gmanyo Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 So should I. I have a whole bunch of movies I need to watch actually, but it just takes too much time. Music is so much easier to get through. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Reading books is even more time consuming! Well worth it though.... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/10/2012 at 7:48 PM, Rubin Farr said: Hard Eight is a good place to start, Reilly at the very beginning of his career. The film technique develops from there, cinematography, story structure, dialog, etc. Agree. Great fucking movie. hoffman and reilly both shined in that movie, also sam jackson in that movie is phenomenal. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Bubba69's signature Hide all signatures https://intervallux.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattern recognition Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/11/2012 at 5:29 AM, Atop said: On 4/11/2012 at 5:26 AM, verticalhold said: On 4/11/2012 at 1:28 AM, jules said: I should see magnolia you should definitely see Magnolia Yes, yes you should see Magnolia. it's a great movie, and aimee mann can be infectious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNbTC6xLVg0 the love story between john c reilly and melora walters is a special one, to me. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/11/2012 at 5:44 AM, Atop said: Reading books is even more time consuming! Well worth it though.... Yeah, but it's easier to do in multiple sittings, and in your spare time between things. If I'm gonna watch a movie it has to be completely dark and I can't have any distractions, and I like to do it in one sitting. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I do as well. Watching films in sections can take away from the flow of the film but sometimes it is necessary for epic films, hence when they used to have intermissions at theatres. The one I remember the most was during 'Gandhi'. I actually saw the whole thing in the theatre when I was young. Patience is a virtue. I am starting to lose my patience the older I get. Thank you internet, adverts, and high expectations for myself! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 i don't get comparing Anderson to Kubrick, really. Anderson is much warmer. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/11/2012 at 9:05 AM, lumpenprol said: i don't get comparing Anderson to Kubrick, really. Anderson is much warmer. Obviously, it's pretty stupid to compare directors. But I can see similarities in how Anderson creates his more static shots to how Kubrick would. Anderson has more movement, but for me there's something in the mood. Anderson seems to be a true student of cinema, so it's probably no coincidence when his scenes look similar to legendary directors. It's a bit like Tarantino, I guess. He creates pastiche cinema which emulates what he likes best about each genre. It seems to me as though Anderson uses stylistic techniques in the same way, but not enough to make it a gimmick. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 seems like each of his movies is an homage to a different director. boogie nights was scorsese, magnolia was altman, twbb is kubrick. but i'm drunk right now and probably full of shit. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) If you're full of shit it's interesting shit. How about Punch Drunk Love? Certainly Kubrick would never have made a film like Magnolia. It's almost offensively sappy. Kubrick is all "look at the petty foibles of Man", while PTA is all "look at the petty foibles of my really endearing unique misfit characters." Most of Kubrick's characters are fairly flat stand-ins for the viewer, like Dave in 2001, or Joker in FMJ...although an interesting comparison could be made between Alex in A Clockwork Orange and Plainview in TWBB...but yet again, Alex is just sort of a foil to allow for Kubrick's/Burgess' social critique, whereas I don't think PTA has much of a social critique...he seems to think we're all pretty fucked up regardless of larger social forces...Which is probably why I enjoy PTA movies more, although I really love Kubrick's awesome filmmaking skill. Kubrick usually seems to be about Some Greater/Hidden Power That Controls Man (whether the govt., some secret society, a monolith, or a fucking hotel), which is all well and good but... Plus PTA is much more of an ensemble-based director (except in TWBB). So yeah, I can see TWBB as his homage to Kubrick. And I guess Kubrick's most PTA-like movie would be...Barry Lyndon? It's his most ensemble-ish, and doesn't have as much of a Big Point... Yeah I'm a bit drunk too atm... Edited April 11, 2012 by lumpenprol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Everything you just said, lump. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 There are some pretty obvious visual and even structural homages to Kubrick in TWWB, especially 2001. I'd almost feel stupid pointing them out, because they're so obviously intentional. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I don't have anything against Anderson, though Boogie Nights is a bit shit too, but Magnolia is by far the worst film I've ever seen. Attack of the Clones has more merit. I'm always amazed by the love it gets. It's like if you raised some children and enrolled them in film studies 101, but never actually let them watch a film ever, this is the pile of shit they would turn out if they were then tasked with making something. Just awful. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 pfff Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide jeremymacgregor87's signature Hide all signatures profundity Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 LOL Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 'Punch Drunk Love' is an hommage to Mike Nichols. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/11/2012 at 7:20 PM, kakapo said: I don't have anything against Anderson, though Boogie Nights is a bit shit too, but Magnolia is by far the worst film I've ever seen. Attack of the Clones has more merit. I'm always amazed by the love it gets. It's like if you raised some children and enrolled them in film studies 101, but never actually let them watch a film ever, this is the pile of shit they would turn out if they were then tasked with making something. Just awful. and people think i'm negative Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I always thought There Will Be Blood was more of an homage to Terrence Malick's films. But there's still a lot of Altman, and some Kubrick, in there too. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide takeshi's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 On 4/11/2012 at 8:52 PM, takeshi said: I always thought There Will Be Blood was more of an homage to Terrence Malick's films. But there's still a lot of Altman, and some Kubrick, in there too. but there's an actual story to twbb Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide jules's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 And Plainview's monologue about having a competition in him wasn't a 6 minute wistful voiceover ending in a question to god Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Great thread. *fap fap fap fap fap fap fap* Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 and there are no curtains blowing in a window Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide jules's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 lol Fuck you guys. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide takeshi's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 yeah and there aren't any women or sexuality oh wait- Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) On 4/11/2012 at 9:00 PM, baph said: And Plainview's monologue about having a competition in him wasn't a 6 minute wistful voiceover ending in a question to god Mother...... I saw you....... Your eyes............ You lied to me....... Edited April 11, 2012 by Atop Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/73045-paul-thomas-anderson/page/3/#findComment-1797695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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