Storytelling for the Screen: “One Battle After Another” – Film Screening
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Film/Movie
Lecture/Discussion/Panel/Talk/Q&A/Seminar
Pollock Theater
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Date & Time
Sat, Oct 04 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Address (map)
9 SSMS UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010
Venue (website)
Pollock Theater
The latest from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (2025) is a sprawling action-thriller epic that focuses on the reunion of a band of former revolutionaries; the film is loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland. Washed-up rebel Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti). When Bob’s evil nemesis (played by Sean Penn) resurfaces after sixteen years and Willa goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find his daughter. Father and daughter battle the consequences of Bob’s past and the lingering scars of their past struggles. Shot in the beautiful and expansive VistaVision format, the film is one of the year’s most ambitious releases.
Editor and alumnus of the UCSB Film and Media Studies program Andy Jurgensen will join moderator Miguel Penabella (Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of One Battle After Another.
