Boogie Nights (1997) - Unpacking PTA
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PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY MARATHONEveryone is blessed with one special thing. For PTA, it seems to be film making.It's 1977, and teenage busboy Eddie Adams gets discovered by Jack Horner, who takes him under his wing and transforms him into the adult-film sensation: Dirk Diggler.Rhys and Kane bite off PTA's second feature, which already packs in a giant ensemble, and shoves its audience deep into the adult-film-industry of the 1970s. There's drugs, blood, inspirational character t...
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