Paul Thomas Anderson Couldn’t Believe His Eyes While Watching ‘Dunkirk’: ‘How the F*ck Did Nolan Do That?’

Paul Thomas Anderson was just as floored by Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk-2017-movie-posters/”>Dunkirk-2017-movie-posters/”>Dunkirk” as you were by it.

The “Phantom Thread” director recently attended the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (via Collider) and he couldn’t help but rave about the movies made by his fellow Oscar nominees for Best Director.

Anderson and Nolan have long been friends thanks to their shared love of celluloid over digital, so of course Anderson saw “Dunkirk” in 70mm and was totally blown away.“I always get to see Chris’ films in the optimal setting, hot off the presses,” Anderson said.

“I just remember thinking that, as many times as you’ve done this, there’s no greater pleasure than sitting in a movie theater now and saying, ‘How the fuck did he do that?!’ That was every single moment [with ‘Dunkirk’], really.”Anderson had a similar reaction while watching Best Actress nominee Saoirse Ronan in

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