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Boogie Nights
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As Boogie Nights brings new meaning to Seventies chic, the huge, slick industry that hardcore has since become will gather in Las Vegas for its biggest annual jamboree, the Adult Video News Awards. These are the Oscars of erotica, and among the firms likely to dominate them this year is one called Vivid Video.
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Boogie Nights appears in its original theatrical aspect ratio of approximately 2.40:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. There's been a little controversy about whether or not this DVD is actually dual-layered. Those kinds of DVDs generally look gold on the side without artwork, whereas single-layered discs are silver. Since BN is silver, many have concluded that it must be single-layered.
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In Boogie Nights, the villain is video - the quick, cheap medium that opened the industry to all-comers. In Margold's memory, the villain is legality. "When it was against the law only the strong survived," he says. "It's lost its special quality, its flavour, and I don't think it will regain it until it's made illegal again."
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B[O]ogie Nights follows an extended family of filmmakers who struggle to redefine and revolutionize the adult entertainment industry. Led by an idealistic producer (Burt Reynolds) who dreams of elevating his craft into an art form, this film takes a behind-the-scenes journey into the turbulent lives of those who rise and fall in a misunderstood underworld.
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Film critic Roger Ebert called Boogie Nights "an epic of the low road, a classic Hollywood story set in the shadows instead of the spotlights, but containing the same ingredients: fame, envy, greed, talent, sex, money. The movie follows a large, colorful and curiously touching cast of characters, as they live through a crucial turning point in the adult film industry.
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Boogie Nights goes a long way to show that a film doesn't need flashy sound mixes or house-shaking effects to provide a great soundtrack. Music plays an extremely integral role in this film; it's really another character. If the music doesn't come across with the force (or the subtlety) required, then the film would lose much of its impact.
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