Siskel & Ebert Review Hard Eight (1996) Paul Thomas Anderson

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[@JasonBagherian]

I should have done the films of Paul Thomas Anderson sooner. I would play Hard Eight to film students as this is how a low budget independent 'character study' should be done. It includes a wonderful and memorable performance by Philip Baker Hall. Hard Eight was Paul Thomas Anderson's first feature film and you can see how talented he is as a writer and director. I saw Paul Thomas Anderson as the new Scorsese but then he evolved in to his own with Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. I would watch any film made by this man. His music videos are rather good too.

[@WSStreit]

Reminds me how much I miss Siskel and Elbert. They were the best.

[@eliyastomas4713]

I hope the criterion collection puts this on blu ray, because this film is really good, and doesn’t have a blu ray release.

[@JasonBagherian]

I agree. Criterion should do all Paul Thomas Anderson's films on 4K Blu Ray.

[@FormerHumanX]

Gwyneth Paltrow is simultaneously so cute and so annoying in this movie.

[@Kevon420]

Nice video but showing that shooting scene is really unnecessary and kind of a whiplash of a spoiler.