1997 · drama
Boogie Nights
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson2h 36m1997
In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Our read: Boogie Nights (1997) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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