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Love the film and your analysis, too!

1:50 unless you count the brilliance of British made documentaries like walking with dinosaurs and Prehistoric Park

Thank you! Would love for you to share a list your favorite films of different genres.

Brilliant! Thank you 🙏

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she escaped a VELOCIRAPTOR by herself in close proximity aswell

THANK YOU THANK YOU! Love both movies and never saw such a parallel.

Excellent writing!

Very enjoyable analysis

Well done

This is so👏well👏done👏

I think this is good, the digression to Jaws is the weakest element.

For someone who ends up in a place, maybe through no fault of their own, that many would consider dark or dirty Boogie Nights IS an expositional story. I grew up in a very shitty neighborhood-or The Hood if you wanna go that route. I wasn’t a success story that worked hard in school and got out, in fact I did just about everything wrong a young male in the city could: had a child at 15, basically limiting both the mother’s life and my child’s life by being a part-time father. I got involved with a group of kids who were all on their way to being lifelong criminals, and got locked up when I was 16 in one of the worst juvenile detention facilities in the country. Through all this, and into my 20s when the shit going down got real, there were always people with a story, looking for redemption or worse: looking for notoriety. I’ve met some horrible people in my time but you’d be surprised how many of them had one or two redeeming qualities. Boogie Nights shows the characters as they are, some are just naive, some have ulterior motives, and some are just wounded people looking for something to heal their soul. I love this movie cuz it showed me another world like the one I lived in: with moral gray areas and people that don’t care about hurting others if it suits their purpose, but it also showed me a family like a few of my friends and I became. I’m in my 40s now, and out of the 25-30 kids I called friends as a teenager there’s 2 of us that are still alive and not doing a life bid. The funny part is Boogie Nights was both of our favorite movies.

Nice review. Just wish their was some mention of the rather problematic 1990s "ladyboy/boytoy" ASIAN in the whale scene you analyze.

I Love Ellie Sattler too!!!! She’s my favorite

That was the best description of two movies Pinocchio and boogie night, Thank you for the analysis 🙏🏻 , my name is Johan and I’m an actor in the East Asian Film industry, and watching movie analysis on TH-cam is really fascinating 👍🏻 I subscribe to your channel hopefully see more great videos like this 👌🏻 take care

Amazing video on a film that deserves more videos made on it.

Great video. Keep up the good work. Subscribed.

How well was Russell Crowe known as an actor when LA Confidential was released. I don't even remember why I watched this movie in the theaters.

Your audio sucks

Family was also important in the sequels which followed and Dr. Stattler herself returned in Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

Cool video

Ellie could easily be considered the MVP of the first film.

This episode was really great. Loved your POV. Very well articulated too

But why did Kim Basinger sleep with Guy Pearce thinking it would be helpful to Russel Crowe? I also missed any acknowledgment from Pearce or Crowe as to what Pearce did to Crowe by sleeping basinger

Ellie stays in my heart as one of the best characters I have ever seen on screen, as well as the woman that told me women in stem are possible. I didn't go into a stem field, but have an intense interest, and I thank her for that. It's amazing to see her and Laura Dern get the recognition they deserve.

Brilliant analysis of a brilliant film. Thank you for taking the time to share a well articulated and educated opinion on a classic film

I am trying to read the original book also. Truly great work, too difficult to follow somebody who is not an American and not familiar with the American colloquials.

My all time favourite movie

Bummer, you stopped too early my friend. You've earned my subscription with one video

She’s the perfect girlfriend really. Dated someone just like her. Best relationship I ever had. Just wish we didn’t live in different countries 😔

Laura Dern just fits the role so well, but, Helen Hunt's audition was quite good as well. That said, I'm *very* glad they passed on Gwyneth Paltrow, though.

the problem is only the thirteen year old narrating...

“To close is to die” 👌👌👌

Great video :) Boogie Nights is in my top 3 fave films of all time and I never tire of revisiting it's many many layers of story, and as you say, it is ostensibly Dirk's story, but every character has an arc told so beautifully, nothing ever feels like exposition, you always feel like you as a viewer are a voyeur on these peoples intimate moments of connection and Dirk has so much interesting, twisted, fragile humanity swirling around him (in Rollergirls case, literally!) that even characters he never meets have arcs, wonderful film making indeed. This was a great essay, love your work :)

This movie was robbed of an Oscar by Titanic. LA Conf should have won that year

This was excellent reviee

Nice work.. real nice. Keep it up.

No… More what happens if morality collapses. This move is worthy as an American take on Dostoyevsky and Nitsche It shows u what hPpens as a alternative It is even called Nihilism taking over Usa. Just like roskolnikpff murders a old pawnshop lady for apparently no reason.abut then we figure out what his motives were .(crime and punishment)

You sound like Alphonso from Full Metal Alchemist

Alan Grant and Ellen Sadler are both equally important. I think you are letting gender get the better of you. However, I love your take on the issue

brilliant

Don't stop making videos. You have genuine talent

Incredibly underrated analysis. Came back after remembering it a year or so later to show my friends how important Ellie was. I hope you blow up in popularity

I truly enjoyed this. Excellent work.

Damn good movie! Thanks for posting.

Hope you will be back soon with your contents. I love it !!

I know I am very late on the comments and not entirely sure if this channel is still active but this video essay was fantastic. I think focusing it on the characters, their evolution and cooperation is brilliant. I love how you compared it to 'Jaws' and how upon watching this video, there is even more to appreciate about the movie. I wish there were more essays to watch!

Beautiful analysis.