Word: paean
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...role. But the music, too, is simply a bittersweet tribute to modern and everyday insecurities; it's as if Anderson feels so intensely what it is to be alive today that he can't help but burst into song. Which is ultimately what Magnolia proves to be: a lyrical paean to the horrible-beautiful process of living. It's an epic, yes, but one of human proportions, and in this reincarnate form, specific to its time and place both materially and stylistically, it's also a truly millennial film...