THE MASTER (2012) P.T. Anderson's film on the origions of Scientology (sort of), Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, and Laura Dern

she gets it

I think it worked better as a metaphor for Scientology.. that way they can't complain about little errors in the details

And PSH's character was sympathetic at times, whereas Hubbard was a deluded pervert monster

Reading a really interesting book on the Sullivanians, a cult-like commune out of New York from the '60s right through to the '90s.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374600396/thesullivanians

They're not mentioned in this thread. Anyone who knows the origins of PTA's film better than I do, is there any connection there?