Magnolia- Title Card and Character Introduction

[ElTuco84]

One of the most powerful cinematic experiences I ever had. Not Avatars and Transformers can match the power of this film.

[Nardril]

I wonder why Jim has no police partner.

[malows1234]

ok guy who here thinks paul thomas anderson is a bloody genius. he is like stepping into the ranks of stanley kubrick with his films lately.

[MiltonProductions]

paul is a beast with the camera.

[heldinahtmlhell]

Could some ultra-nerd inform me what the images flashing begind the magnolia flower at the offset are please?

[memoryburn7]

@heldinahtmlhell the images flashing behind the magnolia flower = every frame that appears in the movie .... its cool because it makes you think of the film as a totality... this is 'magnolia'....etc.

[Technosquid]

I saw boobies

[spurcross]

The woman JC Reilly wants in his personal ad is the polar opposite of Claudia.

[greg3d4u]

"...just dripping to WET YOUR DOCK."

brilliant!

[greyeyed123]

Serve, protect, and all the other bla bla bla on the side of the car it says.

[DonRMB]

Notice how the Camera MOVES VIOLENTLY until it gets to John C reilly´s part while he´s at his house getting his day started, there the camera becomes static and calm then as soon as he goes out to the ¨world¨ (to his police job) where his stresses and lonely, the camera starts moving Violently again! Genius man...

[XeeGen]

The directing in this movie is so ridiculously good

[chumpusmaximusohnose]

i love the oldschool science diagrams of the cancer, really clever and unique editing

[memoryburn7]

notice how claudia's panting as she has sex continues to play over jimmy gator's introduction. the panting then becomes the panting of the woman jimmy is fucking. the big reveal of jimmy's pederast past is foreshadowed the first time you see the characters. editing tells the tale.

[theRADteepee]

@memoryburn7 wow, that is pretty genius. i wonder if it was PTA or if it was the editor that wanted it like that

[memoryburn7]

@theRADteepee PTA's fingers are all over this decision. having the audio from one character introduction continue to play under the following character's introduction is used a few times in this sequence. this shows the connection between each sequence. so when tom cruise's seduce and destroy speech plays under claudia having a non-optimal sexual encounter, we know the thematic connection between these two stories. also, multiple audio tracks played at once happens everywhere in this film.

[heldinahtmlhell]

@theRADteepee He edited it himself, didn't he? Wrote, directed, edited, did the poster. Even ground the lenses used from his own bone.

[swampalex]

@memoryburn7 you got a really good eye. i didn't even realize that. good job

[kapillie]

THANK YOU