This is such a hilariously European interview. He keeps on trying to bring up connections to larger concepts and established philosophical giants, or trying to find out what statements are intentional, and PT is just saying "hey man, I just wanted to have fun."
FailedComedian I was thinking the same thing, and it reminded me of the french kubrick interview. you notice that both pta and especially kubrick (and a lot of other directors) are hesitant to reveal the subtext in their movies.
I’ve always felt that PTA is an accidental genius. He’s my favorite director/screen writer and yet I’m always left unsatisfied with his interviews. Maybe he hides the genius or he takes risks to challenge the audience out of conversations like this, either way, I’ll always be a participant until the end.
@@BIGBIRD208I agree. There’s an interview with Charlie Rose for PDL where Adam Sandler says the movie is about loneliness, and love, and Paul Thomas Anderson very flippantly says it’s about getting out of the house. I don’t think he’s an accidental genius but he definitely does not come across nearly as brilliant as his films are.
He seems like exactly the opposite of an asshole in this interview. He has to be oned of the most cordial, gregarious and humble film directors to ever be interviewed. Even to the pretentious interviewer's point of the film being "nihilistic" (which it's anything but) he says "I couln't argue with you." He completely understands and respects subjective interpretations and seems genuinely receptive to anyone's opninion of his work.
I feel like once he hit Punch Drunk Love, his cocky mid 20s phase was out of him. I love how he transitioned not only as a filmmaker but as a person as well. (Although I do love the arrogance of his younger interviews, the confidence is honestly inspiring lol)
The one thing an artist gets off on is to be taken seriously and to be interesting to someone. You can clearly watch the happiness in p.t.a`s eyes in this interview... He`s in film heaven.
as far as I'm concerned, he's not pretending at all, or being dishonest, or choosing to withhold the information. Is it so hard to believe that he just makes his movies and that he has the talent to make them well enough to have any number of things read into them?
No need to give a hard time to the interviewer. Anybody who would like to reduce Punch Drunk Love to just another slapstick rom-com is just too short sighted to see why the humour was so extraordinary, it was precisely because of the subtle darkness that Adam’s character was all about.
Judging from the black marks under his eyes it appears to me that he's not drunk or stoned but very very tired, jet-lugged and working very hard promoting his movie and probably giving a hundredth interview trying to get his point across
hes not pretending to be scatter brained.. Dude, the interviewer is being pretentious.. and looking WAY into parts of the movie that PTA didn't mean to be looked at so in depth.
yeah he is on coke no doubt, you can tell by the tight and swinging jaw and his stare. also he goes in pretty hard towards the middle. you can see him high in other clips, but not only him. he also surrounds himself with coked up people, e.g. joaquin phoenix, who was terribly fucked up on it until recently, also seymour hofman which is evident now, although i believe he was sober while they were working together. still, those druggies cling together for that they share the same highs and lows, and they restlessy go on to make all those great and crazy movies
This is bullshit lolll He is just happy. You can listen some interviews of him today and he have de same littles manies... Frustrating how people imagine everybody a little different or excentric in those situations can be high ... alala
What the hell is wrong with him in this interview? I’ve been trying to figure it out but I can’t seem to know what it is. He just seems out of it. Also, love the guy but he couldn’t make an audience picture if he tried.
There is something similar about the rhythms of PTA and Cobain's speech that keeps reminding me of one another. I can also see the physical resemblance at 2:53.
This is such a hilariously European interview. He keeps on trying to bring up connections to larger concepts and established philosophical giants, or trying to find out what statements are intentional, and PT is just saying "hey man, I just wanted to have fun."
FailedComedian I was thinking the same thing, and it reminded me of the french kubrick interview. you notice that both pta and especially kubrick (and a lot of other directors) are hesitant to reveal the subtext in their movies.
I’ve always felt that PTA is an accidental genius. He’s my favorite director/screen writer and yet I’m always left unsatisfied with his interviews. Maybe he hides the genius or he takes risks to challenge the audience out of conversations like this, either way, I’ll always be a participant until the end.
@@BIGBIRD208I agree. There’s an interview with Charlie Rose for PDL where Adam Sandler says the movie is about loneliness, and love, and Paul Thomas Anderson very flippantly says it’s about getting out of the house. I don’t think he’s an accidental genius but he definitely does not come across nearly as brilliant as his films are.
Paul Thomas Anderson is always completely candid in this interviews. It's almost shocking, but as a film student it's fascinating.
omg this interview is gold
He seems like exactly the opposite of an asshole in this interview. He has to be oned of the most cordial, gregarious and humble film directors to ever be interviewed. Even to the pretentious interviewer's point of the film being "nihilistic" (which it's anything but) he says "I couln't argue with you." He completely understands and respects subjective interpretations and seems genuinely receptive to anyone's opninion of his work.
