event Punch-Drunk Love

What is loneliness? What does it feel like? An abstract construct such as the feeling of social isolation isn’t easy to put into words, but apparently it can be put on film. Paul Thomas Anderson knows the aching despair of a square peg in a circular society. Though he successfully toyed around with capturing loneliness in Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love beautifully overwhelms viewers with the importance of finding love in this shallow, distant pool of vapid airheads. Most importantly, Anderson doesn’t just target social misfits with the tale of Barry Egan (Adam Sandler), an oddity so lonely that he calls up a phone sex line just for a chat. By hitting the nail on the head of lowness, he can make the most hardened Affliction wearer understand why love matters.

What is loneliness? What does it feel like? An abstract construct such as the feeling of social isolation isn’t easy to put into words, but apparently it can be put on film. Paul Thomas Anderson knows the aching despair of a square peg in a circular society. Though he successfully toyed around with capturing loneliness in Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love beautifully overwhelms viewers with the importance of finding love in this shallow, distant pool of vapid airheads. Most importantly, Anderson doesn’t just target social misfits with the tale of Barry Egan (Adam Sandler), an oddity so lonely that he calls up a phone sex line just for a chat. By hitting the nail on the head of lowness, he can make the most hardened Affliction wearer understand why love matters.