A Study Of Paul Thomas Anderson's Films

Paul Thomas Anderson(aka PTA)is the first film in history to receive director's awards at three major European film festivals.His films are known for their strong temperament and distinctive author style.Taking his eight film feature films as the main research object,text analysis is the main research method,combined with philosophy,sociology,psychoanalysis and other related discipline theories,through the five chapters to systematically reveal Paul Thomas Anderson The artistic charm of the film and the road to success.In the first chapter,this paper will take Paul Thomas Anderson's inheritance relationship with "New Hollywood" as the entry point,and show his concept of film from both independent film and film noir;In the second chapter to the fourth chapter,based on the previous ideas,from the perspective of film ontology,this paper demonstrates the uniqueness and author characteristics of these films in terms of artistic connotation,character shaping and audiovisual features.In chapter five,in addition to the film's ontology,this paper will focus on the " Indiewood " mechanism to explore the marketing strategy of Paul Thomas Anderson's films between business and art.