Punch-Drunk Love
Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
USA, 2002, English, 95mins, DCP
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
After two sprawling ensemble dramas (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), Anderson returns to the intimate scale of his debut with a self-described ‘art-house Adam Sandler movie.’ Sandler plays Barry, a timid small business owner with anger management issues who finds himself extorted by a phone sex operator. Bullied by family and strangers alike, he only gains courage and strength when miraculously finds love. More an unclassifiable vehicle for its star than a conventional rom-com, Punch-Drunk Love invites comparisons with Anderson’s later romances, while featuring widescreen cinematography that finds unexpected poetry in suburban America.
Cannes Film Festival: Best Director
7/1 (Sat): Film talk with Wong Chun
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
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PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction