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He is a gifted writer and maybe it all just fell into place for him.

I speculate that PTA may have had a lot of joie de vivre after the success of Hard Eight and felt very confident. A lot of hard work + talent + taste + luck + getting life right at the right time. Would've had good connections and after the success of Hard Eight he probably got more attention and freedom to make whatever he wanted. Growing up priveleged around showbiz people and developing taste from a young age helps. Only Paul could properly answer but even then I'm not sure he would know. It is rare and seriously impressive to see someone so young make a movie of that calibre. I've thought about this before, I agree it was an insane jump. Magnolia seems more influenced by Short Cuts with the separate plots weaving together. Following the rise and downfall of a star seems influenced by Raging Bull. In Boogie Nights its more of following one main character and John Holmes story including the true crime cocaine shootout but it's looser than the first hand account in Goodfellas and evolves into more of the side characters and plots like Casino or Nashville. I think this is where I see Raging Bull more. He mentions Jaws as a huge influence and I'm trying to remember if he ever did a dolly zoom in a film.īut these are all shots and editing and your original post is talking narrative structure. Is Demme where he gets the tight focus on a character while dialogue continues around them? I see that a lot in PTA films, too but I can't reference an influence.

There is that unexpected violent scene with gunplay near the end of Something Wild with Ray Liotta. And someone I didn't think about was Jonathan Demme which he cites Silence of the Lambs and Something Wild as influential.

He cites Nashville and Short Cuts as big influences for Magnolia. Looking more into this I do see him citing Goodfellas and Raging Bull as big influences.

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