For card-carrying members of the tribe (and I'm absolutely one of them), the arrival of a new Paul Thomas Anderson film is an event equal in magnitude to Christmas Day meets the World Cup final meets McDonald's bringing back the McRib. PTA as the heads call him may not be the most famous director of his age (Spielberg, Cameron, Scorsese,
My children have zero respect for me. It's just unbelievable, I feel like I'm pretty humble, but every once in a while I'm like 'there's a f-king Oscar right there.' They are so not impressed with me.
With regard to Generative Artificial Intelligence and other digital tools used in the making of the film, the tools neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination.