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| FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 18 | | Cast
Julianne Moore
William H Macy
Mark Wahlberg
Burt Reynolds
Don Cheadle
Heather Graham | | Directors
Paul Thomas Anderson | | Screenwriters
Paul Thomas Anderson | | Running Time
156 minutes |
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Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson's glittering lament for '70s porn industry.
Plot
The rise and fall of porn-star Dirk Diggler, his sizeable schlong and the '70s sex industry itself.
Verdict
Its world lovingly captured with snaking camera angles that hit every time (panning jerkily around a disco, spying furtively through the viewfinder of a porn cinematographer, split screens etc.) Boogie Nights is loaded with lascivious colour, poisoned with lacerating traumas and pumped full of wit. Better than sex. Very nearly.
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