Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. No frog’s rain from the sky, no madmen make speeches about milk shakes. Hard Eight 1996 ★★★★ Jul 16, 2020. The story of a young man's adventures in the California pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a lot of people know, Sydney was PTA's chosen title for a film about, well, a guy named Sydney. Not my favorite but I'll admit that 90's Gwenyth was a force.If this was a straight to demand film that stars actors that no one has heard of along with a director that makes straight to demand films, then the rating would be This movie is slow, boring, not entertaining, the cast doesn’t make the movie anybody and given this is from Paul Thomas Anderson; it should have been at least good. Cold, calculating and charming; the viewer never knows what this character is up to. Make no mistake: this film is every bit as good, perhaps better, than "Boogie." When I go to a great movie I can live somebody else’s life for a while.
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Try as I might, I automatically compare it to his other films to see where it stands in his oeuvre and that's just not fair. However, this being his first feature, the story goes that, in order for greater control over the final cut, PTA compromised on the title, allowing the film to be released as Hard Eight. gabriel guimarães?’s review published on Letterboxd: Self-assured and compelling but unambitious, Hard Eight marks a solid and bright first movie for PTA.
Would you be alone, or would it be better if your favorite person in the world was with you? 31 of 53 people found this review helpful. Is Like a rush of blood to the head, Shannon Murphy’s With a background in theater and television directing in Australia, Murphy’s eye is so strong that she was flown to London to direct episodes of We reach the 2020 halfway point in the midst of a pandemic. Die Bilder sind schön und die Kamera, so wie die Dialoge ruhig. How I Letterboxd #2: Dave Chen In our second of this series, we put Dave Chen in the Letterboxd spotlight. Rewatched A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader. Hard Eight 1996 ★★★ Rewatched May 03 , 2020 Jared Vargas’s review published on Letterboxd: Palmer Guthrie’s review published on Letterboxd: Looking at Paul Thomas Anderson's body of work, it does seem like Hard Eight is rarely talked about. Kate is given a faint ray of optimism when her creative writing professor (Jemaine Clement) invites her back to the liberal arts college she graduated from a decade earlier, to give a talk to his Gen Z students. Through one freak twist of fate involving a cave, they end up reliving the same wedding day, taking advantage of the daily ‘reset’ to throw as much life at the wall as they can, while probing every possible escape route.It’s a first for the genre, and a first film for the writer-director team (Samberg produces the film alongside his Lonely Island brothers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, who have years of glorious In this absolutely insane year, when our love of movies feels helpless in the face of pandemic-induced economic collapse, some extremely good decisions are being made on behalf of audiences.
The story is told brilliantly by taking the whole movie to slowly reveal the whole picture of who Sydney is and why he has become a father figure to John C. Reilly's character. I don't know if he knew already that his movies should be longer to achieve perfection, but I'm sure he got that in his next effort, Boogie Nights. Philip Baker Hall did such a great job, the main character was sooo interesting. *And, as clichéd as it feels to invoke, the simplest reasoning comes from Roger Ebert, who said: “Movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts. Tvrdá osma, Double mise, Sydney, 리노의 도박사 Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker.Rated R for strong language, some violence and sexuality Also, Philip Seymour Hoffman's brief appearance gives the film a much-needed jolt, and it's a FUCKIN' HOOT on top of that.He gets one star for this being his first film.
Another charm of Hard Eight is that it's the…A wickedly entertaining and beautifully acted movie about guilt. A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. This is the start. Feel free…The Big Picture’s Long List is every single movie that gets mentioned on The Ringer’s Big Picture podcast this year,… You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine. They make offerings, pray to them, build altars. Plot. This is a shame, because while it may be overshadowed by a slew of more meticulous and densely layered films by PTA, Hard Eight is a hell of a first effort. So. Yung is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Many cite Hard Eight (Sydney) as PTA's weakest film, and I have to disagree. 1,296 films watched. Every character is great and their dynamics are beautiful.This movie also has the best cameo ever and the final scene was MASTERFUL.Wasn't incredibly impressed by this. Home; About; Menu; Locations. Hard Eight BBQ is a family owned and operated business that was started by the late Phillip Nivens and his wife Vicki, along with his son-in-law Chad Decker and wife Carie. Until the very end. ← Letterboxd.com; Social film reviews and discovery. Hard Eight vs. Sydney. Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti are wedding guests Nyles and Sarah—he, someone’s random boyfriend people pretend to know; she, the reluctant maid of honor and sister of the bride. Both films are shining examples of the early and late Anderson. Hard Eight may be more low key, less flashy and solemn in tone; but the layers of dread, mystery and danger make this one of Paul Thomas … Hard Eight may be more low key, less flashy and solemn in tone; but the layers of dread, mystery and danger make this one of Paul Thomas Anderson's finest achievements.