Boogie Nights
1997 Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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Everyone has one special thing.
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
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"I am a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I am a big, bright, shining star. That's right."
Dirk DigglerThe Streak continues! I've now seen all but one of PTA's films (Hard Eight) and I still haven't rated one below 4 stars. The quote I started this review with definitely applies to Paul Thomas Anderson in my opinion. The guy simply hasn't made a bad film.
If you're one of the few who haven't seen this film, (I just saw it for the first time) it has a lot to do with porn and Dirk Diggler's (Mark Wahlberg) meteoric rise and fall in that world. His real name is Eddie Adams and he wants to…
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s sophomore effort is a swaggering, sprawling and supremely confident ensemble drama chronicling the rise and fall of porn star, Dirk Diggler. Anderson’s detractors, particularly during his early days, were quick to point out his style cribbed from past masters and it is a valid complaint, to a point. Yet, whilst the film is obviously inspired both by Scorsese during the bravura technical sequences and Altman in the way the individual stories are deftly interwoven, it rarely feels derivative. Anderson is always able to put his own spin on proceedings whether it is through his technical craft or ability to write great characters. The last point is particularly important and it is as a writer that I feel…
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Boogie Nights is another impressive work from Paul Thomas Anderson. Not only he captured the whole environment of the late 70s and early 80s very well, but he also he brought us memorable characters once again. I really enjoyed the fast cutting editing technique used by the director and how there were many fancy shots too. It was great to see the rise and fall of the main star Dirk Diggler and the path each of his colleagues took. In addition, it was interesting to follow the struggle of Jack Horner, the porn director, to accept the transition of shooting his movies on videotape instead of film and how the actors had to face prejudice and disapproval for being part of the porn industry. Boogie Nights has a lot of hilarious moments, managing to be constantly entertaining, but it's also a brutal and dramatic experience at times. A must-see!!
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Hell yes!!!! That's what I call a movie. Boogie Nights is a masterpiece and one of the best I've ever seen. It must have been a huge risk at the time. There are any number of things that could've gone wrong to turn audiences off, but everything about this film is absolutely perfect. I wouldn't change a single thing! I love Boogie Nights because of how richly it explores themes of transition and loss of control. The myriad characters are extremely well-developed, and it doesn't hurt that they are likable! The music is absolutely brilliant. Technically, this film shows that PT Anderson knew what he was doing very early on in his career and that he was gunning for the…
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Film recommended by: Mark JewissYou don't know what I can do! You don't know what I can do, what I'm gonna do, or what I'm gonna be!
-Eddie Adams (aka: Dirk Diggler)Paul Thomas Anderson's second outing as writer/director often gets criticized for aping other great directors like Martin Scorsese being one example. Now I mention Scorsese in particular because anyone who's ever watched one of his films with the director's commentary on will know that he freely and openly points out scenes from his films that are inspired by other great works that he greatly admires.
To me, PT Anderson is simply doing the same here. It's not as if these various…
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Paul Thomas Anderson 'Boogie Nights' is when Marky Mark turn into Mark Wahlberg, the man gave such a great performance that I could keep on making fun of his white rapper alter ego anymore.
'Boogie Nights' open up with a continuous shot blasting on "Best of My Love" by The Emotions. the shot purpose is to introduce the cast, but the real reason was, Paul Thomas Anderson showing-off, he wanted to make it clear, this is not another 70"s retro type of a film, he wanted to pull me in for two hours and half into this…
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Paul Thomas Anderson's follow up to his first film, Hard Eight, is the film that put the director/writer on the map and for good reason. I've liked or very much loved almost every single film I've seen from him, but I have yet to see There Will Be Blood and Hard Eight. With his very memorable characters and amazing dialogue, Paul Thomas Anderson is one director that I have grown very fond of and is one of my favorite directors of all time.
Set from the late 70's to the early 80's, Boogie Nights follows Eddie Adams, a 17-year-old who works at a nightclub, who one night meets big time adult film producer, Jack Horner. He immediately sees potential in…
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Best film of the 90's, one of the greatest films of all time. The first half is great but the second half of the film is what makes it a masterpiece. Everyone talks about the Sister Christian/Jessie's Girl scene which is great but the best scene is the Rollergirl beat down/donut shop robbery/Dirk whoring scene with the bell chiming and everything ominously dark lit. Paul Thomas Anderson continues to make great films but this is the one they will remember him by.
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A cinematic masterpiece. A superb ensemble cast portraying brilliantly written characters. A tale of family, human insecurity and acceptance. Paul Thomas Anderson's best film to date. Unbelievable. Perfect.
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One of the most evocative and atmospheric things I have ever seen to date - the photography, the costume, the Scorsese tracking shots, the lot. Sadly PTA doesn't always follow through with this excellence to a story to match his ridiculously perfect visuals. Saying that though, the story's still much more rewarding and intricate than most films, it just tends to pale next to everything else
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Cuando Mark Walhberg aún no era hostiable del todo.
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I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of the movie, but as with most PT Anderson movies, it just started to drag and get redundant.
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A movie about the porn industry. This film is extraordinary. Paul Thomas Anderson is a master writer and cinematographer.
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gotta watch this and the master and compare them
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I didn't like this movie. I appreciate it's unique plot and good cast, but I wasn't interested in it at almost any point. To me, it felt like it didn't know if it wanted to be satire or not. But by the end, when all the shit goes down (seriously, 3 random, violent incidents at the same time?) it was obvious I was suppose to care more about these characters than I did.