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#11
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Untitled Paul Thomas Ander...
Last post by Achpi - March 12, 2024, 03:03:02 PM
they are really playing this as an event 110m dollars movie starring leonardo di caprio.

can't wait to know what this movie is !
#12
The Grapevine / Eddington (Ari Aster)
Last post by WorldForgot - March 12, 2024, 02:53:03 PM
Quote from: A24 TweetWelcome to EDDINGTON.

Ari Aster's contemporary western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr. is coming soon.

#13
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Untitled Paul Thomas Ander...
Last post by jviness02 - March 12, 2024, 02:29:54 PM
WB added this to their schedule officially. It is releasing August 8th 2025 in IMAX and currently listed as PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON EVENT FILM. 
#14
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Licorice Pizza - Speculati...
Last post by max from fearless - March 03, 2024, 12:05:15 PM
Jesus, its an incredible opening sequence to a movie. God bless Nina Simone and then we mix to the sound of bikes whizzing by and old timey jazz on the radio outside the hot dog stand. Deeply evocative summer (ending?) nostalgia...

PS. i love people messing up in the restaurants in the PTA cinematic universe. Gary turning around after hearing someone drop(?) something whilst with Alana on date one and Gwyneth turning around in the Vegas diner, both deeply touching and somehow humanising moments for some reason...
#15
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Licorice Pizza - Speculati...
Last post by max from fearless - March 03, 2024, 10:37:58 AM
Quote from: Scrooby on March 01, 2024, 08:36:56 AMAlana holds the mirror. Behavior reveals Self. If we see ourselves, if we think about our interaction with others, hopefully we will learn from ourselves, and evolve toward betterment.

Alana holds the mirror. Alana will bring "himself" out.

*

      Alana. What is this "Say everything twice"?

A charming confirmation of chemistry.


I was flicking through the film last night (the cinematography is really something to behold just on a granular grain level and the quality of summer light) but after reading this, I have to re-watch the the opening - because yesssss, her holding the mirror and that being how we meet her is pretty incredible as her whole thing issss about trying to find self, trying to self-actualise herself in the material world, something that Gary does with ease, in so many different ways as she coasts along...and that mirror really is a wonderful symbol of her journey, as well as witnessing, bringing out Gary...

Isn't love and partnership about being a witness for someone through the ups and downs?

Her repeating everything and him noticing is the 'cutest' PTA ish in his whole filmography...ok maybe asides from Barry and Lena on the bed together talking about biting each others faces off!

PTA is an amazing writer (fuckkkkk lol so much more to be constantly learning) thanks for the insights Scrooby! Not a huge fan of LP as a whole, but parts/elements of it are majestic and still more interesting than the best film/work of a so-so to very good writer/director...
#16
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Licorice Pizza - Speculati...
Last post by Scrooby - March 03, 2024, 08:47:01 AM
"Come on, boys."

As the camera steadycams up to the open doors of the convention center, the aperture opens—an expert, subtle, well-timed transition from a camera-operating wizard. (32:01–32:04)
#17
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Licorice Pizza - Speculati...
Last post by PaulElroy35 - March 02, 2024, 03:12:53 PM
Quote from: Scrooby on March 01, 2024, 08:36:56 AMSequence 1.

The first sequence builds to—discovers itself to be—the momentous backstory to a photograph—the student yearbook photograph.

We, the audience, privileged as gods, observing from a reflective vantage point, see the Situation, and understand Gary's photo as forever suffused with Alana.

*

      Gary. This is fate! . . . Our roads took us here.

—light-hearted recollection of heavy Sophoclean application in TWBB and Phantom Thread.

*

The continuous long shot in the gym while students pass by (4:18–5:33) recalls the iconic kissing in daytime Hawaii in PDL.

*

Alana's introduced walking alongside sprinkler streams of glistening water. Life-giving freshness and refreshment.

*

Alana wearing sky-blue and cloud-white.

Gary's shirt—like an interference pattern; strata;—complexity. White trousers pretty-much match Alana's shorts. (An omen?)

*

Encouragement.

      Photographer. Chin up. Chin up.

—(e.g. light-hearted) recollection of Cyril's "Chin up." (49:13)

*

      "F*** me."

Gary's first line? May we take it as such?

A voice-over, a thought, a recollection—

An invocation, an invitation, admission of incompleteness—

Addressing himself.

*

Alana holds the mirror. Behavior reveals Self. If we see ourselves, if we think about our interaction with others, hopefully we will learn from ourselves, and evolve toward betterment.

Alana holds the mirror. Alana will bring "himself" out.

*

      Alana. What is this "Say everything twice"?

A charming confirmation of chemistry.

