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An hour into Boogie Nights there’s a sequence that tells you everything you need to know about what Paul Thomas Anderson was going for, and where he was coming from. At porn filmmaker Jack Horner’s (Burt Reynolds) compound, during an epic afternoon party (in other words: Tuesday), Luis Guzmán’s polyester prince Maurice is on the phone, then ambles through the festivities looking for someone he doesn’t know; someone called Maggie. He fails, apologises to the caller, and puts down the phone. “Who was that?” asks Don Cheadle’s Buck. “Oh, some kid looking for his mom.” …
摘自《帝国》(Empire)2026年3月刊,Alex Godfrey。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。