The Rewatchables ‘Boogie Nights’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
Sep 27, 2022
02:49:29
Opening Steadicam As Narrative Hook
- The Hot Tracks opening steadicam sequence instantly introduces most main characters and hooks the audience.
- Paul Thomas Anderson designed the shot to force the title into the film and guarantee the movie's identity stays intact.
Reshoot Rescued The Jack–Eddie Audition
- The Jack audition/reshoot story shows PTA and actors rewriting to fix a failing scene.
- Mark Wahlberg and Burt Reynolds rewrote and reshot the Jack-Eddie audition moment to find the right rhythm.
Music And Camera As Arrival Signals
- PTA built recurring cinematic gestures and music cues to signal important arrivals and characters.
- The film uses repeated camera moves and needle-drops so viewers instantly register a new important presence.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Last Rewachables, Part Two
01:42 • 2min
Oitad - A Review
03:52 • 2min
Is This a Movie?
06:12 • 2min
The Cut to Jack Eyeing Eddie Is the Next Scene
08:25 • 2min
Movie Review - Is This the New Kid on the Street?
10:22 • 2min
I'm Moving Later, I Moved
11:57 • 2min
The 'Blow Job', a Rolla Girl's Real Name
13:51 • 1min
I'll Step on to What's Age the Best
15:21 • 2min
Doy Have to Get a New Look?
17:02 • 2min
The Little Cinderella Movie Review
18:35 • 2min
What the Fuck?
21:03 • 2min
Ricky Jay - The Greatest Magician of All Time
23:12 • 2min
Is This Twice an Two Days?
24:47 • 3min
Is This Your Favorite Movie?
27:27 • 2min
The Dirk's Going to Be a Star Mantage
29:12 • 2min
Film Review - The Dirks
31:00 • 2min
Is There a World in Which There Is a Dirk Diggler and John Holmes in Porno?
32:38 • 2min
'Anchors Live in My Town'
34:58 • 2min
A New Year's Eve
37:08 • 2min
Is It a Movie?
39:13 • 2min
Movie Review - Scotty's Here Again
40:57 • 2min
Simple, Safe Home Security
42:38 • 3min
I Don't Like Violence Anymore Than You Do
45:31 • 2min
I Love This Movie, I Love the Colonel
47:46 • 2min
Why the Becky Scene Isn't Inter Right?
49:26 • 3min
You're Not the Boss of Dirk
52:26 • 2min
Film Review - Bert Reynolds
54:09 • 2min
Is Mark Walburk Intentionally Singing Poorly?
56:36 • 2min
Movie Review - Is This the Best Movie Ever?
58:14 • 2min
Are You My Mam?
59:47 • 2min
Tod Parker's Mustache
01:01:26 • 2min
The Doughnut Chap - The Best Performance of My Life
01:03:04 • 2min
The Best of the Movies, the Best of the Best
01:04:36 • 2min
The Lazer Disks
01:06:37 • 3min
Movie Review - Is Age the Best?
01:09:38 • 3min
Isn't It a Funny Joke?
01:13:03 • 2min
Movie Review - Jack and the Judge
01:14:39 • 2min
The Doughnut Trap
01:16:27 • 2min
I Want Marguerite a Now, Like, Right Now
01:17:57 • 2min
Movie Review - "Fucking Incredible"
01:19:31 • 2min
Film Review - Is This Really a Good Movie?
01:21:37 • 2min
The Director's Commentary Is Aged, the Best and the Worst
01:23:44 • 2min
I Think She Was a Caretaker
01:25:36 • 2min
Amber Waves - Is Eddie Really Like What Age Says?
01:27:18 • 2min
Bert Reynolds and the Operatively Tender
01:28:55 • 2min
'Own's Pache'
01:30:31 • 2min
It's Coming Best Quote
01:32:13 • 3min
Are You Sure Dirk's Dick Was Big Enough?
01:34:46 • 2min
Is This a Movie Without Good Fellows?
01:36:21 • 2min
Is This Boy's Life Was an Amazing Fimright?
01:38:41 • 2min
The Movie Is Not Just One Person, but Multiple People
01:40:33 • 2min
War and Baby - Warren Bady Part Iol
01:42:09 • 2min
Sam Jackson - The Best Actor on Screen
01:44:23 • 3min
Theritt Ta San, Rebecca De Morne, Ecado, and Julia Moore.
01:46:54 • 2min
Johnny Doe, the Lead Singer of the Band X
01:49:00 • 2min
I Love Becky, but I Do Too.
01:51:28 • 2min
Hally Berry Part Re: Colonel vs. Gondali
01:53:17 • 2min
Is This a Recast of the Movie?
01:55:15 • 2min
Is Dirk Diggler a Roller Girl?
01:56:59 • 2min
I'm Gonna Throw One More Out for a Amber, I Got the Most Excited for That Remake
01:59:10 • 3min
Is This Half Asen Research?
02:02:12 • 3min
Oil Paintings of Dirk Deger
02:04:57 • 1min
Ike, No, Fascinating Providence
02:06:21 • 2min
Film Review - The Delated for a Reason
02:08:44 • 2min
Is It a Doghnut Show?
02:10:28 • 2min
Julia More - The Best Actress of the Year?
02:12:09 • 2min
Movies About Porn
02:13:41 • 2min
You Lose Your Love, You're No Your Love.
02:15:22 • 2min
The Best Movie That's Built Around Rih
02:17:03 • 2min
I Like It, I Marzana
02:18:57 • 2min
Do You Like Doughnuts?
02:20:41 • 2min
Jack Horner's House
02:22:11 • 2min
Johnny Doe and Becky's Wedding?
02:23:54 • 2min
Is This Movie Better With Wan Jenkins, Dane and Treo?
02:26:14 • 2min
I Think He Drinks a Cocktail?
02:28:04 • 2min
I Thank Everybody's Sleeping Everywhere.
02:29:35 • 2min
Did Roller Girl Finally Take Off Her Skates?
02:31:14 • 2min
Is Dirk Diggor Dead?
02:33:04 • 2min
Into the Sky, by the Tubes.
02:34:37 • 2min
'Security Dance'
02:36:33 • 2min
Hard Cor - A Great Movie
02:38:10 • 2min
What's Your Favorite Movie?
02:40:08 • 2min
Is It a Pornographic Movie?
02:41:56 • 2min
The Shult Tak, Half Parties Here
02:43:48 • 2min
In Part 2, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey run through the categories for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Boogie Nights’. This is a high fidelity podcast, you know what that means? That means this is the highest quality fidelity. Hi-Fi. Those are two very important things to have in a podcast.
Producer: Craig Horlbeck
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