Hard Eight (Sydney): Paul Thomas Anderson's unknown debut - Four Play Ep. 29 (Anderson)
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Hard Eight kicks off our Paul Thomas Anderson arc as we focus on his first feature length film, which very few people have seen. Boasting a stunning cast of many actors before they became famous, including John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, the film delivers extraordinary performances. The movie was made on a small $3 million budget and therefore focuses on the dialogue and performances in intimate locations instead of extensive action. Hard Eight serves as a foundation for understanding PTA's oeuvre and we heartily recommend watching it before delving deeper into his catalogue.
Paul Thomas Anderson arc: Hard Eight, Magnolia, The Master, Phantom Thread
Editing by Adanion
Art by Atantalas
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0:00:00 - Intro to Paul Thomas Anderson and the films in the arc
0:07:14 - Hard Eight as an intro to PTA's films and his recurring cast members
0:22:30 - Summary of the film and discussing the identities of the characters
0:34:07 - Old vs New Vegas vs Reno and Sydney vs Jimmy
0:42:09 - Gambling symbolism
0:48:59 - The performances of now-famous actors before they were famous
0:54:03 - Rich's stories of living in Vegas and John C. Reilly's performance
1:08:05 - PTA as a writer and his comedy chops
1:19:01 - PTA's artistry and openness to interpretation
1:26:05 - PTA's subsequent films and final thoughts
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I would be interested in a "Thorin picks", "Monte picks" and "Richard picks" arch. Especially one where Monte picks all 4 movies and the two Brits spend 90% of each episode railing him for his selections.
Wait that concept is fire. Monte picks a sleeper pick they go in to shit on but end up loving it on the rewatch
I'd actually like to see the reaction of Richard & Thorin to watching Surf Ninjas 🤣🤣 the one that DoA made Monte watch lol
Was 97% of the way through the video, sitting here thinking "where is my roger ebert flame" then Richard swoops in to save the day ❤
All my homies love Four Play.
Wouldn't have watched this without it being part of this series, and once again, I'm glad i did. Lovely gem of a movie.
Really enjoyed this film. Wouldn’t have ever watched it without this show.
Truly grateful for this show. I've seen so many great movies the past few months I wouldn't've seen or even heard of otherwise. Not just the titular movies, but the ones mentioned in passing during the discussions.
I hope they expand to cover TV-show as well. One of my favorite shows is from the network FX/FXX: You're the Worst. Even if you find the premise of a romcom/anti-romcom uninteresting, it's still worth watching for the performance of the cast and the cinematography alone. The standout cast member is the female lead, Aya Cash. It has great dark humor, "I didn't know it was a school".
Another more current example of a fantastic show is Bill Haders Barry on HBO. It's probably the best paced show I've ever seen. It's full of whiplashes where scenes can go from hilarious one-liners to grim drama.
This was a good watch. Above average movie that you mostly enjoy as you watch it and then it leaves your system until you are reminded of it somehow and you think to yourself "Oh yeah, that was good film".
Yeah definitely the vibe
Banger movie, would probably never have watched it if it weren't for this!
This is my favorite podcast. Like P. T. A. brings out new dimensions in famous actors, the more serious and personal subject of this podcast brings out new sides of you too which I didn't know were there from your work in e-sports.
Thank you again guys! This show is my favorite podcast on RUclips.
The Sisters Brothers is so good and soothing for the soul!!! thanks for talking about it at 1:16:30 Richie!
Best podcast on the internet 🙏
Thanks
I was really impressed by this movie, saw a lot of the early hints of PTA's style in the film making. Very good first showing.
perfect timing!
Very nice video guys yes!
I have only seen punch drunk love prior to this arc by PTA. I watched this and wasn't as warm on it as the guys were here. I acknowledge the acting, the characters and setting was all really well done but the movie is just too simple, slow and ultimately boring for my taste. Solid 6/10 imo. Really looking forward to the upcoming films. great episode.
Baker Hall is one of the best character actors ever! We don't remember his name because he disappears into roles.
I'll be that smartarse, I watched Hard Eight since I'm a big PTA fan and I subscribe to Thorin's method of going back with directors I like to watch all their films. Add on to that, I love movies in this setting. If anyone else feels the same, the best gambling movie I've ever watched is California Split. Would absolutely love a Robert Altman director series from you guys!
I would love to see you have a arch on Korean Cinema/ Japanese Cinema four play.
My picks would be Old Boy, the Wailling, Mother and Snowpiercer for the Korean Arch for example.
Thorin is a fan of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story? Something tells me The Righteous Gemstones would be right up his alley
Looking forward to a Nolan arc.
I love everything by PTA. I glaze the fuck out of his movies, except Licorice Pizza. I think he's a genius, and I've seen all of his movies before this so I'm excited to see what they have to say.
Lol I resent that, I watched this movie for this episode. It was a good movie and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Although at the end it felt like it was lacking a little bit of something. I'm not sure what it was lacking but when I got to the end I felt like something was missing from the movie where if it was filled it would have been a great movie.
Time to rent another movie lol
They can do a 1995/2005/2007 series.
I tried to find the trailer Richard mentioned but couldn't.
I didn't think you went hard enough on Dune 1 and 2. Their flaws made the positives void for me.
I got Jackie Brown vibes from this film and I think QT took from this movie.
It
Unknown? Really?
I'm dreading a Magnolia rewatch, Lord beer me strength. Also 'There will be blood' is crap c'mon now
Honestly bro, stupid ass opinion
Whenever I rewatch Magnolia, Tom Cruise saves it. The runtime is a bit excruciating though lol
@@bettinggetter it is a long ass movie.
@@bettinggetter What's funny is Tom Cruise is one of the worst parts of it for me.
There will be blood was boring and a massive waste of time
L take. Trying to be contrarian for fun.
Nah.. it was actually a great movie.