Many don't know this, but Tom visited his own dad on his death bed after not seeing him for some years. They, too, hadn't gotten along well. The scene must have been a little difficult for him.

Paul Thomas Anderson is an incredibly talented writer. He’s my favorite current director.

"im a writer director" because i negotiate to take my cowriters credit off of my films such as pulp fiction

Good stuff!

Tom has been working on a movie about the life of a man with chronic constipation. Its called Motion Impassable.

Amdrew Tate before he was repevant, but actually doesnt look homeless

Square one everytime? not really. But I get his point

I have always compared TC’s performance in this film to a pitcher throwing a perfect game. The progression of the character. He did something similar in “Born on the 4th…”. but he was raw then and turned into a great actor over the course of that film. Here he was in control of his talent all the way. Worst Oscar snub of all time imo. For whatever reason he has decided to do almost all action films since then but he’s still relatively young and could get back into meaty acting parts for another 20-30 years.

I have always compared TC’s performance in this film to a pitcher throwing a perfect game. The progression of the character. He did something similar in “Born on the 4th…”. but he was raw then and turned into a great actor over the course of that film. Here he was in control of his talent all the way. Worst Oscar snub of all time imo. For whatever reason he has decided to do almost all action films since then but he’s still relatively young and could get back into meaty acting parts for another 20-30 years.

He’s the Goat for a reason even if he’s crazy

Its a very tough road being a writer director; the most difficult thing to do

Magnolia is actually my favorite film OAT

The people in this comment section are slow 💀not them admitting they never finished it and complaining they dont understand 😂😂😂

Love Tom Cruise's acting and have seen the movies this guy has written..wow what talent from both

PTA pulled the best performance out of Cruise. His death bed scene with his father was amazing and had me in tears.

Tom's acting in that movie blew me away. That scene at his father's bedside is pretty devastating. P.T. Anderson is a brilliant filmmaker.

I give out a hefty laugh when people try to tell me he’s an overrated actor. This movie was soul-shattering.

Tom in Magnolia is one of my favorite roles of him and Magnolia is one of my top movies of all time.

RESPECT THE COCK!

Go get your teeth done. In this day and age

Kate Winslet is so beautiful in this film

I love this movie, it is incredible. There is too much swearing, but it is an incredible movie. It's so great that I feel high when I am watching it (I am not).

Tom was amazing in that role. Just mesmerising and so real.

it's rare for a character to become more relevant as time passes. People like Andrew Tate appear to have based their whole persona on Frank T. J. Mackey.

I miss PTA coked out

To me, this is definitely Tom cruise’s best work from just a character study alone. He was so good in magnolia.

Tom Cruise REALLY IS THAT DUDE!

He's so damn good in that movie

Woke trash movie of a bissexual dude trying hard to mock heterosexual men.

In that 9 months PTA wrote, “Respect the cock!…” and Tom said, “I’m in.” 😂

" Let's go." I love that Tom doesn't waist time for something he loves.

Phenomenal movie- Only gets better

"I didnt tell him anything about it" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🧞🧞

This makes me think less of PTA. Fuck Tom Cruise

That was cool!!

It’s amazing. No matter what film Tom Cruise is in… He ruins it.

Great channel! Keep making more :)

Bong joon ho has multiple masterpieces before this, including snowpiercer and especially memories of murder

There was a time when Tom was trying to win an Oscar and this was about his final close attempt and then he quit to make action blockbusters, but the time is right for him now. If he tries with another amazing acting performance, he might get it.

A guy like tom cruise has 0 oscars. A wanna be actor like will smith oscar, nomination etc. Props to hollywood

PT is a prolific writer. And Tom's portrayal in Magnolia was Magnificent ❤😮

Woke NPR nasal voiced review. Its not problematic. Down with censorship, “dawg”.

Thank you so, so much for sharing this clip. I loved that he could talk genuinely about the challenge of deliver several original projects...

Great analysis

I really cant make a short film without lots of dialogue. Guess I needed this.

Yeah I disagree with this a lot. It’s arguably more notable or impressive that a director’s “voice”, or style or whatever is recognizable and distinct when it’s NOT coming from a script they wrote. It can also show their range as a filmmaker, whereas with Tarantino for instance, his voice is very clear sometimes to a fault, because it’s VERY obvious what his writing sounds like

what a prick

And that was Tom's last attempt at auteur cinema. From then on, he became a brand from start to finish.

Best thing Cruise ever did

He’s 100 percent right