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Also known for working with composers named after some variation of "Jon".
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** As of late, [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Jonny Greenwood]] has been his composer from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' onwards.
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If Creator/RobertAltman and Creator/MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
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If Creator/RobertAltman and Creator/MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], love]] and Creator/StanleyKubrick was the godfather, P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
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* OldShame: In the commentary for it, he regards his first movie, {{Film/Hard Eight}} with a mixture of dread and contempt, calling it by it's original title, [[InsistentTerminology "Sydney"]] and talking about the ExecutiveMeddling it faced.
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* OldShame: In the commentary for it, he regards his first movie, {{Film/Hard Eight}} ''{{Film/Hard Eight}}'' with a mixture of dread and contempt, calling it by it's original title, [[InsistentTerminology "Sydney"]] ''Sydney'']] and talking about the ExecutiveMeddling it faced.
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* CreatorProvincialism: Tends to set his movies in his childhood home of the San Fernando Valley.
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* OldShame: In the commentary for it, he regards his first movie, Hard Eight {{Film/Hard Eight}} with a mixture of dread and contempt, calling it by it's original title, [[InsistentTerminology "Sydney"]] and talking about the ExecutiveMeddling it faced.
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* AuteurLicense: Gained one after ''Film/BoogieNights'' and kept it ever since.
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* NoEnding / GainaxEnding: All his films from ''Film/Magnolia'' onwards have had one or both endings.
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* OldShame: In the commentary for it, he regards his first movie, Hard Eight with a mixture of dread and contempt, calling it by it's original title, [[InsistentTerminology "Sydney"]] and talking about the ExecutiveMeddling it faced.
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* NoEnding / GainaxEnding: All his films from ''Film/Magnolia'' onwards have had one or both endings.
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* SceneryPorn: Especially ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' and ''Film/TheMaster.'' There's a reason that the former won [[AcademyAwards Best Cinematography.]]
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Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was comedian and voiceover artist Ernie Anderson, aka Creator/{{Ghoulardi}}.
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Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was comedian and voiceover artist Ernie Anderson, aka Creator/{{Ghoulardi}}.
Creator/{{Ghoulardi}}. His partner is MayaRudolph, and they have four children together.
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[[caption-width-right:300:P.T Anderson will not take your shit.]]
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Anderson has been said to belong to the "VCR Generation" of filmmakers, grouped with directors such as QuentinTarantino, RichardLinklater and KevinSmith, and described as filmmakers whose careers were founded not upon film school training, but from an enthusiastic love of movies.
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Anderson has been said to belong to the "VCR Generation" of filmmakers, grouped with directors such as QuentinTarantino, RichardLinklater Creator/QuentinTarantino, Creator/RichardLinklater and KevinSmith, Creator/KevinSmith, and described as filmmakers whose careers were founded not upon film school training, but from an enthusiastic love of movies.
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If RobertAltman and MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was [[{{Ghoulardi}} Ernie Anderson]].
Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before, or with science fiction author P'''o'''ul Anderson.
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was [[{{Ghoulardi}} Ernie Anderson]].
Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before, or with science fiction author P'''o'''ul Anderson.
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If RobertAltman Creator/RobertAltman and MartinScorsese Creator/MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was[[{{Ghoulardi}} comedian and voiceover artist Ernie Anderson]].
Anderson, aka Creator/{{Ghoulardi}}.
Not to be confused withPaulWSAnderson, Creator/PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before, or with science fiction author P'''o'''ul Anderson.
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was
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* DysfunctionJunction: The majority of his characters aren't exactly emotionally stable.
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* SoundtrackDissonanceSoundtrackDissonance: A perfect example would be near the end of ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' in which, after Daniel [[spoiler: kills Eli and announces that he's "finished"]]. What plays right before we get to the credits? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EhQd4nugps This]].
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: His films usually contain at least one moment like this.
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* CultClassic
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: On the cynical side from the word "go".
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Paul Thomas Anderson (more commonly known as P.T. Anderson), is an American filmmaker who has written and directed six films, including ''BoogieNights'', ''{{Magnolia}}'', ''PunchDrunkLove'' and ''ThereWillBeBlood''.
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Paul Thomas Anderson (more commonly known as P.T. Anderson), is an American filmmaker who has written and directed six films, including ''BoogieNights'', ''{{Magnolia}}'', ''PunchDrunkLove'' and ''ThereWillBeBlood''.
''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''.
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* MoodWhiplash: P.T. Anderson is fond of what he describes as "Gearshift Movies". Similarly his films usually contain breakneck tonal shifts. The ending of ''ThereWillBeBlood'' is a notable example.
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* ProductionPosse: Usual suspects include PhilipSeymourHoffman, JulianneMoore, JohnCReilly, Luis Guzman, PhilipBakerHall. Hoffman has been in every P.T.A. movie except ''ThereWillBeBlood''. Robert Elswit whas been the cinematographer for all of them except ''Film/TheMaster''.
