"Boogie Nights" (1997) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Set between 1977 and the early 1980’s, this stunning film follows “Dirk Diggler” and his rather large appendage making it, erm, big in the porn industry! Mark Wahlberg, an underrated actor of his generation plays Dirk and takes centre stage alongside a stunning performance from cigar chomping Burt Reynolds as “Jack Horner”. In the opening scenes you are introduced to virtually every character, and very early on you detect their human frailties and the vacuous superficiality of their lives and the industry in which they work. Except one, the fresh faced, eager and motivated Dirk Diggler.

The early scenes really set the table for the movie, from Paul Thomas Anderson’s amazing swooping camera work and full screen shots really immersing you directly into the film. Together with the human frailties and broken characters, you get a sense of a brooding intensity building and building, until the eventual release (my sexual references here aren’t intentional!) at the end of Act Two.

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The above paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "Boogie Nights" penned and published over a decade ago and transferred to my Medium blog site on 3rd January 2022 and which can be read in full and for free via my original article linked immediately below:

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/paul-thomas-anderson-an-appreciation-b628d083509e

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