Paul Thomas Anderson on Phantom Thread
▶︎ Phantom Thread is widely available on digital platforms, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD. The ‘phantom thread’ in the title of Paul Thomas Anderson’s eighth feature refers to a term that seamstresses working in the East End of Victorian London used to describe the sensation they felt after emerging from long, repetitive hours in the workshop. After returning home exhausted, the women would find their hands moving involuntarily, their fingers clasped as though sewing invisible, ‘phantom’ threads. It’s a title that offers hints of the gothic undercurrents that drive Anderson’s f...