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

I was wondering if I missed something in the trailer.

i wish they were in it

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oh wow. i'd heard the 'loaf of bread' part of that but not the context.

Just stopping by to list two things I love:

• Magnolia
• Julianne Moore

Agree with ALS & Morbs that Hard Eight is his most fully realized movie. I saw Hrd8 after Boogie Nights, Magnolia, & Punch-Drunk. I was exctatic. PDL is his only movie I feel ambivalent about.

WRT Magnolia and TWBB, I love a great hot mess of a movie.

stoked for the madness.

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stoked for the madness.

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http://thefilmstage.com/trailer/first-theatrical-trailer-for-paul-thomas-anderson%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98the-master%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-philip-seymour-hoffman-converts-joaquin-phoenix/

just came to post it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1O1vb9AUU

wow

stoooooooooked

Brilliant. Going to be great.

joaquin & psh is srsly the best duo imaginable

And Landry from Friday Night Lights is also in it for good measure.

As I see someone else has mentioned upthread. I guess I'm just too excited.

Seems to me it's only very loosely based on scientology? Ie, a religion is created after ww2.

By this definition, NBC's The Office is only very loosely based on BBC's The Office.

i put "sort of" in the thread title

i love how authentically of the period joaquim looks. i think its the gauntness that does it, he usually looks fleshier

oh yeah i wasn't targeting that at you grady, just curious as to whether the scientology thing is just a red herring.

on a separate note, the amount of brilliantined hair in popular culture is off the scale lately.

surprised by quite how thinly veiled it is going by that trailer

i love how authentically of the period joaquim looks. i think its the gauntness that does it, he usually looks fleshier

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yeah otm - it isn't a kinda guy-with-his-hair-gelled thing. the exterior shots of him walking around look so photographic & well-coloured, too.

Seems to me it's only very loosely based on scientology? Ie, a religion is created after ww2.

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ehh i think PSH reading off a list of characteristics, & the focus on specifically eligible individuals is p OTM for scientology. this should be rad, like PSH as an unerring intense outsider is almost too perfect for him but it could be his weird gatsby moment.

Yeah it's pretty much dropping signifiers re: L. Ron and crew left and right, so it's not really loosely based at all -- that one moment with Hoffman's character's son talking about making it up as he goes along further helped seal the deal; L. Ron Jr. looks amazingly like his dad, which they were clearly going for there, and split from his father's path decades ago.

But what's nice is that, as far as I know, Phoenix's character isn't based on anyone in specific -- it gives Anderson obvious and necessary flexibility, as well as letting he and Phoenix take whatever specific path they want with him.

It's not about Scientology like The Crucible is not about the red scare

agree with everyone - this looks very promising

amy adams is so good

it's about scientology the way bill & ted's excellent adventure is about world history

I can't wait.

have my issues with PTA, but holy shit that looks gorgeous

i think i like anderson's movies more than i think i do, but i'm not sure how much more. looking forward to this.

yeah that trailer is pretty damn compelling, but given my track record with PTA there is a strong chance i will come out feeling cheated. i hope it is not just an arrhythmic series of extended method workouts like much of TWBB.

"i think i like anderson's movies more than i think i do"

o_O

;-)

Sounds like it's very closely modeled on Hubbard/Scientology indeed, according to ex-Scn dude: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/19/is-the-master-based-on-scientology-and-l-ron-hubbard.html"> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/19/is-the-master-based-on-scientology-and-l-ron-hubbard.html.

Shit. Sorry.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/youll-be-able-to-see-the-master-a-month-earlier-no,83074/

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

! ! ! so pumped

aww, it's like a tiny present for working 15-hour days this weekend.

that sort of schedule move (i.e. anything away from november/december in either direction) could just as easily be a sign of lack of confidence in its box office/awards

i think in this case it's just weinstein redistributing their own films so the release of this and killing them softly don't clash

but yeah, the sooner the better afaict

been looking forward to killing them softly too, but it doesnt even have a trailer yet

"an ultra-stylish but otherwise vacuous genre movie about a criminal called in to kill some criminals who stole from the wrong criminals"

sold

vacuousity is a virtue in some films for sure. Better than grasping desperately for substance.

Based on previous clips and now that full trailer, this looks fucking incredible. Can't see any practical way this will get a 65mm showing round here, but I live in hope.

can't wait "to see Paul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman tear pseudo-religion a new one"

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/master-added-toronto-film-festival-lineup-49936

Asked whether the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes divorce had an impact on moving up the release date, the source close to the film said, "Well, it sure as hell helps."