*

      Alana. You're such an actor, you're such an actor.

recalls, in a general way,

      De Niro. You're a good actress, you know that? Good f***ing actress.

Casino (1995), 2:09:18

*

Humor of woman undercutting man—classic banter of 1930s Hollywood comedies.

En route, finally, hopefully, to smart marriage : simultaneous encouragement 24/7.

*

      Alana. Kid.

      Welles. This is the biggest electric train set a boy ever had!

      Being There (1979) : You're always gonna be a little boy, ain't ya? (10:26)

*

The repetition of "Convenient within my plans" suggests Alana "measures out her life with coffee spoons."

*

      Alana. Your name's Valentine?

An omen!

*

      Photographer. Turn your legs around. Not too down. Look up, look up.

—humorous metatheatrical awareness : the treadmill of turning intangible emotion into visual cues.

*

      Gary. Man. I like that.
      Photographer. Like a tiger.

*

      "Oh my god. I'm coughing."

Sync : What happens with some cinemagoers who have just entered into the auditorium after a tremendous bong load.

*

Sync at the sink

       "Oh my god. I'm coughing."

Humorous juxtaposition
between
Invocation to Creator (suitable for opening a narrative)
/
quotidian idleness.


Are all your posts this strange?
#18
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Untitled Paul Thomas Ander...
Last post by Find Your Magali - March 01, 2024, 01:40:59 PM
I want a Paul Thomas Anderson film scored by Goblin.
#19
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Untitled Paul Thomas Ander...
Last post by Shughes - March 01, 2024, 10:27:44 AM
Greenwood has been confirmed for this though, right?

Edith Bowman mentioned it on her Soundtracking podcast after she had interviewed Greenwood (and The Smile) as part of a PTA/Wall of Eyes screening event in London in January.

She mentions it during the first two and a half minutes of this episode:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-411-alexander-payne-on-the-music-of-the-holdovers/id1140497332?i=1000642253181
#20
Paul Thomas Anderson / Re: Licorice Pizza - Speculati...
Last post by Scrooby - March 01, 2024, 08:36:56 AM
Sequence 1.

The first sequence builds to—discovers itself to be—the momentous backstory to a photograph—the student yearbook photograph.

We, the audience, privileged as gods, observing from a reflective vantage point, see the Situation, and understand Gary's photo as forever suffused with Alana.

*

      Gary. This is fate! . . . Our roads took us here.

—light-hearted recollection of heavy Sophoclean application in TWBB and Phantom Thread.

*

The continuous long shot in the gym while students pass by (4:18–5:33) recalls the iconic kissing in daytime Hawaii in PDL.

*

Alana's introduced walking alongside sprinkler streams of glistening water. Life-giving freshness and refreshment.

*

Alana wearing sky-blue and cloud-white.

Gary's shirt—like an interference pattern; strata;—complexity. White trousers pretty-much match Alana's shorts. (An omen?)

*

Encouragement.

      Photographer. Chin up. Chin up.

—(e.g. light-hearted) recollection of Cyril's "Chin up." (49:13)

*

      "F*** me."

Gary's first line? May we take it as such?

A voice-over, a thought, a recollection—

An invocation, an invitation, admission of incompleteness—

Addressing himself.

*

Alana holds the mirror. Behavior reveals Self. If we see ourselves, if we think about our interaction with others, hopefully we will learn from ourselves, and evolve toward betterment.

Alana holds the mirror. Alana will bring "himself" out.

*

      Alana. What is this "Say everything twice"?

A charming confirmation of chemistry.

*

      Alana. You're such an actor, you're such an actor.

recalls, in a general way,

      De Niro. You're a good actress, you know that? Good f***ing actress.

Casino (1995), 2:09:18

*

Humor of woman undercutting man—classic banter of 1930s Hollywood comedies.

En route, finally, hopefully, to smart marriage : simultaneous encouragement 24/7.

*

      Alana. Kid.

      Welles. This is the biggest electric train set a boy ever had!

      Being There (1979) : You're always gonna be a little boy, ain't ya? (10:26)

*

The repetition of "Convenient within my plans" suggests Alana "measures out her life with coffee spoons."

*

      Alana. Your name's Valentine?

An omen!

*

      Photographer. Turn your legs around. Not too down. Look up, look up.

—humorous metatheatrical awareness : the treadmill of turning intangible emotion into visual cues.

*

      Gary. Man. I like that.
      Photographer. Like a tiger.

*

      "Oh my god. I'm coughing."

Sync : What happens with some cinemagoers who have just entered into the auditorium after a tremendous bong load.

*

Sync at the sink

       "Oh my god. I'm coughing."

Humorous juxtaposition
between
Invocation to Creator (suitable for opening a narrative)
/
quotidian idleness.