Noticed a beautiful Philip Seymour Hoffman/P.T. Anderson easter egg in Licorice Pizza that I haven’t seen discussed anywhere yet

The bonus materials for Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk Love(2002) included a hilarious native business starring Philip Seymour Hoffman's mattress-salesman antagonist – itself a beat-for-beat recreation of a actual low-budget advert/blooper from a while earlier. The authentic man and Hoffman each ship the road "I fucked up my guitar, though."

20 years later in Licorice Pizza, there's the scene the place Alana falls off the bike, touchdown on and crushing the guitar on her again earlier than being rescued by Gary(Cooper Hoffman). In the warmth of this romantic second, the very first thing she says to him is "I fucked up Danielle's guitar.."

It's a fleeting element, however I suppose Paul Thomas Anderson writing and directing that line for a heroic scene w/ Philip Seymour Hoffman's son(himself taking part in a mattress salesman!) is superior and positively added one other layer to a nice film second.