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

And without any ‘milkshake’ lines, it probably won’t have the breakthrough that There Will Be Blood had

Anderson you fool

No drainage? Count me out!

"we like it Paul...but where are the catchphrases? We need something to hang the merchandising on"

"I.....Eat....Your....THETANS.....I EAT THEM UP!"

but will it win any oscars??????

If you guys were the inventors of Scientology, you'd have invented Scientology.

#themaster

if there is no catchphrase scene I'm gonna be so damn happy

it puts the xenu in the basket

Here's auditing you, kid.

There's no crying in Seaorg!!!

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/master-trailer-screening-chicago-scientology/

new clip here

I guess this touches on the post ww2 era of people having serious ptsd that everyone likes to pretend never ever happened

they're looking real kraftwerky in that poster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Col9wnE_E

ok so they're talking about "processing," doing word clearing and and a bunch of other Scientology stuff. Could be about the Process Church, but that would be... unexpected.

Process Church dudes started off as Scientologists tho

This was really good, I thought. Phoenix's drawl is impenetrable at times, and it has a sort of dreamlike rhythm that might seem bullshitty to people who hated Tree of Life or There Will Be Blood, but I love those movies so ymmv. Lots of great images that deserve to be viewed as large as possible.

any thoughts on the soundtrack?

It was not as outre as TWBB's. It felt informed by the period.

How is it that you saw it, polyphonic? I thought it wasn't opening for a few weeks.

There was an advanced screening at the Castro Theatre that benefited The Film Foundation. In 70mm. Also no trailers and no credits, and no speeches. It was blissful.

damn

Yeah Chaki said something about that last night. I am beyond envious of you bastards.

so there were tix at the door after all!

Nah, my friend who needed the ticket was outta luck. Huge line of people at 6, and apparently they mostly went home unhappy.

Couple of Venice reports:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/venice-the-master-and-joaquin-phoenix-draw-raves-but-pic-is-hard-nut-to-crack-trailer-scenes-missing/

http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/venice-paul-thomas-anderson-philip-seymour-hoffman-talk-the-master-joaquin-phoenix-not-so-much/

Curiously, a scene that was part of one of the original trailers for The Master in which Phoenix’s Freddie Quell screams at Dodd, “I know you’re trying to calm me down, but just say something that’s true!” was not in the version screened in Venice this morning. Nor was a scene in which Quell is being questioned about “an incident.”

this is making me lol

http://i.imgur.com/NkxLf.jpg

Phoenix didn't realise that PTA was doing a twofer, filming 'Popeye' at the same time.

Just like his hero Altman.

DCilxors: will be screening in 70mm at the AFI Silver

Aye, starting on the 21st of September. 70mm screenings will only be on the weekends though.

Look again; it's 70mm weekends and weekday evenings

aaah. good news.

Yessssssss

is it just me or does joaquin look like joe pesci in that pic gr8080 posted?

i was trying to think who it reminded me of! totally a pesci expression.

didn't realise he'd called the master's wife mary sue, just like l ron's "main wife".

Peripherally related, when I went to Star Wars Celebration last weekend, I attended a panel on sound design and editing with Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood and David Acord of Lucasfilm. Someone in the audience asked what their favorite non-Lucas, non-sci fi projects to work on had been, and Wood and Acord said "There Will Be Blood" and "The Master," respectively. (Wood was nominated for an Oscar for TWBB.) Doing sound for P.T. Anderson must be a rewarding experience.

good reviews at venice

Can't win 'em all in Venice:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/venice-controversy-jury-yanks-top-the-master-368892

bureaucracy gone mad. this country!

film festival rule reform now!

I can't tell if this is the best or the worst thing ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bBOhxhea0&feature=player_embedded

haha

lol

That has to be the Best Actor clip on Oscar night.

cut to the interviewers clipboard, its covered in drawings of pussies

pieta was awful