![]() ![]() The prologue is very well done, doing a good job of drawing in the viewer. But I did not want to miss a single second of Mr. I really had to go to the bathroom the whole time. Even if you are as strong an advocate of the film as I am, you will think that it is long. Clocking in at about three hours and ten minutes, "Magnolia" is long. ![]() Many who I saw the movie with grumbled repeatedly about it's length. ![]() Like Fincher(Fight Club), Mendes(American Beauty), Jonze(Being John Malkovich), and the Wachowski Brothers(The Matrix), Anderson has created a truly unique film that stretches the boundaries of cinema. Anderson's cinematic flamboyance, technical bravura, and inspired storytelling ability make him a talent who is emblematic of the resurrgence in creative and dynamic filmmaking that has occured in this past year. I also was delighted to have found a new and exciting director whose career and films I will be sure to follow. However, I was surprised to discover an intimate look into the damaged lives of several very interesting, well-developed characters. The first encounter that I ever had with Paul Thomas Anderson was through "Boogie Nights." I admit, I first saw it because of I heard that it was about the porn industry. ![]()
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