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...Sandler's work has become a serious proposition. In his new movie, Sandler plays a plunger salesman who dreams of escaping his banal existence via frequent-flyer miles. As far as romantic comedies go, it's very strange, which is what you would expect from director Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia and Boogie Nights. What you don't expect is an art film starring Sandler, whose lowbrow comedies have earned nearly $400 million since 1998 and have made him an idol of teenage boys, a cult figure on college campuses and a punch line for dismissive film critics. Punch-Drunk...
Further worsening the situation for Harvard, freshman Melissa Anderson will be forced to sit out the tournament with tendinitis in her elbow...
...loved and knew he wanted to make movies. He attended less than a week of film school at NYU before dropping out. Yet despite his relative inexperience and anonymity (his first film was the little seen but fascinating character study Hard Eight a.k.a. Sydney), in 1997 writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson burst onto the scene with Boogie Nights, an energetic and volatile film that focused on the southern California pornography industry in the 1970s and 1980s. The film became an instant critical and audience favorite. In an era where films were dull and lifeless it lived and breathed, and the swooping...
...with issues that are close to him. Both Boogie Nights and Magnolia dealt with issues of absentee mothers and abandonment, and though he rarely speaks of her, Anderson’s own estranged mother clearly influenced him. Similarly, cancer played a large role in Magnolia because at the time Anderson was dealing with the death of his father and one of his best friends at the hands of cancer. Though all of these incidents are tragic, they have given Anderson maturity and depth far beyond his years. His films deal with profound, dark and difficult issues, yet they never seem...
However, what is most striking about Anderson’s films is their underlying worldview. While the 1990s have been marked by a hip, detached postmodern sarcasm, Anderson shows compassion and understanding towards each of his characters and is in the end unapologetically sentimental and exuberant, refusing to hide behind today’s ever-present shield of irony. Though his films contain dark themes, they are ultimately hopeful and optimistic. Paul Thomas Anderson’s films are not for the timid, but those willing to experience them will be treated to a journey that is nearly impossible...