Movie Review

The revolution will not be televised.

The film’s title is taken from a 1969 statement from the revolutionary political group The Weather Underground that was published in an issue of New Left Notes, a left-wing periodical from the Students for a Democratic Society. The statement read: “From here on out, it’s one battle after another – with white youth joining in the fight and taking the necessary risks. Pig Amerika beware. There’s an army growing in your guts and it’s going to bring you down.” The first and last sentences of this statement are both used in dialogue in the first act of the film.

This is the film we need to see now. A revolution is coming to America, and it won’t be pretty. Paul Thomas Anderson has taken a book that was written by Thomas Pynchon and created a masterpiece of the cinema. The acting, writing, and direction are all superb. The cast includes three Academy Award winners: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro. The movie has a Tarantino-esque quality to it, and it pays homage to the movie Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen, featuring one of the most exciting chase scenes I’ve seen since 1968, featuring a Mustang pursuing a Charger in bright California sunlight with cinematic elevation changes.

If you care about anything about movies or America, go see this movie now!