How would you rate this on a scale of “Inherent Vice” to “There Will Be Blood”?
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To me, better than Inherent Vice (although I don't remember that movie quite as much). Very different tonally than There Will Be Blood so a bit hard for me to compare but I think One Battle After Another is one of his best. Tonally I guess more like Inherent Vice ha well I guess they're both Pynchon novels. PTA is very unique to me but I can't articulate like style or trademark things about him. I think he's just so good at his craft and bold in unexpected ways.
Gotcha. I am very excited. I love PTA as an artist, but not necessarily all his movies.
Did you get to see it in 70mm? If so, any thoughts on the transfer? It was shot in Vistavision.
I saw it in IMAX. It looked good. It sounded good too, though the sound track was anxiety inducing. But in a purposeful way. Benicio Del Toro was great. Sean Penn was unsettling and I will never hear a certain Christmas song the same way again.
I did. Honestly I couldn't really tell if it stood out. I saw Sinners in 70mm and that looked so impressive to me. For some reason this was just really well made but the film format didn't stick out to me.