Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

[wilberfan]

I wonder if Coops knew that slap was coming?  He flinches quite convincingly--and Alana really unloads on him.

[Pringle]

"Licorice Pizza" is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.

Source: http://licoricepizza.movie/

Does it count as official synopsis?

I would say so.   And I thought these credits were interesting:

Executive Producers
Joanne Sellar
Daniel Lupi
Susan McNamara
Aaron L. Gilbert
Jason Cloth

Produced by
Sara Murphy
Paul Thomas Anderson
Adam Somner

Not sure how "Executive" vs "Producer" works.  Thoughts?

Likely, Murphy and Somner were the ones actually there on set taking care of the immediate practical production stuff, while Sellar and Lupi were more in charge of securing financing and putting the entire production together.

Somner is one of the most famous and accomplished AD's of the 21st century. And I've actually seen Sara Murphy at screenings of Anima and Phantom Thread, checking the projections

[wilberfan]

Spoiler: ShowHide

At 1:32, that's quite a look on Alana's face when she sees Joel.

At 1:54, Gary and Alana shooting a...campaign commercial?...for Joel, who is clearly driving.

Do we need a trailer spoiler thread at this point?  Someone who wants to stay virginal for the feature is going to be suffering in this thread...

[Drenk]

No. That person shouldn't come here at all.

[©brad]

[mickeywolfman]

Think I spotted the other Haim sisters! Este & Danielle. In the background of the shot of Alana's father (~0:16). Looks like they're all playing sisters!
You can also see Danielle in the foreground of the "Do you think its weird.." shots starting at (~1:17) as someone suggested before.

Also, is it possible that their father is played by their real life Israeli father, Mordechai Haim?
Image: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mother-donna-haim-sisters-este-alana-and-danielle-haim-of-news-photo/451421739?adppopup=true

[Jeremy Blackman]

Do we need a trailer spoiler thread at this point?  Someone who wants to stay virginal for the feature is going to be suffering in this thread...

I think trailer spoilers are fair game now.

[polkablues]

Nothing to add about the trailer at this point, but earlier this morning I saw someone on Twitter refer to Cooper as "Phillip Seymour Hoffboy" and I'm still laughing about it.

[d]

Jonny Greenwood has retweeted the trailer. Which may mean nothing more than retweeting the trailer of a friend's movie but may not...

[Drenk]

Reading the comments about the trailer, I'm noticing that Soggy Bottom is a title that not only hardcore fans knew: this isn't totally a "Sydney/Hard Eight" situation.

[axxonn]

Jonny Greenwood has retweeted the trailer. Which may mean nothing more than retweeting the trailer of a friend's movie but may not...

He just tweeted that he wrote a couple of cues for it but that it's 70s soundtrack based, then deleted it?

(I'm now doubting myself lol - 99% sure it was from his account?)

[d]

Did he? :D I didn't catch that. If that's the case, I think it's cool and more than I expected. I kind of accepted he is not involved and "a couple of cues" seems exciting enough. Also, I wonder if Anderson scolded him for revealing the secret and he deleted it. ;)

[itwasgood]

Think I spotted the other Haim sisters! Este & Danielle. In the background of the shot of Alana's father (~0:16). Looks like they're all playing sisters!
You can also see Danielle in the foreground of the "Do you think its weird.." shots starting at (~1:17) as someone suggested before.

Also, is it possible that their father is played by their real life Israeli father, Mordechai Haim?
Image: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mother-donna-haim-sisters-este-alana-and-danielle-haim-of-news-photo/451421739?adppopup=true

Yes, I was thinking about the same thing! I spotted Danielle but not Este, who's a little blurry in the background, good eye!

[PinkTeeth]

Nice little surprise at the end for those of us who memorized the bootleg...
Extra timpani! Suspense!  What'sis phonecall all about!?

I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited for this movie 

Also, Alana's nipples should get costarring credits as well as they seem to have much screen time

[Jeremy Blackman]

Yeah, I was not expecting nips on the poster.