Hard Eight

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still from Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 2002)

still Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 2002)

Eye Filmmuseum seen across the river IJ © Marcus Koppen

Eye Filmmuseum, © Marcus Koppen

still from Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 2021)

still Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 2021)

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still from Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 1999)

still Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 1999)

poster Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 1996)

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still Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, US 1996)

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Director/scriptwriter Paul Thomas Anderson got his friends and acquaintances involved to make Licorice Pizza. This led to an upbeat ode to the place and time that shaped Anderson as a child – partly based on a childhood friend’s memories. A home movie? Perhaps, but one by a master storyteller.

How believable is it if a 16-year-old kid manages to seduce a 25-year-old woman? In Los Angeles, in 1973, with Hollywood’s glamour a stone’s throw away, nothing is impossible. Child actor Gary is set to start something new there, a waterbed company. Alana, the school photographer’s assistant, is intrigued by Gary's bravado, but also has her own agenda. Two young people embodying the carefree, freewheeling spirit of the era. Eye screens the film both on analogue 70mm-material and DCP.<p> </p>

Licorice Pizza

Boogie Nights and Magnolia are real Paul Thomas Anderson classics. But the innovative Punch-Drunk Love no less so. The lead, a shy salesman called Barry Egan, is played by comedian Adam Sandler. Dominated by his seven sisters, he falls madly in love with a woman (Emily Watson).

Comedian Adam Sandler is Barry Egan, dealer in sink plungers, whose life is dominated by his seven sisters and the resulting outbursts of rage. Lena (Emily Watson) seems to understand him, even when he desperately buys up huge quantities of pudding to gain airmiles. And then there's the fact that Egan falls victim to a telephone sex operator (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Punch-Drunk Love

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Exciting, atmospheric debut from Paul Thomas Anderson about a professional gambler who becomes unlucky John’s (John C. Reilly) guardian angel. Excellent acting also from Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) is a professional poker player with a soft spot for the unlucky people he encounters. He acts as a guardian angel for the unlucky John (John C. Reilly) and prostitute Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow) who he starts to view as family.

<p>Eye Classics means a reunion with great directors from all over the world. Think of Hitchcock, Truffaut, Fellini. But don't forget Fons Rademakers, Wim Verstappen and Adriaan Ditvoorst. And then there's Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kurosawa, Ozu, Ang Lee and Tarkovski...</p>

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Epic mosaic of mutually connected characters in search of happiness, forgiveness and meaning. in the San Fernando valley featuring an ingenious script and excellent acting Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Jason Robards and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Winner of the Golden Bear.

In Magnolia, Tom Cruise plays the best role in his career as a guru who sells his macho philosophy about taming women under the slogan 'Seduce and destroy!'. Magnolia plays out over 24 hours during which he, and eight other, mutually connected leads go in search of happiness, but have trouble making contact. All are trying to come to terms with their pasts.

Hard Eight

Paul Thomas Anderson / US, 1996 / 100 min.

Exciting, atmospheric debut from Paul Thomas Anderson about a professional gambler who becomes unlucky John’s (John C. Reilly) guardian angel. Excellent acting also from Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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