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In tribute to digital artist Jeremy Blake whose work in Punch-Drunk Love is represented in this Eiga Chirashi artwork for the film from Japan. Mr. Blake passed away in 2007. I think this particular movie artwork is a great way to start out 2008, since it clearly will be a huge year for Paul Thomas Anderson and There Will Be Blood.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

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Romance blooms in one of the best romantic comedies this decade has seen.

“I like the idea of dressing the romantic leads in a matching style. Here it reinforces what’s obvious to everyone but Barry and Lena: that they belong together.”

- Costume designer Mark Bridges on dressing the central characters for Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler stars as Barry Egan and Emily Watson stars as Lena Leonard in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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With the portrayal of Barry, Adam Sandler shows he can just as easily play complex characters as he can more straight forward comedic ones.

“Designing with blues is not something you usually do because they’re so sensitive on film. But it worked very well for us because Paul (Thomas Anderson) was really interested in replicating the feeling of Technicolor. If you look at On the Town or An American in Paris, they weren’t afraid to use color then.”

- Costume designer Mark Bridges on the blues used in Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler stars as Barry Egan in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Wonderful comedic and upbeat scene in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love.

“The challenge was to create something different by taking a more intuitive, uncharted approach than on our previous films. What Paul (Thomas Anderson) said to us, essentially, was, ‘I’m not sure where we’ll begin, but let’s not begin here, in this familiar place.’… Which meant that we all – Paul, the actors, the crew – were trying to relearn our jobs in some fundamental way.”

- Producer JoAnne Sellar on everyone working to create something that creatively organic and completely true to its material with Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler (right) stars as Barry Egan and Luis Guzman stars as Lance in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Got pudding?

“After Magnolia, which was a huge, dark, challenging movie, I think Paul (Thomas Anderson) wanted to make something that was contained, uplifting and sweet.”

- Producer JoAnne Sellar on the genesis for Paul Thomas Anderson following Magnolia up with Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler stars as Barry Egan in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Being surrounded by seven sisters could not have been an easy existence for Barry, except perhaps in moments like this one.

“The idea was to emphasize the unique place that Adam and Emily’s characters occupy in the film by surrounding them with non-actors. This was especially important in the case of Barry’s sisters. Paul (Thomas Anderson) didn’t want to hire actors because he wanted to capture the raw awkwardness of family, where people nag and talk over each other and don’t wait for their cues.”

“I went to meet with these two sisters and in talking discovered that they had two cousins. So of the seven sisters in the film, six are non-actors and four are related. It was kind of crazy, especially given that we asked some of the women to bring their husbands along, but they all gelled perfectly. They had no fear.”

- Casting director Cassandra Kulukund on casting Barry’s sisters in Punch-Drunk Love

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(From L. to R.) Elizabeth (Mary Lynn Rajskub) introduces her friend Lena Leonard (Emily Watson) to her brother Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) hoping that the two may hit it off in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Striking framing, colors and strong classic look mark this famous scene from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love.

“Paul wanted Hawaii to be the antithesis of minimalism, so we were looking for gorgeous sunsets and flowers, anything that would make it a romantic escape for Barry and Lena. We managed to find a great hotel that required virtually no dressing, in a beautiful spot, with beautiful furniture.”

- Production designer William Arnold on crafting the Hawaiian location shoot in Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler and Emily Watson star in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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It won’t be too long now with the arrival of December for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest There Will Be Blood, to start hitting movie theaters! Easily my favorite film I’ve seen in 2007.

“I’m so used to having a wasting disease or a special talent, something that I can really get my head into and work on. Paul (Thomas Anderson) said to me, ‘If you find yourself working on this in any way that you’ve done before, throw it out the window.’ He wanted it to be something completely fresh for me as an actor.”

- Emily Watson on working with Paul Thomas Anderson on Punch-Drunk Love

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Paul Thomas Anderson is the director, the writer and a producer of the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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One of the best parts of falling in love is when you do so without even realizing it… as is the case here.

“Both apartments are generic, but for different reasons. Because it’s not really clear where she comes from, we didn’t want to leave any clues about Lena’s history. Whereas Barry’s place is reflective of the blandness in his life, so there is no passion showing on his walls or in his furniture.”

- Production designer William Arnold on crafting the apartment locations for Lena and Barry in Punch-Drunk Love

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Adam Sandler stars as Barry Egan and Emily Watson stars as Lena Leonard in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Emily Watson is stellar as Lena in this film as she offers up a complex exterior emotional facade that protects her internal longings and keeps her from opening up her real beauty to others. Though through her walls Barry seems to see this beauty shining through and keeps him pushing ahead to win her over.

‘’Paul (Thomas Anderson) took me to Art’s Deli and told me that he was writing something for Adam Sandler. He asked me what I wanted to do next and I said, ‘I don’t want to do anything more like cry or die.’ We had a great afternoon, just chatting away; of course I didn’t know at this stage that he’d already written me a part.”

- Emily Watson on being cast in Punch-Drunk Love

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Emily Watson stars as Lena Leonard in the Revolution Studios/New Line Cinema presentation of Punch-Drunk Love, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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