First Poster for 'Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall' - Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ('One Battle After Another', 'Boogie Nights')

[u/BunyipPouch]

[u/guywoodhouse68]

Does Paul Thomas Anderson even need context parentheses at this point?

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/guywoodhouse68]

For people that regularly browse this subreddit, no. For the average moviegoer, probably. For people that listen to Cameron Winter, fuck no.

[u/skepticaljesus → u/mikeyfreshh]

I know who pta is but I guess i need Cameron winter context parantheses

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/skepticaljesus]

He's the lead singer of Geese

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With much better solo work (imo)

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Yeah he’s the guy who made those Resident Evil movies right?

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Please refer back to the equation :

Paul Thomas Anderson + Wes Anderson = Paul W.S. Anderson

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Blursed cinema blunt rotation.

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A one month turn around, very impressive

[u/Judythepancake → u/Purple-Flatworm-5370]

Must be cause of that PCP Galion

[u/librarycynic → u/VGstuffed]

Nah, he's the guy that directed the Adam Sandler stand-up special.

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I was gonna make that joke

[u/endav → u/guywoodhouse68]

Is he like Wes Anderson’s little brother or something?

[u/dwpea66 → u/guywoodhouse68]

As long as Paul W.S. Anderson is in the mix, probably

[u/_bieber_hole_69]

Cameron Winter is the lead singer from Geese right?

I can totally see PTA loving them lol

[u/fishnut824 → u/_bieber_hole_69]

His solo stuff (which this concert is of) has a much different vibe. I prefer it a lot more than the bands music personally 

[u/BGBanks → u/fishnut824]

His solo stuff is very different from the bombastic geese songs but there's definitely some very Cameron Winter solo sounding stuff on Getting Killed like Au Pays du Cocaine which I think was originally just gonna be a solo track

[u/ProphetOfRedditDoom → u/BGBanks]

Geese is great jammy/rock Cameron Winter is folky

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Saw them open for King Gizzard at red rocks two years ago. Those kids can put on a show

[u/mafternoonshyamalan]

Didn’t he do one of these for Radiohead or something?

[u/suckmygoddamnbeans → u/mafternoonshyamalan]

It was for Thom Yorke's album "Anima" and It was basically a long form music video for Netflix shoot on IMAX/vistaVision. And this one Is a concert film, shoot on 35mm.

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“Anima” is incredible 

[u/modix → u/mafternoonshyamalan]

He directed Fiona Apples videos, so he no stranger to music and film. I can't tell if this is just a long form story or a big music show?

[u/melcolnik → u/modix]

It’s a concert. The live album has already been released

[u/nicotinequitterhelp → u/melcolnik]

And it’s great

[u/JJuanJuan]

I wasn‘t even aware he had one lined up so quickly. As somebody who really enjoyed his earlier works and also One Battle after another, I‘m certainly excited for this one!

[u/KennyShowers → u/JJuanJuan]

I mean it’s a concert doc. I’m sure he put in a lot of thought and attention but the degree of prep time and everything isn’t the same planet as a feature.

[u/IsmaelRetzinsky → u/JJuanJuan]

I saw it at NYFF. It’s glorious. The 35mm print is touring soon (Washington D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Nashville, Dallas, Milwaukee, Houston, Louisville, Austin, and Omaha — tickets currently on sale), and it’ll be screening at London Film Festival. See it if you can!

[u/HandbagsAtNoon → u/IsmaelRetzinsky]

It’s glorious

Why?

Edit: This is a good faith question, not snarky skepticism. Was just trying to nudge this discussion outside of the cadence of a “Tickets available now!” TV commercial.

[u/IsmaelRetzinsky → u/HandbagsAtNoon]

I thought Winter’s performance was extraordinary. You could feel the audience having to remind ourselves not to clap like we were actually at Carnegie Hall. It reminded me of Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert in its raw, hypnotic intensity. And Anderson shot it in a correspondingly raw, visceral way that highlighted its beauty. It’s also overall a pretty unusual concert film. A lot of interesting choices that I think really paid off. And I saw it just a day after having seen the premier of Albert Serra’s Ingrid Caven concert film, which had set a new bar for me in terms of what could be done with the format. I really wasn’t expecting to be as impressed by it as I ended up being.

[u/melcolnik → u/HandbagsAtNoon]

Well it’s an absolutely amazing concert to start. Cameron lays everything out there. He’s one of the youngest performers to ever perform solo at Carnegie Hall (which puts him in some pretty rare air) and It’s just him and a piano with nothing else. He just bares his soul to everyone. It’s an incredible performance and i cant wait to see how PTA captures it.

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Sadly I‘m in Germany so nowhere close, but I‘m glad you enjoyed it!

