What kind of movies do exceptional filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson watch? While you might expect that he enjoys films similar to his own (and perhaps he does), the director behind There Will Be Blood , Phantom Thread , and the recent One Battle After Another has been known to shed a tear or two at even an action-packed, sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster. Which one? Well, it turns out that Anderson had a distinct emotional reaction to the Will Smith feature Men in Black 3 — and if you've seen the ending of that film, you'll understand why.

Paul Thomas Anderson Loves Time Travel Stories — Especially 'Men in Black 3'

In a 2012 interview with the Washington Post concerning his then latest film, The Master , Paul Thomas Anderson explained how the ideas

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