{"id":1262,"date":"2008-01-12T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T12:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2008\/01\/12\/8-and-2-in-magnolia\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T01:48:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T01:48:49","slug":"8-and-2-in-magnolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/01\/12\/8-and-2-in-magnolia\/","title":{"rendered":"8 and 2 in Magnolia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The numbers 8 and 2 appear throughout the course of Paul Thomas Anderson’s\u00a0Magnolia<\/a> <\/strong>(1999). But why?<\/p>\n

Rene Rodriguez<\/a> of the Miami Herald<\/a> has posted some screengrabs<\/a> of instances where the numbers appear.<\/p>\n

** By the way, if you haven’t seen the film, go away, watch it and come back because this post contains some spoilers<\/strong>.**<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you aren’t familiar with Paul Thomas Anderson’s classic 1999 film, it is a drama about several characters who’s lives intersect in an area of the San Fernando Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Rene points out the 8 and 2 refers to the Biblical passage in Exodus 8:2<\/a> that is relevant to the film’s climax. But the film is riddled with many 8 and 2 references.<\/p>\n

For example, here are all the main characters in the film and their relationships:<\/p>\n

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There are 10 characters, consisting of 8 <\/strong>children\/relatives and 2 <\/strong>fathers (Jimmy and Earl), which is possibly significant given that their particular relationship is central to the film.<\/p>\n

It is also a major theme in other PTA works like Hard Eight<\/a>, Boogie Nights<\/a> and There Will Be Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The IMDb trivia section for the film<\/a> notes many other 8\/2 references:<\/p>\n