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The Dark Optimism of Paul Thomas Anderson | GQ

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Jane Campion The Power of the Dog	Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza	Ryuske Hamaguchi Drive My Car	Denis Villeneuve Dune	Steven Spielberg West Side Story
1 nomination (for directing)	2 nominations (for directing)	No nominations	1 nomination	7 nominations, 2 wins (for directing)

Has cleaned up in the precursors. Competing for the win	The film’s reception has started to solidify and PTA should find himself in the lineup	Drive My Car is such a critical and precursor smash, Hamaguchi could be firmly in the running	Dune had to be big for him to have a shot and it was big. Maybe on a bit shakier ground than some would like to admit	WSS has been missing in some weird places. I still think he makes the lineup, but just barely

		ALTERNATIVES
Kenneth Branagh Belfast	Joel Coen The Tragedy of Macbeth	Pedro Almodovar Parallel Mothers	Reinaldo Marcus Green King Richard	Guillermo del Toro Nightmare Alley
1 nomination (for directing)	3 nominations (for directing), 1 win	1 nomination (for directing)	No nominations	1 nomination (for directing), 1 win

I don’t know what happened, but the Belfast love evaporated very quickly and without warning	Macbeth is peaking at the right time, but he hasn’t had much precursor love	The Oscars have shown willingness to nominate Pedro before, even when his film doesn’t show up in Best Picture. He has probably been 6th place more than once	King Richard is seen as more of a star vehicle than a director’s movie, but if the film hits in every other category, there’s no reason to think Green can’t go along as well	Following his Best Director win in 2017, everything he makes will be on the Academy’s radar. You never know how members will love a film

		MORE ALTERNATIVES
Rebecca Hall Passing	Sian Heder CODA	Asghar Farhadi A Hero	Wes Anderson The French Dispatch	Paolo Sorrentino The Hand of God
No nominations	No nominations	No nominations (for directing)	1 nomination (for directing)	No nominations

The Oscars love actors-turned-directors, but the film’s accolades have been more focused on performances	The CODA love has to translate to the director, right?	A Hero might be breaking at the right time for him to make an impact. Probably more realistic in Screenplay	Despite a fairly early release, Anderson is getting some late buzz from precursors and top ten lists. Maybe it could surprise	The film’s release has not exactly been universally beloved, but you never know

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