This heavily illustrated mid-career monograph documents the thirty-year creative journey of eight-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson, from his early short films through his latest features.

A heavily illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey of the 8-time Academy Award–nominated writer and director

Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as a true auteur and among the foremost filmmaking talents of his generation. His films have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with the finest actors of our time, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, Anderson’s entire oeuvre — from Boogie Nights (1997), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012) to his music videos for Radiohead to his early short films—is examined in illustrated detail for the first time.

Anderson’s influences, his style, and the recurring themes of reinvention, alienation, destiny, and ambition that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by firsthand interviews with Anderson’s closest collaborators and illuminated by film stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and a vibrant, engaging design aesthetic. Masterworks is a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world.

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.

About the Author:

Adam Nayman is the author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together and is a contributing editor to Cinema Scope.

David Fincher: Mind Games Адама Наймана — це остаточний критичний і візуальний огляд робіт відомого режисера, номінованих на премію «Оскар» і «Золотий глобус».

Від художніх фільмів Чужий 3, Se7en, Гра, Бійцівський клуб, Кімната паніки, Зодіак, Загадкова історія Бенджаміна Баттона, Соціальна мережа, Дівчина з татуюванням дракона, Зникла дівчина та Манк через його кліпи на MTV для Мадонни та Rolling Stones і серіалів Netflix Картковий будинок і Мисливець за розумом, кожен розділ David Fincher: Mind Games переплітає історію виробництва з оригінальним критичним аналізом, а також із закулісними фотографіями, стоп-кадрами й оригінальними ілюстраціями міжнародної команди художників і графічних дизайнерів Little White Lies. Книга також містить інтерв’ю з постійними співробітниками Фінчера, зокрема Джеффом Кроненветом, Ангусом Уоллом, Лері Мейфілдом, Холтом Маккаллані, Говардом Шором і Еріком Мессершмідтом.

Групуючи роботу режисера навколо тем процедури, ув’язнення, параної, престижу та динаміки стосунків, «Девід Фінчер: Ігри розуму» оформлено як розслідування режисера, одержимого розслідуванням, а дизайн буде перенесено на повторення матеріалів справи в рамках більшого психологічного профілю.

Про авторів:

Адам Найман є автором книг Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks (Абрамс, 2020) і The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together (Абрамс, 2018) і є редактором Cinema Scope.

Little White Lies — один із найвідоміших кіножурналів у світі, який поєднує унікальну редакційну точку зору з чудовими ілюстраціями та дизайном світового рівня.

From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, “some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness.” The book combines critical text — biography, close film analysis, and enlightening interviews with key Coen collaborators — with a visual aesthetic that honors the Coens’ singular mix of darkness and levity. Featuring film stills, beautiful and evocative illustrations, punchy infographics, and hard insight, this book will be the definitive exploration of the Coen brothers’ oeuvre.

About the Author:

Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes on film for The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on Showgirls and the films of Ben Wheatley, and lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University.

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