Boogie Nights

I dont remember seeing a movie in which has actor’s literally lived out a roles as I did when I saw PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights (only one other movie comes to my mind – Crash).

The ensamble cast: Mark Walberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore – live their roles!. Not to mention Philip Hoffman, Heather Graham and John Riely. The play as actors in the movie, and it was a great to see them switch ON and OFF their role. For instance, when the on screen camera rolls, they become ‘bad’ actors – and when the camera stops rolling they come back to their character. Its too bad I havent seen Burt Reynolds in any other movie – that guy just shines as Porn Magnate Jack Horner.

The director – PT Anderson – does a fabulous job here in his first big movie. You can see all his trademarks – from using iris cuts, constant mood music, long takes and orchestrated climax (where parallel stories come to a conclusion in unison). If you see his other movie Magnolia you can notice many similarities in his mastery over portaying human emotions.

I couldnt help but wonder when or if there will be a time in which our Indian cinema mature to a point where actors can play their character and not themselves.

Great Movie (be warned tho’ – this movie is about the Porn Industry – so you will see some wild screens)

4/5