@@sjelliott6660 Are you stupid? It means he makes quality films, but do not fall under the “Oscar-bait” category that the Academy prefers. Unnecessarily depressing biopics with somber musical scores, a stacked A-list cast, backed by a big studio, whose producers violently campaign for it.
Well, except for Hard Eight. It's good as a debut feature but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, which it's totally okay, he was beginning his career. I agree with all the rest though.
PT Anderson changed my life and mindsets..... ive studied every one of these movies and lived the whole experience through and through. And can honestly say his work is a part of me now. Thank God for this man and his work.
I don't think PT Anderson's films are about positive self acceptance as much as defeat in front of ones own flaws. In Punch-Drunk Love, Adam Sandler's character refuses to seek help for his anger issues and instead finds a girl who tolerates them. In Phantom Thread, the two leads allow their mutually unhealthy relationship to continue. In almost all PT Anderson's films, the "happy ending" isn't actually happy at all, but is portrayed as happy, because it involves toxic people forming toxic relationships and staying in them. It's portrayed as happy, because it's from the perspective of the characters who don't know that they're in a really bad situation. It's a sugar coating on a harsh reality.
Interesting point but I disagree with your Punch-Drunk Love angle. Barry does try to help him selves by reaching out to the doctor/dentist, asking him to get in touch with a therapist. But he continuously gets shot down as no one he trusts actually follows through e.g the doctor, phone sex line and all his sisters repeatedly. Lena comes into his life helps him with the self-acceptance he desperately needs.
How you all are able to personify so many of my heroes careers into deeply resonant analysis is incredible and completely uncommon for the video essay format. I love everything about this, about PTA, and about your writing staff. Thank you so much
Lynch is kinda in his own league since he has Twin Peaks and other artistic pursuits, but his movies are more hit or miss. Paul Thomas Anderson has made nothing but great movies, and his craft gets better with every film.
My ranking of PTA’s films.. 1. The Master 2. There Will Be Blood 3. Magnolia 4. Punch-Drunk Love 5. Boogie Nights 6. Phantom Thread 7. Hard Eight 8. Inherent Vice
I would switch The Master and There Will Be Blood otherwise I completely agree with your list. I haven't found many people that rank the movies in the same order as me, I always thought The Master was an overlooked masterpiece.
I like the voice behind this video. So many film related videos are faux ponderous. I've no real problem with pondering but it is really only watchable if there are a ton of ideas, original ideas, behind it. Often in other channels in a 16 minute video only five minutes with have any analysis in it. This video was informative and straightforward and it was refreshing.
They're all post-modern films! PTA's work makes for a great segue into post-modern theory. Anyone who loves his work should take the time to study it. Robert Altman's Nashville is a great precursor to Magnolia.
Amazing vid. Love PTA!! It be great if you guys did one specifically on Inherent Vice. No one's really gone much in depth on the film, and I think it's criminally underrated.
My ranking 8. Hard Eight: 8/10 7. Punch Drunk: Love 9/10 6. Phantom Thread: 9.5/10 5. The Master: 9.5/10 4. Inherent Vice 10/10 3. Boogie Nights: 10/10 2. There Will Be Blood: 10/10 1. Magnolia
Nope. It's 1 of just 3 Adam Sandler films that I think are shit, yet most people say it's Sandler's best. It depends on whether you like patronising arty nonsense, or not. The Grand Budapest Hotel is another overrated 'comedy' which I'd describe as patronising arty nonsense.
I know the perfect book for PTA to adapt as a film.:James Gould Cozzens 1949 Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece about three days of escalating racial and sexual conflicts in a huge Army Air Force base at the height of World War 2, Guard Of Honor.
I don't agree with your ultimate conclusion on how he tackles religion. He's observing its potential power as well as its destructiveness and its hypocrisy. Those latter aspects are pretty essential to his work.
