Is there a 'There will be blood' thread on here? Finally saw this the other day and I need the ILE assessment.
― sam500, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
for starters:
daniel day lewis is the most important person in the world
― pro bowl was fun (omar little), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
anticiapte "There Will Be Blood" by paul thomas anderson
― meme economist (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
cheerz. need to brush up on my searching technique.
― sam500, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Paul Thomas Anderson set to shoot his Scientology film
Paul Thomas Anderson set to shoot his Scientology film Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Magnolia and Boogie Nights, is set to start shooting a movie about a science fiction author who founds a religion. Called his "untitled Scientology film," it will star Philip Seymour Hoffman as the "master."
This movie, nicknamed The Master by fans, has been in the works for a while and has had a number of cool actors attached. But now the Cigarettes and Red Vines blog has gotten confirmation from Anderson himself that the movie starts shooting soon. Anybody who has seen Magnolia - with that scene where the motivational speaker character screams, "RESPECT the COCK!" - knows that Anderson's the right director to do this thing.
The Playlist got its hands on an early script for the movie, and reports:
"The Master" is the story of a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952 called The Cause. The core dynamic centers on the relationship between The Master and Freddie Sutton, (would be absolutely perfect for Paul Dano) an aimless twenty-something drifter and alcoholic who eventually becomes the leader's loyal lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.
Apparently there are enough parallels between the life story of L. Ron Hubbard and the "master" character to make it abundantly obvious what this movie is about. Even though, for legal reasons, you won't hear the S-word mentioned.
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 July 2010 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
(would be absolutely perfect for Paul Dano)
ok so this sez exactly what the dynamic must be btwn the characters and wants it to be twbb 2 i guess
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 July 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I am stoked for this!
― could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope there is a Jack Parsons guy in it.
― could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^oh man YES
― Major Lolzer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Also johnny crunch idk that I's worry about it being There Will be Blood 2" bcz that really bad writer who wrote that piece isn't doing the casting, I bet.
― could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- There'd better be. Hell, a Jack Parsons movie would be enough.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
booooo
http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/09/paul-thomas-andersons-untitled.html
― paying AFFECTIONATE homage to his somewhat exaggerated teeth (history mayne), Monday, 20 September 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
that sucks
― dude (del), Monday, 20 September 2010 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also, i thought somebody was making a jack parsons biopic, but maybe i am making that up?
― dude (del), Monday, 20 September 2010 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Conspiracy theory in the comments -- interesting.
― Excluding Skits and Such (Eazy), Monday, 20 September 2010 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
given that pta and psh have both collabed with tom cruise, i was surprised by this project tbh
― paying AFFECTIONATE homage to his somewhat exaggerated teeth (history mayne), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Back on.
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Megan Ellison: the over privileged heiress it's ok to like
― Number None, Monday, 9 May 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFzJXQMgCE
― fancy cure from all alarms (☆), Sunday, 24 June 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
We've been talking about the trailers to death over here:
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
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
Been a while since I saw a picture, but ... old!
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/28/arts/28INHERENT/28INHERENT-master675.jpg
Happens to the best of us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/movies/paul-thomas-anderson-films-inherent-vice.html
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
A 180-degree turn from Mr. Anderson’s relentless oil odyssey “There Will Be Blood,” “Inherent Vice” is his most comedic and anarchic film since “Boogie Nights.” It’s a stoner detective film so overstuffed with visual gags and gimmicks that the filmmaker said he was inspired by slapstick spoofs like “Top Secret!” and “Airplane!”
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
Feeling that. Joanna Newsom narrating is...interesting
― Number None, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
she's pretty perfect for Sortilége though
― Number None, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
is this a marked tonal shift from Pynchon's book?
Anderson is only 44, obv has spent too much time in the sun.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
the book is pretty wacky
― Number None, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
I have wariness about PTA doing wacky, just from the Sandler abomination. Still Phoenix, Benicio dT, Eric Roberts and Martin Short in the same cast.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
Awaiting the trailer.
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Friday, 26 September 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
PTA's "Big Lebowski?"
Treating the book like a ZAS sketch is the best approach, but I dunno if this guy has it in him.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
Trailer seems like it's got the ZAZ timing down!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
Looks like jackie brown too. Anyway. I don't see the point in movies anymore.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
good, we're trying to get all of you out, esp the rep theaters
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:03 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was about to post the same thing, but I have a feeling it's more the trailer than the movie.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
But you know, Hollywood being Hollywood. Literally impossible to market a movie without trying to convince people it's like some other movie they've already seen.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, stoner shaggy dog So Cal detective story? Got its similarities no matter what. Though given his MO surely PTA had "The Long Goodbye" in mind.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
jeez, PTA looks like he's aged ten years since PSH died. he looks pretty gaunt compared to those photos from february of him at the funeral
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/files/2014/02/anderson.jpg
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
2012:
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Paul+Thomas+Anderson+Philip+Seymour+Hoffman+wyhPLfcvfL4l.jpg
he still smokes, yea?
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
didn't bother with the book but this looks great
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
i had no use for the book but ripping good trailer
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
I literally took a shit on the book but can't wait for the movie.
― Portly Backgammon (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
geez toilet paper isn't THAT expensive
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
it and Lot 49 are the only Pynchon I can stand.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
i.e. read it – it's fun
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
xp i liked the book, it was pretty fun.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
books should be fun!
Lot 49 is def my favorite - found V a slog and Vineland sort of stupid but Inherent Vice is working in a vein I have a fondness for
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
book was great fun, and made me think of big lebowski a lot so not surprised at any similarities.
To get a grip on the project, he adapted the entire 384-page novel sentence by sentence. “I basically just transcribed it so I could look at it like it was a script,” he said. “It looked like a doorstop. But I can understand this format. As big as it was, it was easier for me to cut down.”
kinda wished he just filmed the whole thing as a mini-series.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link