A heavily illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey of the 8-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director
Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as a true auteur and among the foremost flmmaking talents of his generation. His flms have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with the fnest actors of our time, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hofman. 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 flms-is examined in illustrated detail for the frst time.
Anderson's infuences, his style, and the recurring themes of reinvention, alienation, destiny, and ambition that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by frsthand interviews with Anderson's closest collaborators and illuminated by flm 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.
"Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as "one of American film's modern masters" and "the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation." Anderson's ga slms have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with many of the most accomplished actors of our time, including Lesley Ann Manville, Julianne Moore, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Ho man. In Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, Anderson's entire career--from Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), and Phantom Thread (2017) to his music videos for Radiohead to his early short ga slms--is examined in illustrated detail for the ga srst time. Anderson's in gb suences, his style, and the recurring themes of alienation, reinvention, ambition, and destiny that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by ga srsthand interviews with Anderson's closest collaborators--including producer JoAnne Sellar, actor Vicky Krieps, and composer Jonny Greenwood--and illuminated by ga slm stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and an appropriately psychedelic design aesthetic. Masterworks is a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world. "--Provided by publisher.
