The Hollywood Bowles

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Paul Thomas Anderson is to the San Fernando Valley what Woody Allen is to Manhattan — without the creepiness. Sure, Quentin Tarantino grew up here. Chinatown is here. And Hollywood has one address. But Anderson represents the sprawling, tacky heart of the Valley. Half Stanley Kubrick, half strip shopping mall, Anderson is the avatar for …

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