# Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker's Creative Journey - Hardcover

by **Adam Nayman** (Author), **Little White Lies** (Producer), **The Safdie Brothers** (Foreword by)

**"A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson" (_Variety Magazine_), Adam Nayman's** **full-color coffee-table gift book explores the creative journey of the multiple Academy Award-nominated writer and director.**

**Foreword by the Safdie Brothers**

**"Full of lavish photographs from his best-loved films." ―_A. Frame_**

_Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks_ is a fact-filled treasure-trove for movie fans; it explores Anderson's career, including the critically acclaimed, award-winning movies:

-   **_Hard Eight_** **(1996)**
-   **_Boogie Nights_** **(1997)**
-   **_Magnolia_** **(1999)**
-   **_Punch Drunk Love_** **(2002)**
-   **_There Will Be Blood_** **(2007)**
-   **_The Master_** **(2012)**
-   **_Inherent Vice_** **(2014)**
-   **_Phantom Thread_** **(2017)**

  
Anderson has been described as "one of American film's modern masters" and "the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation." His films have received more than 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with many of the most accomplished actors of our time, including Lesley Ann Manville, Julianne Moore, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Film critics and fans are constantly looking forward to what he might create next and discuss the meaning and technical aspects of his movies and their most famous scenes. Mark Wahlberg in _Boogie Nights_, Daniel Day-Lewis in _There Will be Blood_, and Joaquin Phoenix in _The Master_ are not just memorable movie performances, they are the stuff of Hollywood legend.

It also covers his music videos for Radiohead and his early short films. All are examined and illustrated in detail. Anderson's influences; his style; and the recurring themes of alienation, reinvention, ambition, and destiny that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by firsthand interviews with his closest collaborators--and illuminated by film stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and an appropriately psychedelic design aesthetic.

_Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks_ is a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world.

### Author Biography

**Adam Nayman** is the author of _The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together_ and is a contributing editor to _Cinema Scope_.

**_Little White Lies_** is one of the world's preeminent film magazines, pairing a unique editorial angle with beautiful illustration and world-class design.  

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1 x 11.3 x 9.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 20, 2020

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