Magnolia. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999. Japan.
Metrograph is playing two of my king Tom Cruises’ best films this weekend: Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. A belated Christmas present, since I haven’t seen either in a theatre. This Magnolia poster is so visually stunning and a beautiful rendering of what a gorgeous movie Anderson’s film is. It’s loud and it’s messy and it’s long and it’s melodramatic but if you’re not in tears at the end of it, you might not be human.