"For card-carrying members of the tribe (and I'm absolutely one of them), the arrival of a new Paul Thomas Anderson film is an event equal in magnitude to Christmas Day meets the World Cup final meets McDonald's bringing back the McRib. PTA as the heads call him may not be the most famous director of his age (Spielberg, Cameron, Scorsese,"
"That description barely scratches the surface of a film that features surreal racist political sects, machine-gun-toting pregnant bank robbers, and Benicio del Toro as a brilliantly unflappable smuggler-slash-sensei. It's a hell of a ride: ambitious, funny, scary, and poignant in parts. The PTA crew are going to love it and I suspect plenty of others will too. At odds with the fervour of PTA fans is another no less cultish group: Oscar voters. Historically, that tribe has been far less receptive to the director's charms"
Release day for One Battle After Another is a major event for cinephiles, Letterboxd users, and devoted Paul Thomas Anderson fans. Paul Thomas Anderson inspires obsessive enthusiasm among his advocates and is widely adored by his fanbase despite not being the most famous contemporary director. The film adapts Thomas Pynchon's Vineland extremely loosely and centers on Leonardo DiCaprio as a former far-left revolutionary turned schlubby father protecting his daughter from a psychotic colonel played by Sean Penn. The plot includes surreal racist sects, machine-gun-toting pregnant bank robbers, and Benicio del Toro as an unflappable smuggler. The film combines ambition, humor, fear, and poignancy, and it may appeal beyond PTA's core fans. Academy voting bodies have historically been chilly toward Anderson; he has accrued 11 Oscar nominations to date.
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