Paul Thomas Anderson
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Towards the end of a particularly prolific year of musical collaborations with zeitgeist-y rock icons like Radiohead, director Paul Thomas Anderson embarked on a couple projects with Haim, an indie band comprised of three sisters celebrated for an old-fashioned sound that was nonetheless cutting edge at the same time. Following the production of their 2017…
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Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s output since his 2014 feature INHERENT VICE has been emblematic of a seasoned visionary dropping the selectiveness implied by his “prestige filmmaker” status and rediscovering the joys of artistic expression for sheer creativity’s sake. The 2015 music documentary JUNUN is arguably his most substantial work in this vein, with him embracing…
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The entirety of director Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2016 output has been exclusively for celebrated art-rock outfit Radiohead, an association that no doubt came about via Anderson’s frequent collaborations with guitarist Jonny Greenwood on the score for his last three features. The release of prior music videos for “DAYDREAMING” and “PRESENT TENSE” were both surprise events…
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Following his surprise music video, “DAYDREAMING” for Radiohead’s surprise 2016 album, A Moon Shaped Pool, director Paul Thomas Anderson dropped yet another collaboration with the iconic art-rock outfit out of the warm, blue September sky. In delivering his second video for the album, Anderson has proved himself a cinematic soul-mate to the avant-garde musical character…
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Director Paul Thomas Anderson has long been tangentially connected to the avant-garde rock group Radiohead via guitarist Jonny Greenwood, so it was only a matter of time until he collaborated with the band directly. In 2016, he did just that, releasing a video for “DAYDREAMING”, a track called off their ninth album– the first since…
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![Paul Thomas Anderson [3.5] – Higher States](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pta3-5.jpg)
3.5: HIGHER STATES is the fifth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of director Paul Thomas Anderson, covering his explorations into the possibilities of an altered state, whether it’s naturally or chemically-induced. -INHERENT VICE (2014) -JOANNA NEWSOM MUSIC VIDEOS (2015) -JUNUN (2015)
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The production of INHERENT VICE in 2014 begat a particularly strong working partnership between director Paul Thomas Anderson and cast member Joanna Newsom, who played the film’s ethereal narrator. The momentum of that collaboration spilled over into Newsom’s other career as a singer / songwriter as she prepared to release a new album titled “Divers”.…
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Notable Festivals: New York Film Festival From the outside perspective of American culture, India is often regarded as a faraway land of personal and creative rediscovery. Many American artists have made the journey in a bid to escape the confines of Anglo-Saxon cultural values as well as their own individual stylistic paradigms– Wes Anderson did…
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![Paul Thomas Anderson [3.4] – Portraits Of Power](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pta3-4.jpg)
3.4: PORTRAITS OF POWER is the fourth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of director Paul Thomas Anderson, covering his monumental pair of epic character studies: -THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) -THE MASTER (2012) -FIONA APPLE: “HOT KNIFE” (2012)
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In August of 2015, director Paul Thomas Anderson dropped a new music video on the unsuspecting masses. The piece features his INHERENT VICE star– singer/songwriter Joanna Newsom– performing her new single “SAPOKANIKAN” as she walks through the chilly Manhattan streets at twilight hour. On the surface, it’s a simple performance piece that’s so low-tech in…
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Notable Festivals: New York Film Festival Over the course of seven features, director Paul Thomas Anderson has built up a reputation for himself as arguably the finest filmmaker of his generation. It’s symptomatic of Hollywood’s current priorities, then, that even a director as lauded and widely-esteemed as Anderson has a difficult time getting a film…
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For his first music video in a decade, Anderson teamed up once again with his old flame Fiona Apple, crafting a video for“HOT KNIFE”, the closing single off of Apple’s new album, The Idler Wheel. It’s unclear at first glance what the shooting format is, since it appears to be large format like 65mm, but…