There Will Be Blood, and it's not even close. I love Boogie Nights, I love PTA, and I may even prefer The Master to TWBB in the end, but if it's between TWBB and Boogie Nights, there's no contest for me.
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One thing that wasn't mentioned during the episode is just how funny There Will Be Blood actually is. It's not an airless, austere work with pretensions towards being a masterpiece - it's a deeply funny, humane, quietly tragic film that remains utterly singular in the world of film, and is well-deserving of a place in The Canon.
Episode 85: BOOGIE NIGHTS vs TWBB
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There Will Be Blood, and it's not even close. I love Boogie Nights, I love PTA, and I may even prefer The Master to TWBB in the end, but if it's between TWBB and Boogie Nights, there's no contest for me.
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One thing that wasn't mentioned during the episode is just how funny There Will Be Blood actually is. It's not an airless, austere work with pretensions towards being a masterpiece - it's a deeply funny, humane, quietly tragic film that remains utterly singular in the world of film, and is well-deserving of a place in The Canon.