Boogie Nights
Seventies adult film
Boogie Nights is a 1997 film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson about the pornographic film industry in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The title evokes the disco era's nightlife and sexual freedom.
More broadly, boogie nights suggests nights of dancing, partying, or hedonistic pleasure: Back in my boogie nights days, I never got home before 3 a.m.
Seventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
- platform shoesShoes with elevated soles
- afroRounded curly hairstyle
8-track · shag carpet · lava lamp · funk · vinyl · waterbed · gold chains · leisure suit
Sexually explicit video content
- San Fernando ValleyLos Angeles suburban basin
- industryEconomic production sector
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
fame · ambition · rise and fall · excess · decadence · hedonism · drugs · cocaine
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- directingOverseeing a production
Mark Wahlberg · Julianne Moore · Burt Reynolds · John C. Reilly · Heather Graham · Don Cheadle · Philip Seymour Hoffman · drama
Surface for rhythmic movement
- mirrorballRotating reflective dance sphere
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- nightclubEvening entertainment venue
dancing · lights · DJ · funk · soul · rhythm · Studio 54 · glitter
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- bygoneOf earlier times
- eraDistinct historical period
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
memory · golden age · innocence lost · reminiscence · wistfulness · sentimentality · retrospection · yesteryear
disco
Seventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
- platform shoesShoes with elevated soles
afro · 8-track · shag carpet · lava lamp · funk · vinyl · waterbed · gold chains · leisure suit · mustache
adult film
Sexually explicit video content
- San Fernando ValleyLos Angeles suburban basin
- industryEconomic production sector
- exploitationSelfish use of others
stardom · fame · ambition · rise and fall · excess · decadence · hedonism · drugs · cocaine · nightlife
Paul Thomas Anderson
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
Mark Wahlberg · Julianne Moore · Burt Reynolds · John C. Reilly · Heather Graham · Don Cheadle · Philip Seymour Hoffman · directing · drama · narrative
dancefloor
Surface for rhythmic movement
- mirrorballRotating reflective dance sphere
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
nightclub · dancing · lights · DJ · funk · soul · rhythm · Studio 54 · glitter · sequins
retro
Evoking recent past
flashback · memory · golden age · innocence lost · reminiscence · wistfulness · sentimentality · retrospection · yesteryear · throwback
- Paul Thomas AndersonDaniel Day-Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore
- Drug FilmsTrainspotting, Candy, Less Than Zero, A Scanner Darkly, The Basketball Diaries
- Discodisco ball, Donna Summer, Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Village People
- Ensemble FilmsThe Breakfast Club, Love Actually, Nashville, Grand Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums
- roller rinkroller skates, skates, skating rink, skate rental, rink
Boogie Nightsdocumentary
Factual film about reality
cinéma vérité · An Inconvenient Truth · nature documentary · newsreel
Boogie NightsMary Poppins
Bambi · Pollyanna · Little Women · Hallmark movie · Driving Miss Daisy
boogie, night, boogies, boogied, boogieing, nights, nightly, nighttime, overnight