[u/Kalabula → u/JJuanJuan]

He’s really hit or miss for me. I loved OBAO. But couldn’t even get through Licorice Pizza or Inherent Vice.

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One Battle After Onother

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There Will Be Blood is his magnum opus

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That and The Master

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Its quality.

Magnolia is S tier too.

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Magnolia is so weird

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Nothing beats Boogie Nights for me.

[u/Kalabula → u/IndecisiveTuna]

Ya definitely not a hot take there.

[u/MikeArrow → u/Kalabula]

By contrast, I enjoyed Licorice Pizza a lot but Inherent Vice was an excruciatingly boring watch for me. One Battle After Another was enjoyable but I didn't really like anyone in the movie except Benicio Del Toro's character.

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Please watch Phantom Thread. It is his best work and one of the greatest films ever.

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loves there will be blood and one battle but this one was a boring fuck show imo

[u/__Shake__ → u/Bobbebusybuilding]

Is there even anything edgy or salacious about it? Trailer just makes it seem like a boring drama

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You get to see the phantom's huge dick at the end

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I'd say don't worry about that and just watch it with he context you have. It's good that way. That said even if you end up not meshing with it it's just a cpuple hours of your life.

[u/Jazzlike_Relation705 → u/Kalabula]

I loved all his stuff up to inherent vice. I also couldn’t stay awake through it or LP.

[u/wild_h0rses → u/Kalabula]

Are those the three you’ve watched? If so, keep going

[u/Kalabula → u/wild_h0rses]

TWBB and Boogie Nights are incredible. Didn’t care for Hard Eight and Magnolia had its moments.

[u/wild_h0rses → u/Kalabula]

I guess in that case I mostly agree with your assessment of hit or miss. Except for magnolia, that is his best

[u/No-Giraffe-8224 → u/Kalabula]

Yeah he is the same for me to, I did think OBAA was brilliant and would've been a totally uncontroversial win any other year (just last year had a gargantuan other film in competition), but I'm not big on Magnolia, Phantom Thread etc. There Will Be Blood and Boogie Nights are brilliant though. Sometimes I love the guy, sometimes I'm close to switching off.

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I couldn’t get into The Master but I loved OBAO, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia

[u/solidgoldrocketpants → u/Kalabula]

Licorice Pizza was a waste of everyone’s time. Cooper Hoffman had a half-dozen scenes of him running because he was trying to get through the movie faster.

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it's just a concert film

[u/Satan_su]

This movie is gonna be huge for my dumb charades games

[u/serv0_o]

Nice! His next movie after One Battle. I’m going in blind, expecting a fun thrill ride

[u/Frogad → u/serv0_o]

Don’t get too excited it’s a concert doc

[u/baker781 → u/serv0_o]

It's a concert movie - I don't think you'll get a thrill ride out of it haha

[u/UncircumciseMe]

Who

[u/TonySperguson]

not beating the industry plant allegations

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Industry plant and they'd been a band for a decade before getting popular

[u/StreetRich5026 → u/TonySperguson]

Good band had successful marketing campaign help them blow up. that's not what an industry plant is

[u/number1jaycritchfan → u/TonySperguson]

At least the talent is undeniable

[u/LonelyKey6767 → u/number1jaycritchfan]

It’s fairly deniable. In fact I am doing it now.

[u/abandoned_rain → u/TonySperguson]

Boo! Get some new material you hack!

[u/TonySperguson → u/abandoned_rain]

i'll repackage it as cool indie sleaze, pay people to spread it on tiktok and watch you develop a personality around it.

bet you loved turnstile last year.

[u/4handzmp → u/TonySperguson]

Just curious, who are your favorite bands?

[u/LonelyKey6767 → u/TonySperguson]

It’s so funny how much people seethe at simple facts. Asking you what music you like in turn LOL

[u/Youre_worthless_to_e → u/TonySperguson]

That’s not really what being an industry plant is though.

That’s just successful marketing

[u/abandoned_rain → u/TonySperguson]

Not beating the hack allegations

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you tried

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You failed

[u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket]

I feel like magnolia should be in those parenthesis over these two films, no?

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket]

They usually list the most recent and most well known credit when they list someone like that.

[u/ChickenInASuit → u/mikeyfreshh]

Right, so it makes sense that OBAA is in there, but surely Magnolia or TWBB are better known than Boogie Nights at this point?

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/ChickenInASuit]

I would personally say Boogie Nights but TWBB is close. I also think The Master is probably bigger than Magnolia at this point.

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Or There will be blood

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Or Underworld.

[u/ChickenInASuit → u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket]

Maybe over Boogie Nights, but OBAA is a) his most recent film and b) this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner. It makes more sense to have that there than any other film in his career considering it’s the most relevant right now.