Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio
February 23, 2018
Episode 75: Dressed and Obsessed
In Phantom Thread Daniel Day-Lewis plays a fashion designer who frets over every detail. And behind the camera, you can imagine writer-director-cinematographer Paul Thomas Anderson is fretting over every detail. It’s a perfect film for the perfectionist designer, Michael says:
If anyone within the sound of our voices stayed one hour later at work just to redo something to get it exactly right, even knowing that no one else would ever notice, I think they’ll appreciate this movie.
Also mentioned:
- A.O. Scott and Ann Hornaday review Phantom Thread
- Cindy Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation, John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, (1947-2018)
- The Well
- Kottke.org, A list of 25 Principles of Adult Behavior by John Perry Barlow
- The Observatory on McMansion Hell; EFF Responds to Zillow’s Legal Claims
- John Perry Barlow, This American Life, When Worlds Collide
- Uni Watch
- Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, How the Obama portraits cheerfully buck the trend of instantly forgettable presidential paintings
- The Onion, Schnauzers Rioting Outside Madison Square Garden Following Westminster Dog Show Defeat
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