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* ProductionPosse: Usual suspects include PhilipSeymourHoffman, JulianneMoore, JohnCReilly, Luis Guzman, PhilipBakerHall. Hoffman has been in every P.T.A. movie except ''ThereWillBeBlood''.''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''. Robert Elswit whas been the cinematographer for all of them except ''Film/TheMaster''.
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Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before.
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Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before.before, or with science fiction author P'''o'''ul Anderson.
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Paul Thomas Anderson (more commonly known as P.T. Anderson), is an American filmmaker who has written and directed five films, including ''BoogieNights'', ''{{Magnolia}}'', ''PunchDrunkLove'' and ''ThereWillBeBlood''.
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Paul Thomas Anderson (more commonly known as P.T. Anderson), is an American filmmaker who has written and directed five six films, including ''BoogieNights'', ''{{Magnolia}}'', ''PunchDrunkLove'' and ''ThereWillBeBlood''.
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* ''Film/TheMaster'' (scheduled for 2012)(2012)
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''BoogieNights'' (1997)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (more commonly known as P.T. Anderson), is an American filmmaker who has written and directed five films, including ''BoogieNights'', ''{{Magnolia}}'', ''PunchDrunkLove'' and ''ThereWillBeBlood''.
Anderson has been said to belong to the "VCR Generation" of filmmakers, grouped with directors such as QuentinTarantino, RichardLinklater and KevinSmith, and described as filmmakers whose careers were founded not upon film school training, but from an enthusiastic love of movies.
If RobertAltman and MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was [[{{Ghoulardi}} Ernie Anderson]].
Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before.
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!!'''Filmography'''
* ''Sydney'' (retitled ''HardEight'')
* ''BoogieNights''
* ''{{Magnolia}}''
* ''PunchDrunkLove''
* ''ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Film/TheMaster'' (scheduled for 2012)
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!!His movies provide examples of:
* {{Angrish}}
* BlackComedy
* ChurchOfHappyology: His [[DevelopmentHell continually delayed]] film ''Film/TheMaster'' sounds suspiciously like a Happyology concept: A "charismatic intellectual" starts a religion in the 1950s.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: His films usually contain at least one moment like this.
* CultClassic
* {{Ensembles}}
* EpicTrackingShot
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* MoodWhiplash: P.T. Anderson is fond of what he describes as "Gearshift Movies". Similarly his films usually contain breakneck tonal shifts. The ending of ''ThereWillBeBlood'' is a notable example.
* TheOner
* PopStarComposer: AimeeMann, Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood have provided scores for his films.
* ProductionPosse: Usual suspects include PhilipSeymourHoffman, JulianneMoore, JohnCReilly, Luis Guzman, PhilipBakerHall. Hoffman has been in every P.T.A. movie except ''ThereWillBeBlood'' and is slated to appear in ''Film/TheMaster''.
* SmashToBlack
* SoundtrackDissonance
* ThrowItIn
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Anderson has been said to belong to the "VCR Generation" of filmmakers, grouped with directors such as QuentinTarantino, RichardLinklater and KevinSmith, and described as filmmakers whose careers were founded not upon film school training, but from an enthusiastic love of movies.
If RobertAltman and MartinScorsese had [[CrackPairing made sweet, passionate love]], P.T. Anderson would have been the fruit of their [[NoYay priapic loins]].
Awful mental pictures aside, his real father was [[{{Ghoulardi}} Ernie Anderson]].
Not to be confused with PaulWSAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before.
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!!'''Filmography'''
* ''Sydney'' (retitled ''HardEight'')
* ''BoogieNights''
* ''{{Magnolia}}''
* ''PunchDrunkLove''
* ''ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Film/TheMaster'' (scheduled for 2012)
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!!His movies provide examples of:
* {{Angrish}}
* BlackComedy
* ChurchOfHappyology: His [[DevelopmentHell continually delayed]] film ''Film/TheMaster'' sounds suspiciously like a Happyology concept: A "charismatic intellectual" starts a religion in the 1950s.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: His films usually contain at least one moment like this.
* CultClassic
* {{Ensembles}}
* EpicTrackingShot
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* MoodWhiplash: P.T. Anderson is fond of what he describes as "Gearshift Movies". Similarly his films usually contain breakneck tonal shifts. The ending of ''ThereWillBeBlood'' is a notable example.
* TheOner
* PopStarComposer: AimeeMann, Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood have provided scores for his films.
* ProductionPosse: Usual suspects include PhilipSeymourHoffman, JulianneMoore, JohnCReilly, Luis Guzman, PhilipBakerHall. Hoffman has been in every P.T.A. movie except ''ThereWillBeBlood'' and is slated to appear in ''Film/TheMaster''.
* SmashToBlack
* SoundtrackDissonance
* ThrowItIn
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