Boogie Nights
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Criterion ChannelIn 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Criterion ChannelIn 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Yet the film's many intimations of how badly this bubble will burst, in a story drawn loosely from the career of the porn star John Holmes, never really coalesce. And since Mr. Anderson shows no interest in passing judgment on his…
Boogie Nights. 4 out of 5 stars. Film.Charting the rise and fall of well-endowed teenage ingénu Dirk Diggler (Wahlberg), from dishwasher to subcultural skinflick superstar, and back to washed-out junkie, the film is less a cautionary tale…
And like Scorsese’s “GoodFellas” and “Casino,” “Boogie Nights” is a parable of the greedy and decadent 1980s. Yet considering the potentially explosive nature of the material, Anderson’s strategy is remarkably nonjudgmental and…
