I’ve mentioned before that PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights is one of the few movies I can think of that can make me cheer at a close-up. You can feel the joy that Anderson has when he makes his films; the shots may be on the indulgent side of things, but you get the sense that he says, “Who cares? Let’s do it.”
→Tags: Blog-a-thon, Close-Ups, Boogie Nights, PT Anderson
EssayTop 100 lists seem to be all the rage these past few weeks. I’m not yet so presumptuous as to post my own, considering how few “important” films I’ve actually seen, but I had a different idea.
→Tags: Watershed, PT Anderson, Boogie Nights, Filmmaking
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