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The News: All-Positive Friday!
The Reeler —
By S.T. VanAirsdale As per tradition, some of today's more upbeat movie news of note from around New York: --If you only read only one other item online today, make it David Carr's report of his recent encounter with Paul Thomas Anderson . Bumping into Anderson in Los Angeles, the Father of the Reeler shared a few yuks and absorbed at least one winking body blow from the Oscar-nominated director: "You know you don’t know a [gosh darn] thing about movies." I could say PTA's been ...
Oscar Newz: Paul Thomas Anderson's "No Country for Old Men" Bitchfit
Oh No They Didn't! —
... while he made his last film. Mr. Anderson came over the man’s shoulder with input on some shots, but he was really there to make sure one of the treasures of American cinema got to make as many movies as he wanted to. And along they way, he either learned, or had already baked in, Altman’s reflexive tendency to say whatever was on his mind." ---------------------------------------- ---- Dunno if he's being sarcastic or not. But PTA is AWESOME. Too bad he won't win the Oscar. Source: http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2 ...
Shorts, 2/22.
GreenCine Daily —
... hooted. 'C'mon, do you really believe that?' The Bagger was flattered that anyone cared about his opinion on films, even if it was someone who kept telling him that he knew nothing. Mr Anderson laughed one more time, clapped the Bagger on his back and wished him on his merry, misguided way." ...
Carr spars with Anderson
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Carr spars with Anderson Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 22, 2008 at 12:04 PM Kidding or half-serious, Paul Thomas Anderson let N.Y. Times Oscar blogger David Carr have it right between the eyes last night during a brief chat at a Paramount Vantage party (which I also attended) at a sprawling joint called ...