I think Anderson is fascinated by religion, by both its positive and negative aspects. And more than anything, he seems to explore the ways in which religion can be perverted and used for bad purposes. Not necessarily critiquing religion *per se.* I remember hearing interviews with him after The Master came out, and people would of course ask him what he thought about Scientology, and his answers were always so open-minded and agnostic about it. I remember he said something like (paraphrasing), "Some of the stuff you see in any religion is pretty crazy, but you also can't deny that sometimes religion does something good for some people on a personal level. If you get something good out of it, and it's working for you in your life, and you're not hurting anyone else, then good for you." Even the film itself remained very aloof and agnostic about "The Cause." Sure there are moments when it is not shown in the most positive light, but there are also moments where it seems like Freddie is "getting better" in some way and benefiting somehow from his meeting Dodd. I loved how open-ended the film was. I honestly consider Anderson to be almost a spiritual filmmaker.
7 minutes can be a waste of time. This is totally the opposite. You get into PTA heart and mind. Much like in his films, not a second is wasted. It takes true fans to come up with that. Fans who seem to be his best friends. Congrats. That was a tour de force.
He's not my favorite director I think (That place is occupied by David Lynch or Scorsese)... But if I were one, I would definitely be him, his movies are kind of familiar to me. His style, shots, use of score and soundtrack are exactly how I would like to direct a movie.
The ideal figures in his movies displays the negative side of them or the true vulnerability generally in humans. Like tom Cruise character in magnolia, paul dano in twbb and philip Hoffman all lose it at one point.
I thought the master was boring. Sorry. Sometimes you have too high of expectations for a movie. Especially a four star movie with Phoenix and Hoffman and directed by Thomas. About scientology weirdo. Sorry again. I mean, some of it was good. No boogie nights though.
P.T. Anderson is a humanist? Not a chance. He may be in the sense of the word meaning non-religious, but humanism also indicates a belief in the goodness of mankind. Anderson's films are all about the errors and faults of mankind. He may be the most cynical director there is and perhaps even the LEAST humanistic.
*Punch Drunk Love* and *Boogie Nights* were shit. I've seen *Magnolia* with it's excellent cast too but as I can't remember a single thing about it, so it can't have been that memorable. After watching the trailer to remind myself, I can see why I've forgotten about it as it also looks shit.
I can't remember anything about any of his films. His stories meander and are too long. If not for the remarkable performances from the lead and supporting actors his films would be so so.
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If it deserves all the Oscars, but wins very few of them.
That makes no sense.
@@sjelliott6660 Are you stupid? It means he makes quality films, but do not fall under the “Oscar-bait” category that the Academy prefers.
Unnecessarily depressing biopics with somber musical scores, a stacked A-list cast, backed by a big studio, whose producers violently campaign for it.
Crazy how most people wouldn’t know his name. My favorite director
koth Even more crazy is how some confuse him and Paul Anderson (Resident Evil films).
Just another random person on the Internet I mean in all fairness there names are pretty damn similar
PTA is very underrated
People don't give a shit about directors. It's upsetting when you really love movies.
@@amsheel9921 Paul W S Anderson not to be confused with Wes Anderson or Paul Thomas Anderson
All of his films are masterpieces
idimajo agreed
idimajo good point. The Master and Boogie Nights are my personal faves.
Well, except for Hard Eight. It's good as a debut feature but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, which it's totally okay, he was beginning his career. I agree with all the rest though.
None of them are
@@HelloSpyMyLie your a Micheal Bay fan ....right?
Too bad that Philip Seymour Hoffman is no longer around, he was one of PTA's frequent collaborators.
Don't forget John C Reilly. I'd love to see the two collab again.
@@gabrielidusogie9189 John C Reilly is criminally underrated as a dramatic actor.
Carol From HR he genuinely made me feel excited for Burger Barn in Gilbert Grape
Yes.
Yes.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Greatest film of the 2000s
MULHOLLAND DRIVE: greatest film of the 2000s.
