sorry this is so off-topic in the PTA thread.


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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#153 Post by Noiretirc » Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:50 pm

Anyway, is this the place where we might discuss Soggy Bottom?
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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#155 Post by DarkImbecile » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:57 am

PTA dropping some knowledge in this IndieWire interview:
Obviously not enough people saw “Spencer,” because there’s no way you could pay attention to what we do and not give that film more recognition. Not just for Kristen Stewart’s performance, which is astonishing, but just across the board it’s an incredibly well-done film.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#156 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:00 pm

He also called The Worst Person in the World “the best movie in the world” which NEON is using as a pull quote on some posters now
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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#157 Post by Maltic » Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:57 pm

As long as the internet’s been around, people have been able to voice their opinions and excitement about things. Letterboxd is something I need to spend more time on. My daughter’s involved with it and quite likes it. I’m trying to think what my feelings are about it.

Are you a lurker?

I have secret accounts all over the place. It’s hilarious. When my daughter was younger, she got Instagram and I tried to get a secret account to follow her. She was like, “It’s not a secret. I’m seeing you.” I was like, “Oh well.” The only way you’re going to film right now is to be aware of what’s happening in the world.
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Obama may well have a lurker profile on LB too, btw, his slight change in taste over the last few years would indicate as much.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#158 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:35 pm

Is there a user named 'Mason & Dixon'? 'Cause that might be the giveaway

As an aside, ever since PTA's recent Zoom interview where the author (I forget what column this was from) observed that his 'name' on Zoom was "Mason & Dixon", I've been wondering if PTA's "complex" script that he took a break from to make Licorice Pizza is his long-gestated passion project adapting Pynchon's (greatest) novel. PTA's recent comments about a disinterest in tackling TV/limited series gives me pause, but I suppose you could eliminate a huge chunk of the book and still embrace the offbeat buddy routine with doses of comedy and pathos over a decent runtime (though this also doesn't jibe with his recent comments about trying to bring movies down to an ideal two hours). Who knows, but I'd love to see it- even if it'd be preferable in a longer form to breathe

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#159 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:44 pm

I'm about 95% sure he runs all the social for Licorice Pizza. I saw him personally take photos on his phone from perspectives that correspond with ones that were posted on Instragram.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#160 Post by black&huge » Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:58 pm

I'm choosing to believe he lurks here and that all his films need to have uhd releases which I am sure he agrees with.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#161 Post by domino harvey » Fri Feb 18, 2022 5:00 pm

There is at least one director of another major film from last year who lurks here, but I guess more could too!

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#162 Post by Matt » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:36 pm

domino harvey wrote:There is at least one director of another major film from last year who lurks here, but I guess more could too!
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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#163 Post by Brian C » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:43 pm

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to write up reviews of all the major films from last year and casually mention that I wrote a screenplay.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#164 Post by hearthesilence » Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:16 am

Paul Schrader? (He might actually enjoy it here - he does pretty damn well in the annual polls.)

EDIT: I guess the easiest way to check would be the dynamic top ten threads - just look for anyone who listed his films at #1.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#165 Post by FrauBlucher » Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:45 am

DarkImbecile wrote:
Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:57 am
PTA dropping some knowledge in this IndieWire interview:
Man, I love this guy

Darren Aronofsky a lurker? Wondering why he hasn’t gotten a call from Peter Becker


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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#167 Post by yoloswegmaster » Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:48 am

Looks like PTA's next film is going to start shooting in July next year:

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#168 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:35 pm

CK?

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#169 Post by Never Cursed » Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:47 pm

Abbreviation of the casting director's name

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#170 Post by Guido » Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:39 pm

A jazz epic set in Little Harlem of the 1940s, maybe based on a Chester Himes novel, with extremely talented mixed martial artists in the mix? Intrigued.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#171 Post by Graham » Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:06 am

Another period piece. PTA hasn’t made a film set in the contemporary world since Punch Drunk Love. Similarly, Tarantino hasn’t since Death Proof.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#172 Post by Drucker » Wed Nov 30, 2022 12:36 pm

Can you blame him? I mean have you seen the contemporary world?

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#173 Post by knives » Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:48 pm

I’d say the contemporary world is pretty great. I’d much rather live in it from a basic safety sense than any other time.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#174 Post by Harvest » Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:54 pm

Another film with a teenage lead? One of the disappointments of Licorice Pizza for me is I wrongly thought a good chuck was going to take place at a school "Child actor at High school". I was looking forward to that but I should've known better that his loglines are never what the film ends up being.

I still say he's been strugging for inspiration since The Master. I hope this is a script he's been working on over a period of time. That last 2 felt a little too undercooked and almost like first drafts IMO.

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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson

#175 Post by HinkyDinkyTruesmith » Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:00 pm

I think his last two films are his finest, and that Licorice Pizza is the single most accomplished American film in many years –– and this from someone who was very disinterested in it even after having immense love for Phantom Thread, pretty much until two or three days before seeing it. I don't think Anderson is struggling for inspiration at all.

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