Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

[mickeywolfman]

PM me emails and I can send (will also include the previous night's Q and A at MoMA)

Thanks!

[gaucho_marx]

Not to be the tinfoil hat guy stoking the flames of speculation on his next film before most of us have even seen this one but in this panel he mentions a a stride piano player at the bar. Stride piano is a specific style of jazz piano popular in the 30s-40s.  I would bet his rumored depression era, SoCal jazz film was the thing he put aside to make licorice.

[jviness02]

Eh, hard to say really. They ultimately don't have all that much in common, though it's easy to think otherwise without having seen it (I certainly did). I feel like this might play pretty well with general audiences. 

Compared to Vice, it's a much more inviting experience overall.

Interesting. You would say OUATIH is more accessible than Boogie Nights? Got to disagree there.

He literally didn't say that. You're disagreeing with the voices in your head.

He said he thinks LP is PTA's most accessible movie (therefore, more accessible than Boogie Nights), but not sure if it's more accessible than OUATIH. So I was assuming, but still asking, whether he thinks OUATIH is more accessible than BN. I didn't think that was a big leap.

I am not that interested in this accessibility conversation, but I think you are HIGHLY underestimating the fact that Boogie Nights is about the porn industry. That automatically kills some of its "accessibility".

[polkablues]

Not to be the tinfoil hat guy stoking the flames of speculation on his next film before most of us have even seen this one but in this panel he mentions a a stride piano player at the bar. Stride piano is a specific style of jazz piano popular in the 30s-40s.  I would bet his rumored depression era, SoCal jazz film was the thing he put aside to make licorice.

This is a great bit of info, but I really just wanted to comment on how good your username is.

[Montclair]

In that interview, Paul says Alana looks just like her mom. This is getting very Freudian.

[PaulElroy35]

In that interview, Paul says Alana looks just like her mom. This is getting very Freudian.

Cant beat some Freudian stuff.

[ono]

[HACKANUT]

so, re: Sam Harpoon being Pynchon.

We had previously theorized that the tweet referencing the Sam Harpoon film "Rainbow" being almost 50 was actually referencing Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, which is also almost 50.

In the Q&A from above, Paul says "Rainbow" is a stand in title for Clint Eastwood's Breezy, which starred William Holden who Sean Penn's character is based on.

So where does this leave the question of "Who is Sam Harpoon?"

[PaulElroy35]

Ono was that to cheesy

[wrongright]

Eh, hard to say really. They ultimately don't have all that much in common, though it's easy to think otherwise without having seen it (I certainly did). I feel like this might play pretty well with general audiences. 

Compared to Vice, it's a much more inviting experience overall.

Interesting. You would say OUATIH is more accessible than Boogie Nights? Got to disagree there.

He literally didn't say that. You're disagreeing with the voices in your head.

He said he thinks LP is PTA's most accessible movie (therefore, more accessible than Boogie Nights), but not sure if it's more accessible than OUATIH. So I was assuming, but still asking, whether he thinks OUATIH is more accessible than BN. I didn't think that was a big leap.

I am not that interested in this accessibility conversation, but I think you are HIGHLY underestimating the fact that Boogie Nights is about the porn industry. That automatically kills some of its "accessibility".

Maybe, but BN had the whole showy Scorsese/Goodfellas coke energy which mainstream audiences love. I'm assuming this doesn't have that. As far as OUATIH, that was pretty meandering. Many Tarantino fans had the "only the last 20 minutes were fun" complaint.

[Alma]

https://twitter.com/robbiereviews/status/1459630843635318787

[max from fearless]

Just got back from the 70mm London screening with Alana and Paul!

Also peeped Lesley Manville in the audience.

Hard not to fall in love with Alana in this one...and the LC typeface/logo looks great on-screen...

[max from fearless]

Taped the first 20mins of the Q&A on voicenotes. Not sure of the quality, will check and maybe post. Was stopped by Paul's PR team from filming video...Robbie's questions not bad.

The way Alana looks at Paul, it's palpable that he built this movie for her and that she's so appreciative of that. Such a lovely vibe between them at the screening...

[Drill]

Just got back from the 70mm London screening with Alana and Paul!

Also peeped Lesley Manville in the audience.

Hard not to fall in love with Alana in this one...and the LC typeface/logo looks great on-screen...

[Alethia]

My old sew and sew