Drama
American
1999 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 189 min
On one rainy day in the San Fernando Valley, a dozen lonely, guilty and hopeful people move through overlapping lives: a TV quiz show, a dying old man, a self-help showman, a cop looking for company. Three hours of ensemble drama that pushes emotion past the point of irony.
Why it matters in cinema history
A landmark of late-1990s American independent filmmaking, and a key film in the career of one of the leading directors of his generation, closing the decade with a bold, divisive gamble.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a symphony of connected loneliness, where the relationships between stories matter as much as any single plot.
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