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Makayla 2022-10-11 04:55:17
The coffee adventures inherited from the short film are extended here to extend the concept of the long story. In fact, the simple and clean actors are...
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Iliana 2022-10-09 06:59:09
Paul Thomas Anderson’s debut work, now seems to be a gathering of stars. After several starring roles, he has collaborated with PTA many times. The long shots in the casino are just like fake PTA signatures. The story itself is relatively gentle, the rhythm is slow and slow, and the ending is very satisfactory. The feeling of "father and son" in the film is a bit touching. The motif of atonement and salvation has been repeated in the director's works since then. PS: So far, all PTA works have...
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Herminio 2022-10-03 15:00:50
It's not the kind of movie with the God of Gamblers' routine, and it's a lone hero...
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Karelle 2022-09-29 21:33:23
paul thomas anderson's debut novel is really...
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Frieda 2022-09-29 20:57:28
The early works of paul thomas anderson are more alternative father-son love stories. Compared with his later masterpiece "Magnolia", the plot is much simpler and flat. Some European films have the illusion of a general...
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Melisa 2022-09-29 17:41:26
It's like a gossip about the rivers and lakes, the old man talks about the young people listening, and the young people want to listen to the strangeness, the old man just cares about the light and...
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Aidan 2022-09-29 17:34:19
The pta debut is such a strong lineup, and Hoffman missed...
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Vinnie 2022-09-29 16:45:40
The casino is very chaotic, but in this film I feel a trace of tranquility and effortlessness, like the inattentiveness of the end of the film covering the...
Hard Eight Comments
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Orin 2022-09-29 16:50:15
Good in its own category
Not my favorite PTAnderson movie, since as I pointed out elsewhere, I see the father-son obsession in American films an intolerable cliche. But the acting is very strong, and the plot, in spite of all the drama, is quite plausible.
Philip Baker Hall here plays an aged and tired professional...
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Sydney: [John has called Sydney to his hotel room asking for help. Sydney knocks, John answers from behind the closed door] John?
Sydney: ...Sid?
Sydney: Yeah. Open up.
John Finnegan: ...everything cool?
Sydney: What? Yeah, everything's cool. Are you alright?
John Finnegan: I'm fine.
Sydney: You gonna open the door?
John Finnegan: I said on the phone, you know... it's kinda screwed up.
Sydney: Yeah, so? Open the door, let's see what's going on.
John Finnegan: ...you promise you'll help me?
Sydney: [growing exasperated] John, it's cold out here, open the door.
John Finnegan: ...is everything cool?
Sydney: John, open the goddamn door, will ya?
Sydney: [John finally unlocks and opens the door; Sydney enters] Now what's going on, John?
John Finnegan: Just - shut the door.
[the door is closed]
Sydney: Why are the lights out?
John Finnegan: Okay, Sid?
Sydney: Okay I'm not gonna...
John Finnegan: -let's just leave them off for a second...
Sydney: -I'm not gonna stand here with the lights out.
[Sydney flips the light on]
John Finnegan: Okay now, you promised you'd help me.
Sydney: ...what is this, John?
John Finnegan: I'm sorry, Sid.
Sydney: John, what is this? Who is this man?
John Finnegan: He's uh... he's a hostage.
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Sydney: Never ignore a man's courtesy.
