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Podcast: New Books in Performing Arts
Episode: Ethan Warren, "The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Description: Paul Thomas Andersonâs evolution from a brash, self-anointed âIndiewoodâ auteur to one of his generationâs most distinctive voices has been one of the most remarkable career trajectories in recent film history. From early efforts to emulate his cinematic heroes to his increasingly singular late films, Anderson has created a body of work that balances the familiar and the strange, history and myth: viewers feel perpetually off balance, unsure of whether to expect a pitch-black joke or a moment of piercing emotional resonance.The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha (Columbia UP, 2023) provides the most complete a...