Birth
Star Fucker, EUREKA: greatest film of the 2000's.
No Country for Old Men
That would be The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
PT Anderson changed my life and mindsets..... ive studied every one of these movies and lived the whole experience through and through. And can honestly say his work is a part of me now. Thank God for this man and his work.
I don't think PT Anderson's films are about positive self acceptance as much as defeat in front of ones own flaws. In Punch-Drunk Love, Adam Sandler's character refuses to seek help for his anger issues and instead finds a girl who tolerates them. In Phantom Thread, the two leads allow their mutually unhealthy relationship to continue. In almost all PT Anderson's films, the "happy ending" isn't actually happy at all, but is portrayed as happy, because it involves toxic people forming toxic relationships and staying in them. It's portrayed as happy, because it's from the perspective of the characters who don't know that they're in a really bad situation. It's a sugar coating on a harsh reality.
In the master also
Plex finding your own happy 🤷🏽♂️
Interesting point but I disagree with your Punch-Drunk Love angle. Barry does try to help him selves by reaching out to the doctor/dentist, asking him to get in touch with a therapist. But he continuously gets shot down as no one he trusts actually follows through e.g the doctor, phone sex line and all his sisters repeatedly. Lena comes into his life helps him with the self-acceptance he desperately needs.
The Master and Boogie Nights are probably the happiest endings I’ve seen from PTA.
The ending of MAgnolia is a great example of that
How you all are able to personify so many of my heroes careers into deeply resonant analysis is incredible and completely uncommon for the video essay format. I love everything about this, about PTA, and about your writing staff. Thank you so much
Man...just that clip of Phillip Seymour Hoffman from "The Master" leaves me in awe. What an incredible, one-of-a-kind performance.
Best American director! Period!
David Lynch. Period.
David Lynch. Period.²
Lynch is kinda in his own league since he has Twin Peaks and other artistic pursuits, but his movies are more hit or miss.
Paul Thomas Anderson has made nothing but great movies, and his craft gets better with every film.
will reznicek you say this as if it’s objective
Pault Thomas Anderson... Wes Anderson ... That Ander folk can be proud of his sons.
I freaking love this series of videos
I love you ScreenPrism and that's not just lip service. Excellent quality.
My ranking of PTA’s films..
1. The Master
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Magnolia
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Boogie Nights
6. Phantom Thread
7. Hard Eight
8. Inherent Vice
VB MUTT in my opinion Inherent Vice is his best one. It's a very underrated movie.
I would switch The Master and There Will Be Blood otherwise I completely agree with your list. I haven't found many people that rank the movies in the same order as me, I always thought The Master was an overlooked masterpiece.
What's Inherent Vice doing in the end? It's one of his best movies...
The Dude, eh it's not better than the top 5 he listed. I'd probably put it at 6th
No one cares. Glazer > PTA
I like the voice behind this video. So many film related videos are faux ponderous.
I've no real problem with pondering but it is really only watchable if there are a ton of ideas, original ideas, behind it. Often in other channels in a 16 minute video only five minutes with have any analysis in it.
This video was informative and straightforward and it was refreshing.
Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the greats.
I am gonna watch your video, and then...
I am going to DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE.
Hhahahahaha
SLLLLLLLLLLLURPRPRPRPRPRPRPRPPRRPPPRPPRRPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUJGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUU AHHHHHHHHHHHH
@@DomenTheChief I _DRINK_ IT UP!
DRAAAAAAINAAAAAGE!!!
Legit read that in his voice.
The Master is so hardbody.
I gotta check out Phantom Thread which I sense I'll really be into.
wyliebees saw it yesterday... another masterpiece...
Phantom Thread is his best film so far
They're all post-modern films! PTA's work makes for a great segue into post-modern theory. Anyone who loves his work should take the time to study it. Robert Altman's Nashville is a great precursor to Magnolia.
My favorite director
Amazing vid. Love PTA!!
