One of my current favourite directors is probably Paul Thomas Anderson. His films have a style, coolness and humour that is hard to combine with a strong story line. Paul however, manages it. The shoot with Paul was a 10 min job at Soho Hotel and he suffered from jet-lag (mixed with a little hangover from the night before). Not many people can carry off that look without one hour of hair and makeup but Paul did. It gave his slightly ruffled look an extra dimension which suited him well. The tired rub of his eye even looked good in a shot.
His new film ‘Inherent Vice’, looks to be a classic Paul Thomas Anderson film and I can’t wait to see it. Never before has anyone been given the permission to dramatise a Thomas Pynchon book before now and that in itself is a testament to Paul’s creative vision and execution.
