3-Minute Film Class - Boogie Nights 101

[appleowner407]

Do we have a script!!!???



[lucky44124]

This movie aged soooo well! Watch it again, amazing film

[lanser87]

Anyone know where i can download the commentary audio alone?

[InvisibleDiary]

Wow...this may be the best three minutes my amateur film career has ever had.

[DonRMB]

Jonathan demme his biggest influence? What about BRIAN DE PALMA? No offense to PTA but this whole scene reminds me WAY TOO MUCH of the strip club scene in Carlitos way, where is a continous shot,Club looks almost exactly the same and IT EVEN HAS THE SAME SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK!

[DarthChocula]

@DonRMB I agree on the influence. I just watched Carlito's Way and during Pacino's view of the pole dancers the camera has the same sort of rocking sway as the opening title shot dipping onto the street.

Having said that I'll have to watch more Jonathan Demme movies.

[OrangeLazzarus35]

So in this shot, was the camera operator with the steadicam on some sort of dolly or was he just walking/running with the camera the whole time? This shot is so amazing because its really difficult to figure out how PTA pulled this off. Especially since the camera starts on some sort of crane and ends up in the nightclub with such ease and fluidity. Anyone have any insight as what the camera operator is doing in this shot?

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

He's only going to get better and his work more interesting as he gets older.

[shortydog27]

I just noticed that the first time you see mark whalberg appear on camera, there are neon star lights behind him. hmmm

[leahcim435]

The title is funny because that's just about how long PTA went to film class. XD

[fierfly25]

@leahcim435 yeah 2 days :D

[bigpunholla]

I love how PTA has kinda riffed on everyone's style and made it his own. Sydney was like David Mamet. Boogie Nights was Scorsese. Magnolia was Altman. Punch Drunk Love was Godard. And There Will Be Blood, well, i think that film defines categories and is a true original.

[TheDavelogan]

@bigpunholla If you had to compare the style of There Will Be Blood to another director I think probably Kubrick.

[bigpunholla]

@TheDavelogan I agree

[illapu05]

I need to buy this movie, I'm starting to realize more and more PTA is a cinematic genius

[shortydog27]

@illapu05 you just now figured that out? LOL.! I'm just teasin ya!. Yeah but he is a genius.

[MyName42]

Does anyone know what Jonathan Demme shots he's talking about?

[TheDavelogan]

@MyName42 In a later part of the commentary he says that his favourite close up in film is this one of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs when he's trying on his skin suit.

[bla87]

@MyName42 The shot with Dirk in front of the mirror is like the court scene in Melvin And Howard. That's all I can come up with.

[AcidJack1973]

The Scorsese influence are obvious, Particularly in Boogie Nights's flashy editing, but other influences are Kubrick (who was doing long steadi-cam shots way before Scorsese) and, most importantly, Robert Altman. Watch "California Split" (or any other 70s Altman film) to see for yourself.

EVERY director is influenced by, and borrows tricks from, other directors. The best directors today (like P.T.) are influenced by the best director's of the 70s and 80s.

[jakespick]

i love how it ends with william h. macy saying "do we have a script?"

[ahegele]

he's my favorite filmmaker under 50. He said he won't do commentaries anymore after people started quoting back things he said in them like they were one of his liner in his films. I love his commentaries, but i understand. Looking forward to whatever he'll do next.

[DesFilms1]

at least he mentioned Scorsese. Cuz this was straight Goodfellas

[Rarab2]

People don't want to believe that (2 Thumbs down?), but it's obviously heavily influenced by Goodfellas. It's derivative but it's probably my favorite movie.

[TerryCraig23]

yeah, it's very much influenced by GoodFellas & other Scorsese movies (watch the end of Raging Bull and Boogie Nights); but mainly GoodFellas. Yet it musn't be a bad thing, if somebody thinks it may be a bad thing. I still love Boogie Nights. It's an amazing experience, brillantly executed.

[Got2Lovett]

i just watched this whole film with the commentary along with the deleted scenes. its too fun watching him talk about this script that he was basically in love with and seeing him base everything off that initial script. the filmmaking was not nearly as big of a deal as the story. although it is pta so the filming is amazing haha

[o2theh]

I can't wait for his next film. It's only a matter of time that he receives the throne of best director alive. And I am happy that the likes of Scorsese have influentially passed the torch to a new generation of movie lovers like PTA. Quentin has gluttonized himself the last 10 years, Fincher and Nolan basically are great but not quite on PTA's level. So Anderson to me, other than the still fantastic Scorsese and the great mementos of Coppola, is the best director working today.

[TVWXMAN32]

Yea these days its all about reality shit shows.

Love this movie!

[omid05]

this film has a great commentary.

its a shame he doesn't do them anymore.

[squirmypuppy]

agreed

the one with the cast is hilarious

[danielTHX1138]

I luv PT's commentary...and i get why he doesn't do them so much, but...fuck you just wish he would ...because commentary's are like a modern film school in a way (on disk). And who better to learn from then this guy.

[rstaake]

pta ftw.