One Battle After Another and the Seduction of Violence

One Battle After Another and the Seduction of Violence

After sweeping the Golden Globes and other awards, One Battle After Another has 13 Oscar nominations. Given the film’s clear relevance, if it does end up a winner, those who created it will probably do more than thank their agents, publicists, partners, and pets. They’ll likely talk about the times we’re living in, as every creative artist or public figure should, given the stakes. We hope they’ll present the film as a cautionary tale, not an en…

Is 'One Battle After Another' Great or Just Overrated Oscar Bait?

One Battle After Another (OBAA) may lose $100 million, but it’s bound to gain one trophy after another. The lauded box office bomb by Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) already nabbed four Golden Globes and three Critics Choice Awards. With 14 BAFTA and 13 Academy Award nominations, PTA is poised to take home the Oscar for Best Director. When accepting his Golden Globe last month, the 55-year-old filmmaker repeated OBAA’s “This pussy don’t pop for you” …

How Editor Andy Jurgensen Found the Right Balance of Tone and Momentum for ‘One Battle After Another’

https://youtu.be/b5JqvqqQ15o "Time doesn't exist, but it controls us anyway." That hilarious answer to the key question Bob Ferguson can’t remember to receive the rendezvous point is, coincidentally, the best way to describe the feeling of watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest epic, One Battle After Another. For the audience, asking them to step into a two…