{"product_id":"paul-thomas-anderson-masterworks-9781419744679","title":"Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey of the 8-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as \"one of American film's modern masters\" and \"the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation.\" Anderson's films have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with many of the most accomplished actors of our time, including Lesley Ann Manville, Julianne Moore, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In \u003ci\u003ePaul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks\u003c\/i\u003e, Anderson's entire career--from \u003ci\u003eHard Eight\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), \u003ci\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003ePunch Drunk Love\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Master \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), \u003ci\u003eInherent Vice\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and\u003ci\u003e Phantom Thread\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) to his music videos for Radiohead to his early short films--is examined in illustrated detail for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anderson's influences, his style, and the recurring themes of alienation, reinvention, ambition, and destiny that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by firsthand interviews with Anderson's closest collaborators--including producer JoAnne Sellar, actor Vicky Krieps, and composer Jonny Greenwood--and illuminated by film stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and an appropriately psychedelic design aesthetic. \u003ci\u003eMasterworks \u003c\/i\u003eis a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABRAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419744679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Adam Nayman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650079387804,"sku":"9781419744679","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_517bb2a4-ae85-46dd-a191-8a676de33fed.jpg?v=1603874436","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/paul-thomas-anderson-masterworks-9781419744679","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}