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  • Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

    Roger Eberts loves this movie.

    I'm doing some research for short script that I wrote
    and planning to spin it into a pilot...

    Thanks in advance for your input?

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    Survey Questions --

    What's your fav part/scene in Boogie Nights?

    Have you written a script on this controversial and relentless industry?

    Do mainstream producers shy away from this taboo topic for a script?

    Is the public hungry for more Boogie Nights scripts -- past, present, future?

    Did PTA do any research(no pun intended) when he wrote his masterpiece script-- BOOGIE NIGHTS?
    You know what the news is. Now you're going to hear ... the rrrrest of the story!
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    Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

    So I'm going to be nice. I'm going to ask you one more time, where the **** is Ringo? I am a star. I am a big, bright, shining star.
    "you have to write right, right?" -- Todd Gordon

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      Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

      Originally posted by Ben View Post

      ______________________________
      Survey Questions --

      What's your fav part/scene in Boogie Nights?

      Have you written a script on this controversial and relentless industry?

      Do mainstream producers shy away from this taboo topic for a script?

      Is the public hungry for more Boogie Nights scripts -- past, present, future?

      Did PTA do any research(no pun intended) when he wrote his masterpiece script-- BOOGIE NIGHTS?
      1) The scene where Thomas Jane takes the boys to go rob Alfred Molina's character is MASTER filmmaking, and one of the best scenes I have ever seen. The tension is palpable, the entire mise en scene is incredible; the asian dude dancing, the music, the ****in' firecrackers. Awesome, awesome ****. I wanna watch it right now.

      2) No.

      3) I'd say yes. And even when they don't shy away from it, they don't take the gloves off like PTA did. Think of the sugar-coated **** in LOVE ACTUALLY, or THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. PG-13 porn angles? Please.

      4) No. And Yes. If you mean "Is the movie-going public hungry for more films set in the world of the porn industry?" I'd say not at all. People are prudes in this country, for the most part. Soccer moms rule. Everyone watches porn, of course - but they keep it behind closed doors. And the reasons people gravitate towards porn have nothing to do with narrative storytelling. Now, if you meant "Is the movie-going public hungry for more films executed at the level of Boogie Nights, if they are set in the porn industry?" I'd say sure, why not?

      BOOGIE NIGHTS isn't exceptional because it is a take on the porn biz... it's exceptional in its execution, its humanity, its themes. It's about relevance, and import, and our status in the heirarchy of man. Macy's character trying to hang on and stay relevant to his wife. Reynolds trying to stay relevant with the advent of video, the last of a dying breed. Julianne Moore's character just trying to stay relevant and important to anyone around her, especially the infantile.

      5) I think the film is a testimony to the research he did. It is authentic through and through. Again, the mise en scene, the attention to detail in music, costume, everything. The way Cheadles guy talks about "hifi." It's fresh and original but true to the standard tropes. Look at the song Dirk and Reed are recording - it's ****ing PERFECT! Also, the film loosely follows the rise (and somewhat fall) of John Holmes, it inhabits that mythos. Not to mention the handling of the film/video technologic friction.


      PTA is a ****ing badass.

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      • #4
        Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

        Originally posted by ihavebiglips View Post
        1) The scene where Thomas Jane takes the boys to go rob Alfred Molina's character is MASTER filmmaking, and one of the best scenes I have ever seen. The tension is palpable, the entire mise en scene is incredible; the asian dude dancing, the music, the ****in' firecrackers. Awesome, awesome ****. I wanna watch it right now.

        2) No.

        3) I'd say yes. And even when they don't shy away from it, they don't take the gloves off like PTA did. Think of the sugar-coated **** in LOVE ACTUALLY, or THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. PG-13 porn angles? Please.

