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Magnolia : What Do Kids Know?

The quiz show occurs as we see bits of the lives of other characters, including Frank (Tom Cruise), Linda (Julianne Moore), and Phil (Phillip Seymour Hoffman)

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acting, close-up, crosscutting, dolly in, dolly out, dolly shot, following shot, framing, medium close-up, medium shot, mobile framing, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, overlapping dialogue, rhythmic editing, sound advance, sound bridge, sound mixing, two-shot, whip pan

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"What Do Kids Know?" in Magnolia. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, New Line Cinema, 1999, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3727

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Juni Singh

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