IndieWire.Com, Written By Mark Rabinowitz
October 30th, 1997
At the '97 New York Film Festival press conference for his new film Boogie Nights, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson commented on the 157 minute length of the film: "You're paying more, you should get more.", and the now notorious "dick shot" at the end of the film: "I wasn't going to subject you to 157 minutes without showing it to you." Needless to say, Anderson doesn't take himself too seriously, but his film is a serious look at the porn industry in America, bridging the late 70's and early 80's and is a study in the rise and fall of an extended "family" of actors and their poppa figure, director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds).
About as polished and accomplished as a second film by a 27-year old can be, Boogie Nights features standout performances by Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman and an Oscar caliber turn by Burt Reynolds, and it marks Wahlberg and helmer Anderson as serious talents to watch. Several days later we got together at his hotel suite in New York to further delve into the world of Boogie Nights.
>> It's a pretty big jump from Sundance to the New York Film Festival (NYFF) with your second feature, isn't it?
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Thursday, October 30, 1997
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