I feel like once he hit Punch Drunk Love, his cocky mid 20s phase was out of him. I love how he transitioned not only as a filmmaker but as a person as well. (Although I do love the arrogance of his younger interviews, the confidence is honestly inspiring lol)
@@mandalayfilmclub i didnt really find him arrogant ever since magnolia, for me that was when he changed
I don't really know where the interviewer got the 'nihilism' thing from, PDL seems like by far the least cynical of his films
The one thing an artist gets off on is to be taken seriously and to be interesting to someone. You can clearly watch the happiness in p.t.a`s eyes in this interview... He`s in film heaven.
what a glorious human being.
PTA is a weird dude.
i think pt anderson would be a great actor
I’ve felt that too. It’s interesting how he’s always behind the camera.
PTA, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers are the best filmmakers working today.
i like the extreme close-ups.
as far as I'm concerned, he's not pretending at all, or being dishonest, or choosing to withhold the information. Is it so hard to believe that he just makes his movies and that he has the talent to make them well enough to have any number of things read into them?
If i was jet lagged and had to do interviews with french people all day i would be sauced as well!
I love how low key this is.
No need to give a hard time to the interviewer. Anybody who would like to reduce Punch Drunk Love to just another slapstick rom-com is just too short sighted to see why the humour was so extraordinary, it was precisely because of the subtle darkness that Adam’s character was all about.
2:44 the way he talks at this moment reminds me of Phil S. Hoffman
Judging from the black marks under his eyes it appears to me that he's not drunk or stoned but very very tired, jet-lugged and working very hard promoting his movie and probably giving a hundredth interview trying to get his point across
Paul's pretty much always drinking in his interviews.
Kai Lomsdalen - I would, too with some of the questions he’s asked, hahaa
he is trolling so hard lol
Hell yeah. Not to mention Play Time, guys a fucking genius.
he is definitely high. and that's because the interview is more amazing!
Just 'cos he speaks with a French accent doesn't mean he's intelligent Paul.
yeah this dude is a character he seems like he's totally smashed... but his movies are fucking awesome
This interview gives me life, rofl
I'm high too
PT's reaction at 0:59 is great...
hes not pretending to be scatter brained.. Dude, the interviewer is being pretentious.. and looking WAY into parts of the movie that PTA didn't mean to be looked at so in depth.
The camera guy's having a little fun lol
5:40 - 5:45.
he is so lovely...and drunk.
he is on drugs
:34 jacques tati - french filmmaker
Is he high? Nice interview though!
yeah he is on coke no doubt, you can tell by the tight and swinging jaw and his stare. also he goes in pretty hard towards the middle. you can see him high in other clips, but not only him. he also surrounds himself with coked up people, e.g. joaquin phoenix, who was terribly fucked up on it until recently, also seymour hofman which is evident now, although i believe he was sober while they were working together. still, those druggies cling together for that they share the same highs and lows, and they restlessy go on to make all those great and crazy movies
This is bullshit lolll He is just happy. You can listen some interviews of him today and he have de same littles manies... Frustrating how people imagine everybody a little different or excentric in those situations can be high ... alala
What the hell is wrong with him in this interview? I’ve been trying to figure it out but I can’t seem to know what it is. He just seems out of it. Also, love the guy but he couldn’t make an audience picture if he tried.
Blow.
pta seems slightly drunk,
no I didn't mean PTA he's the man, I mean the foreign interviewer asking ridiculous questions
DRUNK
this is hilariously awkward
Audience picture? Entertainment movie? Bulls**t. It is amazimg but it is neither of those things.
well is the most accesible movie that he has made
Well, not the ENTIRE video.
@Dejital yeah dude, as simple as that, just look within.
2:53 ...kurt cobain !!!
There is something similar about the rhythms of PTA and Cobain's speech that keeps reminding me of one another. I can also see the physical resemblance at 2:53.
@rtmiyake2 Quoting Lynch there, perhaps you should cite him on your next name drop session.
haha he looks kinda high
this guy did a lot of coke lmao
what’s struck me also was that anderson is baked out his mind
Oh he's off his face at 5:37
i think he'd speak alot more in those silences if he was on coke,
and a lot more repeating himself.
@bigtastynuts wow! you're good.
lol espicialy between 1:22 and 1:30
@drumlegend1
Hhahah i ould love to see someone high say that
Back when he was still on that good coke
He has to be high
pta makes me cringe so much during all these punch drunk love interviews
Cocaine is a hell of a drug!!