Paul Thomas Anderson says all movies should “preferably” be two hours long

nme.com:

Licorice Pizza, discussed the ideal running time for movies when asked if he’d ever consider making a TV series.Speaking to The New York Times, Anderson said: “[The limited series is a] great format when it works.

It’s exciting. Then again, so are series. I’ve never dipped a toe in that world, but I can imagine it being very difficult to sustain the life of a story for more than two, three, four seasons.”He added: “No one asks [me to do television].

I’m just sort of playing in my own corner of the sandbox. As a writer, I think we have fantasies when you struggle with editing material down: ‘I have so much material, perhaps this is a limited series.’ When in fact, no, it’s not, you just need to edit down your story.“I mean, a film should.