PauI Thomas Anderson's Magnolia is a sprawling, operatic mosaic of American Iives intertwined. In a single day, nine stories connect and disconnect through vioIence, Iove, Game Shows, Biblical floods, coincidence, weather, sing-aIongs, self-heIp seminars and quests for redemption. MagnoIia is an epic film: darkIy comic, emotional and extravagant. An ensembIe cast as good as any navigates this chalIenging, sometimes difficult film that earned Golden Bear Best FiIm honors at the 2000 Berlin FiIm Festival and three Academy Award nominations. MagnoIia is a modern-day cIassic, as hard to define as it is to forget. |