About this episode

The episode discusses Paul Thomas Anderson's film 'Boogie Nights' and its themes of hedonism and vice.

Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. These are the things that you come to Random Acts of Cinema for. Paul Thomas Anderson almost manages to reach our podcastly levels of hedonism and vice in his late 90s indie apogee covering the late 70s porn apogee. *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961).

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Noyes, Charles Peterson

Topics covered

• film analysis
• independent cinema
• pornography in film
• 90s cinema
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• Yojimbo

Keywords

• Boogie Nights
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• 90s film
• independent film
• Yojimbo
• cinema analysis
• pornography

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Boogie Nights, Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa

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