PT Anderson Articles
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The special partnership enjoyed by director Paul Thomas Anderson and throwback rock band Haim feeds off the ample trading of creative inspiration. Whereas Anderson finds visual impetus in Haim’s unique grooves, the three sisters also draw songwriting ideas from his inimitable approach to storytelling. Case in point: the emergence of “Lost Track”, a plodding, subdued…
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For a myriad number of reasons, nostalgia has come to play an increasingly large role in the ever-homogenizing landscape of American entertainment. The pleasures of nostalgia are apparent enough; they can be a comfort or distraction from an uncertain present, reminding audiences of simpler times or the glory days of their youth. For those disinclined…
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Since 2014’s somewhat-impromptu production of the short performance piece VALENTINE, director Paul Thomas Anderson and the all-female rock band Haim have forged a unique and ever-unpredictable creative partnership. The pairing has produced a half-dozen music videos, each more idiosyncratic and surprising than the last. As a result, Anderson has become enmeshed in Haim’s music far…
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It appears that director Paul Thomas Anderson and I are engaged in a strange dance: every time I think I’m up to-do-date with my essays on his work, he goes and drops a new piece that takes the film world completely by surprise. This time, however, I was ready, thanks to a cryptic teaser photo…
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Director Paul Thomas Anderson is quite obviously well-regarded for his contributions to the theatrical feature space. Case in point: his last three films — THE MASTER (2012), INHERENT VICE (2014) and PHANTOM THREAD (2017) —- were included in a recent (if somewhat premature) ranking by Indiewire of the 100 best films of the decade. However,…
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Following their series of collaborations throughout 2016 to support the new album “Something To Tell You”, director Paul Thomas Anderson and the buzzy rock band Haim would reunite for yet another music video, released right in the middle of PHANTOM THREAD’s awards season campaign. The song— “NIGHT SO LONG” — is a spare, gorgeously haunting…
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As one of the most acclaimed artistic voices in contemporary filmmaking, director Paul Thomas Anderson enjoys a level of prestige that’s virtually unmatched by others of his generation. He’s gotten to this level by refusing to be anything other than himself: an idiosyncratic kid from southern California’s San Fernando Valley with eccentric artistic tastes and…
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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…