![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a saga about family-the chosen kind, or at least the happened-upon kind-filtered through the disco-inflected California porn scene of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. But this is a rare behemoth unburdened by its running time, exemplifying Anderson’s masterly control.īoogie Nights established Anderson’s sense of scale. When asked what he would redo about the film during a Reddit AMA four years ago, he responded, “Chill the f-ck out and cut 20 minutes.” Could it use a trim? Sure. Anderson milks the conventions of melodrama, assigning everyone’s experiences-no matter how mudaneor misguided-near-epic scope. Any choice a character makes sets off a chain reaction that spirals through the various narratives, which coalesce around a biblical squall in which frogs tumble from the heavens. Magnolia, with its feverish performances (Julianne Moore! Tom Cruise! Jason Robards! Melora Walters!) and where-the-hell-is-this-going velocity, is a movie about choices. What resulted was a three-hour mosaic of psychological freak-outs inspired by his stint as a PA on Quiz Kids Challenge, Aimee Mann’s music and the San Fernando Valley. Following the success of Boogie Nights in 1997, the suits at New Line Cinema gave Anderson carte blanche.
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