Few filmmakers working today reveal the effects of sin upon the human soul as brutally yet compassionately as Paul Thomas Anderson. You will not, for instance, get the impression from his films that adultery is harmless to the heart of the adulterer. His films deal with the uses of regret, forgiving the unforgivable, and atonement for wrongs that torment those who would prefer to forget their failings, yet are forced to face them in moments that only grace can get them through.
Anderson’s films do not presuppose the existence of God, the efficaciousness of grace, or the reality of salvation. I’m not sure what his religious beliefs currently are. But there are hints and traces of the divine in his films, especially in his best film, Magnolia.
The writer/director has a new film scheduled to open in December: There Will Be Blood, a film about oil, greed, and family, and, more explicitly than in his previous films, religion.
Here’s the trailer from Youtube. Go to IMDb for a better quality video.
Anderson’s films do not presuppose the existence of God, the efficaciousness of grace, or the reality of salvation. I’m not sure what his religious beliefs currently are. But there are hints and traces of the divine in his films, especially in his best film, Magnolia.
The writer/director has a new film scheduled to open in December: There Will Be Blood, a film about oil, greed, and family, and, more explicitly than in his previous films, religion.
Here’s the trailer from Youtube. Go to IMDb for a better quality video.