2, Mann secured a distribution deal after selling the album from her website and Soundscan data as of 2008 showed that 230,000 copies had been sold. Certainly the scene in the film where the characters sing “Wise Up” is a point of inflection.Īccording to the Wikipedia article on Bachelor No. A really great article breaking down the soundtrack by A/VClub by Alex McLevy makes the observation that in a literal sense the song says that the film “is not going to stop” until the characters wise up. Interestingly, “Wise Up” was originally intended for the film Jerry McGuire. “Nothing Is Good Enough” appears on the soundtrack as an instrumental. It included “How Am I Different,” “Deathly,” and “You Do” from Magnolia. 2 was released in May 2000 on Mann’s own record label Super-Ego Records. I wrote an article back in 2008 proposing a mix people could make of the two CD’s to make a perfect version of the album.īachelor No. This part of the film was a real lump-in-the-throat moment for me and how I became a fan of this soundtrack and Bachelor No. The soundtrack and score of the film end up being an essential part of the narrative with songs belonging to the characters, the culmination of which is when the film pauses for the characters to sing “Wise Up.”
Considering this was Anderson’s carte blanche film following the breakout success of Boogie Nights, it’s apparent he was pulling out all of his directorial tools for this. The film’s three hours is not an easy watch, and twenty years later the heavy-handedness of the story arc and plot devices seems almost dated. We hadn’t seen it probably since I bought the DVD when it came out in 2000. Once power was restored, my wife and I still didn’t have internet and cell service was spotty, so we took to digging through our sadly-neglected collection of DVD’s and Blu-Rays for stuff to watch. A horrific storm called a “derecho” blew 130+ MPH winds across Iowa, removing over 65% of the tree cover of Cedar Rapids and knocking power out for days and cell service and internet for weeks.
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