{"product_id":"paul-thomas-anderson-george-toles-9780252040368","title":"Paul Thomas Anderson","description":"Since his explosive debut with the indie sensation \u003ci\u003eHard Eight\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Thomas Anderson has established himself as one of contemporary cinema's most exciting artists. His 2002 feature \u003ci\u003ePunch-Drunk Love\u003c\/i\u003e radically reimagined the romantic comedy. Critics hailed \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e as a key film of the new millennium. In \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, Anderson jarred audiences with dreamy amorphousness and a departure from conventional story mechanics. \u003cp\u003eAcclaimed film scholar and screenwriter George Toles approaches these three films in particular, and Anderson's oeuvre in general, with a focus on the role of emergence and the production of the unaccountable. Anderson, Toles shows, is an artist obsessed with history, workplaces, and environments but also intrigued by spaces as projections of the people who dwell within. Toles follows Anderson from the open narratives of \u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/i\u003e through the pivot that led to his more recent films, Janus-faced masterpieces that orbit around isolated central characters--and advance Anderson's journey into allegory and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending penetrative analysis with a deep knowledge of filmic storytelling, Paul Thomas Anderson tours an important filmmaker's ever-deepening landscape of disconnection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Toles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252040368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252040368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017","brand":"George Toles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075983044863,"sku":"9780252040368","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aabd5780-ca3f-4661-9905-1993327e610b.jpg?v=1685462529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paul-thomas-anderson-george-toles-9780252040368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}