Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks

Hardback

Main Details

Title Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adam Nayman
Producer Little White Lies
Foreword by the Safdie Brothers
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 293,Width 246
Category/GenreIndividual film directors and film-makers
ISBN/Barcode 9781419744679
ClassificationsDewey:791.430233092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Abrams
Imprint Abrams
Publication Date 20 October 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as a true auteur and among the foremost filmmaking talents of his generation. His films have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with the finest actors of our time, including Daniel Day Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, Anderson's entire oeuvre-from Boogie Nights (1997), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012) to his music videos for Radiohead to his early short films-is examined in illustrated detail for the first time. Anderson's influences, his style, and the recurring themes of reinvention, alienation, destiny, and ambition that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by firsthand interviews with Anderson's closest collaborators and illuminated by film stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and a vibrant, engaging design aesthetic. Masterworks is a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world.

Author Biography

Adam Nayman is the author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together and is a contributing editor to Cinema Scope. Little White Lies is one of the world's preeminent film magazines, pairing a unique editorial angle with beautiful illustration and worldclass design.

Reviews

"A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson."--Variety Magazine "This career retrospective, full of lavish photographs from his best-loved films, is enough to inspire that budding director in your life, or provide a gateway to revisit old favorites without firing up their Blu-ray player."--A.Frame