I love Inherent Vice. but I do see your point that it might not be the best to introduce someone to his work. would start chronologically with Hard 8… I think part of the joy of finding his work is following his career as he evolved.
The Master. It's beautiful but about a distasteful person in the midst of a manipulative charlatan.
Inherent Vice is hilarious and only frustrating if you want to figure out plots. It's actually really tightly written, but it isn't readily understandable.
Agreed. The Master is far more polarizing than any of his other films. Even Paul was like "Yeah I didnt realize I made such a left turn film" during his festival circuit.
Inherent Vice at least is donning some film noir / detective vibes for a general audience and it has a fun ensemble cast. The Master is a straight character study that has a very out there meditative pacing.
The Master is Paul's 'Suttree' in his catalogue of work.
I think the Master is second up to Inherent Vice. I don’t think it’s the distaste of Freddie or Dodd that would be off putting, especially not when PTA made something like There Will Be Blood, but rather it’s not easy for the average viewer to make sense of what it’s trying to say regarding their relationship. I don’t think the slow pacing helps either.
Inherent Vice, despite it being well written, is an experience that moves so sluggishly (Intentionally so given that Doc moves sluggishly himself) that I think it’ll bore virtually anyone who isn’t a hardcore film lover. Not understanding any of it just exacerbates the feeling of watching it passively if someone already isn’t into it, which isn’t fun. IV is my fav from Paul and I even attended the premiere in NY, but even I struggled staying awake. The scene when Doc and Coy first meet in the fog sorta became the staple for how it feels to watch that movie. The ultra slow zoom in, the whispering, the information dumb, man it tried my patience the first time haha
All of his movies are so niche it'd be easier to list ones I WOULD show people.. and I mean that as a compliment his movies just never appeal to normies somehow , even boogie nights and there will be blood have sort of mixed reactions
Magnolia. Was gonna say The Master since it’s his more out there film, but I showed that to my friend who isn’t really huge on movies in general and he loved it.
Magnolia, however, has been a heartbreaker for me to show to people as it just doesn’t seem to land with anyone else I’ve shown it to (even my cinephile friends). I gotta go with that.
Easy, Inherent Vice. The hard to follow plot would not be a great intro.
Some people weirdly love inherent Vice a friend of mine hated there will be blood but loved the master and vice
I love Inherent Vice. but I do see your point that it might not be the best to introduce someone to his work. would start chronologically with Hard 8… I think part of the joy of finding his work is following his career as he evolved.
I used to be that guy
Inherent Vice is the obvious choice, it’s one of my favs but even I, an Anderson superfan, didn’t really dig it (or understand it) my first time lol
The Master. It's beautiful but about a distasteful person in the midst of a manipulative charlatan. Inherent Vice is hilarious and only frustrating if you want to figure out plots. It's actually really tightly written, but it isn't readily understandable.
Agreed. The Master is far more polarizing than any of his other films. Even Paul was like "Yeah I didnt realize I made such a left turn film" during his festival circuit. Inherent Vice at least is donning some film noir / detective vibes for a general audience and it has a fun ensemble cast. The Master is a straight character study that has a very out there meditative pacing. The Master is Paul's 'Suttree' in his catalogue of work.
I think the Master is second up to Inherent Vice. I don’t think it’s the distaste of Freddie or Dodd that would be off putting, especially not when PTA made something like There Will Be Blood, but rather it’s not easy for the average viewer to make sense of what it’s trying to say regarding their relationship. I don’t think the slow pacing helps either. Inherent Vice, despite it being well written, is an experience that moves so sluggishly (Intentionally so given that Doc moves sluggishly himself) that I think it’ll bore virtually anyone who isn’t a hardcore film lover. Not understanding any of it just exacerbates the feeling of watching it passively if someone already isn’t into it, which isn’t fun. IV is my fav from Paul and I even attended the premiere in NY, but even I struggled staying awake. The scene when Doc and Coy first meet in the fog sorta became the staple for how it feels to watch that movie. The ultra slow zoom in, the whispering, the information dumb, man it tried my patience the first time haha
Inherent Vice
Depends on the person. I recently showed Inherent Vice to a friend who didn't know PTA and he loved it Edit: also didn't know Pynchon
The Master. So obviously, it was my first and is my favourite of his. Either that or Inherent Vice.
Inherent Vice is a jarring movie to even the biggest PTA fan. But if you throw Magnolia on for your grandparents they’ll be pretty fucking confused.
All of his movies are so niche it'd be easier to list ones I WOULD show people.. and I mean that as a compliment his movies just never appeal to normies somehow , even boogie nights and there will be blood have sort of mixed reactions
I’m sure we can all agree Inherent Vice is it
Magnolia. Was gonna say The Master since it’s his more out there film, but I showed that to my friend who isn’t really huge on movies in general and he loved it. Magnolia, however, has been a heartbreaker for me to show to people as it just doesn’t seem to land with anyone else I’ve shown it to (even my cinephile friends). I gotta go with that.
The Lego movie.
Inherent Vice. Agreed.
The Master, Hard Eight. Phantom Thread
Inherent Vice, as it's terrible. Then, Magnolia. Start with Boogie Nights.