His fanbase is evaporating

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Paul Thomas Anderson

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Yealis — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 11:49 PM)

He was once probably the most exciting young American filmmaker post-Quentin Tarantino, and now nobody gives a damn about his movies. He thought he was being a true artist with TWBB thru Inherent Vice, but he instead embraced
inconsequence
and
pretension
as his guiding cinematic idols. Hopefully he bounces back.

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moviebuff34 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 01:33 PM)

I was shocked he got financing for another film. I'm still not positive that the new one won't get cancelled.

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donn-44655 — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 08:43 PM)

That's just, like, your opinion, man.
Honestly without any graphs or polls concluding this, your just stating something subjective. You and your friends may not like his films as much, but there's nothing stating that there's an "evaporating fanbase".
Some people loved Inherent Vice and hated The Master. Despite polarizing opinions, his films continue to get accolades.
Personally, I didn't really like there will be blood a whole lot, a film many adore who don't even know his filmography, yet i loved the master on first viewing.
So show some evidence outside of the opinion of a handful of overly critical film Geeks such as ourselves, and then maybe you'll have a solid stance.

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Yealis — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 06:08 AM)

Do you recall how your audience responded to The Master?

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Christopher_Smilax — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 10:10 AM)

A polarizing film, an artistic one especially, is not uncommon in a director's filmography, nor does it equate to an "evaporating" audience by default.
Howard Hughes was Italian?

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taran-rod — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 10:41 PM)

I loved both, There Will Be Blood and Inherant Vice. Two movies that most people I know didn't really care for.

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jerrellejames-1 — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 10:10 AM)

"Nobody" gives a damn about most of his work.
Hard Eight
Budget: $3 million | Worldwide Gross:
$222,559
Boogie Nights
Budget: $15 million | Worldwide Gross:
$43,101,594
Magnolia
Budget: $37 million | Worldwide Gross:
$48,451,803
Punch-Drunk Love
Budget: $25 million | Worldwide Gross:
$24,665,649
There Will Be Blood
Budget: $25 million | Worldwide Gross:
$76,181,545
The Master
Budget: $32 million | Worldwide Gross:
$28,258,060
Inherent Vice
Budget: $20 million | Worldwide Gross:
$14,710,975

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earthanime — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 07:56 AM)

His post-there will blood movies were very low grossed.

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jerrellejames-1 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 11:49 PM)

They also opened in less than half of the theaters of TWBB.
There Will Be Blood
's widest release had 1,620 theaters to
Inherent Vice
's 653 theaters and
The Master
's 864 theaters.

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Ambedo — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 05:01 PM)

It's a damn shame his films struggle to break even. He's easily one of the best working directors, out there right now, and what he makes is quite a cut above the rest IMO. If I'm correct, The Master and Inherent Vice were both privately financed by the same person. Seems odd since There Will be Blood was his highest grossing film. The Master was dropped by Universal studios initially, according to wikipedia.
Guess the stuff he makes doesn't have much of an audience