It be great if you guys did one specifically on Inherent Vice. No one's really gone much in depth on the film, and I think it's criminally underrated.
wow didnt know how much i love this guy as a filmmaker as of now. im so dumb...
gorgeous shots
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was one of my favorite actors. Can’t believe he’s gone.
I didn't know about this director until all of the Licorice Pizza hype on twitter. Glad I found out!!
GREAT VIDEO ESSAY.
Greetings from Indonesia.
South East Asia.
You just earned yourself a subscriber
Hands down best director
Please continue this director series.
Could you guys do the coen brothers next? i love this series!
My ranking
8. Hard Eight: 8/10
7. Punch Drunk: Love 9/10
6. Phantom Thread: 9.5/10
5. The Master: 9.5/10
4. Inherent Vice 10/10
3. Boogie Nights: 10/10
2. There Will Be Blood: 10/10
1. Magnolia
agree
A+ for Paul Thomas Anderson
I’d love to see one on Robert Altman.
Haut Strange would’ve been awesome to see a crossover of Altman and Anderson!
@@danbam3411 Anderson acted as a director stand-in when Altman was making his last movie when he was dying. He dedicated There Will Be Blood to him.
Rickard Kaufman yes that’s correct!
@@danbam3411 I have only seen one Altman film which was M*A*S*H which was exceptionally great if I saw more of the show it was based on.
@@danbam3411 And some of Altman's films served as an inspiration for PTA like Boogie Nights which I heard took inspiration from Nashville.
And to think he was gonna direct Metal Gear Solid. It would've been damn awesome, not to mention thought-provoking and experimental.
Boogie nights is one of the best movies ever
When the cast gets Oscar nominations. That's usually a hint that it's a PTA film.
merci
jonny greenwood is the man. i hope him and PTA collab forever
Do Paul W.S. Anderson!
“Everything is mashed together so you don’t see nothing.”
If the film is excellent
You'll know it's Paul Thomas Anderson if...... it says his name in the credits.
The only thing I know that if it’s a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, Daniel Day-Lewis is in there.
But he was only in two of his movies. Makes more sense to use an actor whose in lots of his films like Phillip Seymour Hoffman
IS THIS GIRLS OWESOME OR WHAT? WHAT AMAZING VIDEOS
I love Inherent Vice
Nope. It's 1 of just 3 Adam Sandler films that I think are shit, yet most people say it's Sandler's best.
It depends on whether you like patronising arty nonsense, or not.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is another overrated 'comedy' which I'd describe as patronising arty nonsense.
Daniel Gardecki You thumb up your own comments mate 😂😂
Very much worth watching. My second favorite PTA film
Carcosa yep great film
I've seen all PTA, haven't regretted watching a single one, including Hard Eight. The man just has an amazing filmography.
Guess Hard Eight doesnt fit this videos narrative.....
I think he said somewhere that it's the only movie where he had to make a lot of leeway because of producer pressure.
I know the perfect book for PTA to adapt as a film.:James Gould Cozzens 1949 Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece about three days of escalating racial and sexual conflicts in a huge Army Air Force base at the height of World War 2, Guard Of Honor.
Okay. That’s that.
Do David Fincher!!
IF THIS CHANEL DON'T GET 1 MILLION SUB. I QUIT RUclips I PROMISE
GREAT VIDEO.
His films arent loud. Silence use very well used. His films are well paced
please do one for david fincher
PTA ANS NOLAN ARE THE GOATS ❤️
no Sydney?
You know you’re watching a PTA film if.... his name is at the beginning
She sounds like Sortilege
What's the name of the last song?
No love for Hard Eight.
Pretty sure it's gonna be Noob-Noob on the Iron throne.
I don't agree with your ultimate conclusion on how he tackles religion. He's observing its potential power as well as its destructiveness and its hypocrisy. Those latter aspects are pretty essential to his work.
