THE ANDERSONS: Magnolia (1999)
“And I Would Like to Think This was Only a Matter of Chance.”
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This week brings perhaps the most polarizing movie in our series - you either love this movie, flaws and all, or you don’t like it. But at 3 hours and change of a twisting, winding story of interconnectedness, our friend Paul Thomas Anderson does a pretty great job of keeping the audience compelled throughout the story. What’s good about this movie is incredible, sublime at times, with the actors perfectly cast to capture a perfectly written moment. But there’s a handful of stories that are only barely tethered to the story writ large, and there’s a final act escalation that threatens to undo the subtle crafting of story and plot that’s so developed in other parts of the film. But with enough star power in the ensemble to fund a couple of studios for years, there’s a reason this movie has endured as one of Anderson’s most notable films, problems and all. Grab your books and look for the coincidences as we discuss Magnolia this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt of “Save Me” from the motion picture soundtrack to Magnolia is written and performed by Aimee Mann. ©1999 Aimee Mann ASCAP. ©℗1999 Reprise Records, a Time Warner Company.
Excerpts from the film Magnolia are © 2000 New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt of "The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist" from the motion picture score for Moonrise Kingdom is written and composed by Alexandre Desplat. ℗2012 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
