Paul Thomas Anderson has been a fan of author Thomas Pinchon for years, Already loosely adjusted "unique vice", But PTA was trying to discover how to adjust Vinland for about two decades. Known for its dense, complex, politically driven novels that mix historical fiction, satire and philosophy, Pinchon is specialized in eccentric characters in widespread parcels that deal with paranoia, plot and chaotic nature of everyday life. He is a writer who wants to mix topics with a high concept with tumultuous humor, weaving them together with mathematical precision. There is no such thing as "passive entertainment" when it comes to Pinchon's work, so the fact that Anderson used his novels as the basis of his films is more than once a testimony to his talent and taste.

Vineland serves as a basis for Anderson's electrification "one battle after another", But the film takes some great freedoms with the source material, so much that the adaptation calling is not an accurate description. Review, perhaps, even a modernized update, but certainly not a 1: 1 reconstruction. Instead, Anderson took over the topics and spirit of the novel and included a story more in accordance with what is happening politically in our world today. "" Vinland "would always be too difficult to adjust, so I stole the parts that were talking to me and just starting to run as a thief," Anderson told Starvala Leonardo DiCaprio in an interview with Esquire. "I suppose this is what all of us writers do - we are thieves." He continued:

"I have always liked the structure of the Les Misrables. You have a wild and crazy first act, then settle in the story, and you have to collect the pieces of debris, or you have to consider the choice you made in the first act.

This was the right call to make Anderson because "One battle after another" is incredibleand one of the most politically relevant films released by the Big Studio ... Maybe ever.

Vineland was set in 1984, Ronald Reagan's year was re -elected, while "one battle after another" was firmly set during our current timetable (or close to it). The flashbacks in "Vineland" Thrust the Characters Back Into the 1960s, While "One Battle After Another" Shows US The Years Before Leading Man Ghetto Pat/Bob Ferguson (Dicaprio) and His Partner Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) have their daughter (chase infiniti), who is now 16. This put their flashback antics someewere around of the end of George W. Bush's Administration and the Start of the First Mandate of Barack Obama. This jump in the timeframe changes the focus of PTA policy.

While Anderson's adaptation retains much of the emotional resonance and interpersonal dynamics of the original characters, it transforms the novel deeper socio -political criticism. In "Vinland", the zealous prosecution of the war against the drug against the wicked Brock Wonder-direct expansion of authoritarianism in the Reagan era turns into a xenophobic crusade of Colonel Lokjav of John Penn against immigration. But Lokjav does not work alone; He desperately demands the approval of a shading Kabbal of rich, white surreal elites that manipulate government power to carry out a vision of America that is "safe and clean", sannized by the difference, disagreement and democracy. It's a smart move, and the one that allows Anderson to show it to criticize him Current frost threats, The rise of fascismAnd the dangers of capitalism is to criticize the evergreen nature of American racism and xenophobia.

Meanwhile, the Collective on Freedom of Freedom of the Novel 24fps, a symbol of radical media resistance, is being questioned as a French 75 revolutionaries, carrying a more globalist, rebel spirit with a rally crying that is as urgent as it is uncompromising!

The names of characters, time frames or presidential administrations in downtown Vinland and "One battle after another" should not be the same, as the message of both stories remains the same. "In other words, I have had all these different threads for 20 years, and in some way, none of them have ever come out of style, because everything that seems to be politically seems to be always the same," Anderson told DiCaprio during the same interview with Eske. "The same Ш **, different year."

These stories do not only flirt with politics; They draw a heavy, uncompromising line in the desert and tell you that there is no neutral side. You are either harmonized with the mission of the revolutionaries, fighting your teeth and nails to release the oppressed, or serve the interests of the regimes in the construction of a whitewash, a repaired nightmare of America. The stakes in this film are life or death, because like Pinchon's novel and the real life we ​​live in, That is.

"One battle after another" is now in cinemas.