I think Anderson is fascinated by religion, by both its positive and negative aspects. And more than anything, he seems to explore the ways in which religion can be perverted and used for bad purposes. Not necessarily critiquing religion *per se.* I remember hearing interviews with him after The Master came out, and people would of course ask him what he thought about Scientology, and his answers were always so open-minded and agnostic about it. I remember he said something like (paraphrasing), "Some of the stuff you see in any religion is pretty crazy, but you also can't deny that sometimes religion does something good for some people on a personal level. If you get something good out of it, and it's working for you in your life, and you're not hurting anyone else, then good for you." Even the film itself remained very aloof and agnostic about "The Cause." Sure there are moments when it is not shown in the most positive light, but there are also moments where it seems like Freddie is "getting better" in some way and benefiting somehow from his meeting Dodd. I loved how open-ended the film was. I honestly consider Anderson to be almost a spiritual filmmaker.
How does Hard Eight work within your theory.
7 minutes can be a waste of time. This is totally the opposite. You get into PTA heart and mind. Much like in his films, not a second is wasted. It takes true fans to come up with that. Fans who seem to be his best friends. Congrats. That was a tour de force.
Make a video on Martin Scorsese
How about David Fincher?
He's not my favorite director I think (That place is occupied by David Lynch or Scorsese)... But if I were one, I would definitely be him, his movies are kind of familiar to me. His style, shots, use of score and soundtrack are exactly how I would like to direct a movie.
Bearded Pete me too man
Please do Sorrentino
The Dostoevsky of Cinema
Could you please make more of this with european directors?:)
Anyone understand the ending to magnolia
Who the hell is Ball Vomit Anderson?
Great title!!!, all along I thought it was Michael Bay.
Do david fincher
That's rape
*DO EDGAR WRIGHT*
Good video but I disagree with one thing, I believe of corse Daniel Plainview ( there will be blood) did love his adopted son.
PTA talks about this in his reddit AMA!
6:10
The ideal figures in his movies displays the negative side of them or the true vulnerability generally in humans. Like tom Cruise character in magnolia, paul dano in twbb and philip Hoffman all lose it at one point.
PTA forever.
Nothing he's done after Magnolia counts.
The only flaw in PTA’s entire career: Casting Reese Witherspoon in Inherent Vice.
I think Coral will survive this.
Do a Guy Ritchie film
PTA University!
do Wes Anderson like are those two related
Nah, they're not related. They're both absolute geniuses tho.
you know. its a tom hanks film if ......
do baz luhrmann
divers and sapokanikan music videos?
Do jason reitman please?
do SPIELBERG
Paul Thomas Anderson is God.
Please do Big Hero 6!
I WILL BE LOVE BE IN A DATE WITH THIS GIRL AND JUST TALK ABOUT MOVIES
gl
I thought the master was boring. Sorry. Sometimes you have too high of expectations for a movie. Especially a four star movie with Phoenix and Hoffman and directed by Thomas. About scientology weirdo. Sorry again. I mean, some of it was good.
No boogie nights though.
P.T. Anderson is a humanist? Not a chance. He may be in the sense of the word meaning non-religious, but humanism also indicates a belief in the goodness of mankind. Anderson's films are all about the errors and faults of mankind. He may be the most cynical director there is and perhaps even the LEAST humanistic.
.....If you've never heard of most of his films, or you few you have watched were shit.
Nice try
*Punch Drunk Love* and *Boogie Nights* were shit. I've seen *Magnolia* with it's excellent cast too but as I can't remember a single thing about it, so it can't have been that memorable. After watching the trailer to remind myself, I can see why I've forgotten about it as it also looks shit.
+Daniel Gardecki (Danstarr69) your problem
lol this dude straight-up liked his own comments.
Wtf you talking about? Punch Drunk-Love and Boogie Nights are shit? You drunk?
I can't remember anything about any of his films. His stories meander and are too long. If not for the remarkable performances from the lead and supporting actors his films would be so so.
This analysis sucks.