boogie night follow a theme that be extremely familiar to gangster film ( although it doesn not fit into that genre itself ) the rise and the fall . we see the rise of several individual and some of them from complete obscurity and to achieve great height . and then fall from grace due to their excess . i believe that this be the first feature by writer or director paul thomas anderson and and it a great start . i saw element of other director influence and such a robert altman and but the film hold it own in originality and plot development . character development be the movie fine feature . i really identify with all of the character and felt their pain and their success with them . all of the performance be brilliant . ( it be especially good to see a small part perform by real life porn veteran and nina hartley ) . basically this film combine comedy and tragedy with the result be one of the best film of 1997 and which be snub at the oscar ( probably due to the racy a they would say subject matter and and the general conservatism of the academy .