Boogie Nights reads like the act of sex itself. It starts off kind of slow, gets a little complicated and wierd towards the middle, and explodes in the end. Similarly, lots of different options can be explored, yet not all turn out great in the end. As a screenplay, Boogie Nights falls more in the unprotected sex category: it's edgy, dangerous and all around feels better. A story like this can't be told through any form of censorship, so it wasn't.
This is a tragic tale that explores the dissillusionment plot in an all together captivating way. It's a story about choice and consequence and finding that one thing your good at. Jack was good at directing porn, so he adapted and continued directing porn, the colonel was good at child porn so he went to jail ect. As morbid as it sounds, this is a unique story where each character got what they deserved.
Interestingly, technical direction in Boogie Nights gave the screenplay a special level of immersion and immediacy. Moreso than any other screenplay that we've read (even Goldman), this feels like experiencing a film rather than a screenplay.
Discussion Questions:
1.) What do you think the significance of rollergirl never taking off her skates is, if any?
3.) Which character was the most tragic, little Bill, Maurice, Colonel or any of his lady friends, Jack, Amber, Todd or Dirk?
- Jon Perez
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I think the "lady friends" are the most tragic because they are such fodder. No one really cares about them much.
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