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What's your favorite by PTA?

don't like any
0 (0%)
haven't seen Any
1 (2.2%)
Hard Eight
1 (2.2%)
Boogie Nights
9 (19.6%)
Magnolia
9 (19.6%)
Punch-Drunk Love
4 (8.7%)
There Will Be Blood
15 (32.6%)
The Master
2 (4.3%)
Inherent Vice
4 (8.7%)
Junun
0 (0%)
Phantom Thread
1 (2.2%)
Licorice Pizza
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Author Topic: Anderson, Paul Thomas  (Read 16318 times)

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Re: Anderson, Paul Thomas
« Reply #120 on: February 20, 2018, 04:44:56 PM »
Phantom Thread
Inherent Vice
Boogie Nights
There Will Be Blood
Magnolia


Unsure between TWBB and Inherent Vice (both are on the low end of limegreen). Based on the above, what should I see next ?
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Re: Anderson, Paul Thomas
« Reply #121 on: February 21, 2018, 10:22:47 PM »
Punch-Drunk Love, given your approval of Phantom Thread. It's got the same focus on a relationship that probably shouldn't work and features characters that at a little off (plus another powerful score).
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Re: Anderson, Paul Thomas
« Reply #122 on: March 05, 2018, 10:33:12 AM »
Finally was able to catch up with Phantom Thread.

1. There Will Be Blood - 98
2. Punch-Drunk Love - 91
3. Phantom Thread - 88
4. The Master - 85
5. Magnolia - 82*
6. Boogie Nights - 75*

(need to revisit)

Still need to catch up with Hard Eight, Inherent Vice, and Junan
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Re: Anderson, Paul Thomas
« Reply #123 on: March 07, 2018, 12:30:56 PM »
I am at a loss as to how to rank Phantom Thread. I hope I will be able to rewatch it next week. Not rewatching The Master and Inherent Vice when they were playing were among the stupidest decisions I ever made. Not to mention being an idiot teenager who didn't even know what a PTA was when TWWB was playing.
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« Reply #124 on: June 23, 2018, 08:00:45 PM »


Phantom Thread  (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)

This film reminded me of an accidental jam session, like if a bunch of music students were doing practice exercises and you walked by at just the right moment when the various sound commingled into a pleasing whole. Everyone is just riffing independently here: Jonny Greenwood with his score, Anderson with his direction and his cinematography, Day-Lewis with his performance, Mark Tildesley with his production design, and Mark Bridges with his costume design. The movie just provides a framework for these individual artists to showcase their skills, like students at a talent show. Top prize goes Lesley Manville, who just owns the screen with her Agnes Moorehead-inspired performance. Alas, like most musical exercises, the ending is a disappointment, like a cat jumping on the piano keys reminding us of the disposability of it all.

Grade: B

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