        4) No. And Yes. If you mean "Is the movie-going public hungry for more films set in the world of the porn industry?" I'd say not at all. People are prudes in this country, for the most part. Soccer moms rule. Everyone watches porn, of course - but they keep it behind closed doors. And the reasons people gravitate towards porn have nothing to do with narrative storytelling. Now, if you meant "Is the movie-going public hungry for more films executed at the level of Boogie Nights, if they are set in the porn industry?" I'd say sure, why not?

        BOOGIE NIGHTS isn't exceptional because it is a take on the porn biz... it's exceptional in its execution, its humanity, its themes. It's about relevance, and import, and our status in the heirarchy of man. Macy's character trying to hang on and stay relevant to his wife. Reynolds trying to stay relevant with the advent of video, the last of a dying breed. Julianne Moore's character just trying to stay relevant and important to anyone around her, especially the infantile.

        5) I think the film is a testimony to the research he did. It is authentic through and through. Again, the mise en scene, the attention to detail in music, costume, everything. The way Cheadles guy talks about "hifi." It's fresh and original but true to the standard tropes. Look at the song Dirk and Reed are recording - it's ****ing PERFECT! Also, the film loosely follows the rise (and somewhat fall) of John Holmes, it inhabits that mythos. Not to mention the handling of the film/video technologic friction.


        PTA is a ****ing badass.
        You are right on the money (shot) with everything you say here. This is one of my all-time favorites (top 5 for sure). One thing you missed.....at it's core, the film is about family. It's their little ad-hoc family that keeps them going through all that crazy diversity. It's brilliant the way so many layers are woven through this film.

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          Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

          Originally posted by RGF View Post
          You are right on the money (shot) with everything you say here. This is one of my all-time favorites (top 5 for sure). One thing you missed.....at it's core, the film is about family. It's their little ad-hoc family that keeps them going through all that crazy diversity. It's brilliant the way so many layers are woven through this film.
          Tru dat. The family angle. Brilliant film.

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          • #6
            Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

            Originally posted by ihavebiglips View Post
            1) The scene where Thomas Jane takes the boys to go rob Alfred Molina's character is MASTER filmmaking, and one of the best scenes I have ever seen. The tension is palpable, the entire mise en scene is incredible; the asian dude dancing, the music, the ****in' firecrackers. Awesome, awesome ****. I wanna watch it right now.
            The way John C. Reilly flinches every time a firecracker goes off is perfect, you can almost feel the tension....

            Amazing scene....

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              Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

              Awesome film. Love it.

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                Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

                1) The scene where Thomas Jane takes the boys to go rob Alfred Molina's character is MASTER filmmaking, and one of the best scenes I have ever seen. The tension is palpable, the entire mise en scene is incredible; the asian dude dancing, the music, the ****in' firecrackers. Awesome, awesome ****. I wanna watch it right now.

                Great movie. That scene is unreal. Hurt Locker had that tension but this scene is brilliant.
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                • #9
                  Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

                  This scene sums it up for me. One of my all time favorite scenes.

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IufPO...om=PL&index=52
                  @TerranceMulloy

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                  • #10
                    Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

                    Originally posted by ihavebiglips View Post
                    1) The scene where Thomas Jane takes the boys to go rob Alfred Molina's character is MASTER filmmaking, and one of the best scenes I have ever seen. The tension is palpable, the entire mise en scene is incredible; the asian dude dancing, the music, the ****in' firecrackers. Awesome, awesome ****. I wanna watch it right now.
                    YES! This scene blew me away, and still does. Seeing it in the cinema - full sound system, the dark, otherworld feeling of being completely submersed into a film world... I realised after I'd been holding my breath - literally, holding my breath - for the entire scene. I almost passed out afterwards.

                    Truly ****ing brilliant.
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                    • #11
                      Re: Boogie Nights -- Remembering a classic and groundbreaking film..

                      The choice of music to was brilliant.

                      Tomas Jane's laughter after the firecracker was awesome. So uncomfortable.
                      Last edited by stuy; 08-14-2009, 05:03 PM.
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