Anderson, Hoffman Reteaming on Master

[Blue Sugar]

Same cinematographer from TWBB it looks to be.

Not the same, but of course it might end up similar in look, it's PTA's vision in the end after all.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Amazing trailer (just wish we had see Hoffman's character) and that track composed by Greenwood sounds delicious.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Actually it is Mihai Malaimare Jr., who worked with Francis Ford Coppola on "Tetro" and "Youth Without Youth".

I think Robert Elswitt may have been busy shooting MI:GP and the new Bourne to shoot "The Master". But who knows.

Not the same, but of course it might end up similar in look, it's PTA's vision in the end after all.

Ah, ok. It does look a lot like TWBB though.

Phoenix is the true lead but I thought that since Hoffman has a "juicy" role and is a previous winner it'd be easy to bump him up for the lead but I underestimating Phoenix, if that teaser is any indication Phoenix will give a riveting performance and it's his show so he should be definitely nominated in lead, it may be too early to tell but it's looking good for him.

Yeah, Phoenix's performance looks so strange, but I think it will be very good. Hopefully this gets him back into the game where people remember that he's a good actor.

 

[Boom]

The Master

If you saw the trailer earlier today, you have some idea of what we saw, but it was a different assembly.* While the soundtrack was the same at the beginning, with that unnerving Jonny Greenwood score and the interview between the Army official and Joaquin Phoenix, the images themselves were different.* We saw Phoenix standing in a hallway, writing on a piece of paper affixed to a corkboard.* As the interview reached its end, the camera pushed forward so we could read the very short and direct note:* "Gone to China," and then his signature.

We saw the same footage of the fight on the beach, the footage of him drinking the alcohol that looks like it's coming from a torpedo, and then the close-up of him sitting across from the guy that's interviewing him.* "What happened?* Sir?"

"Let's just see if we can't help you remember what happened."

Then began new footage.* Joaquin Phoenix running across a field, afraid.* Him on a boat, walking along a deck at night.* And then his first encounter with Philip Seymour Hoffman.* He asks Hoffman, "What do you do?"

"I do many many things.* I am a doctor, a writer, a nuclear physicist, a theoretical philosopher.* But above all, I am a man."

We see Hoffman onstage, addressing a group.* "I'd like to talk to you today about cold feet and narrow minds.* People who have cold feet cannot move forward. People who have narrow minds cannot move side to side. They both take courage.* This is what I'd like to talk about."

Then Amy Adams is introduced, and she's got a crazy intensity, even in these short clips, that practically radiates off the screen.* "This exercise will help you with your concentration.* Look at my eyes.* I want you to place something in the future for yourself that you would like to have.* It's there, waiting for you."

Then it's back to Hoffman and Phoenix, sitting across from each other in some intense encounter, Hoffman challenging him.* "Say your name."

Phoenix sounds hesitant in his response.* "Freddie Crock."

"Say it again."

Louder this time.* "Freddie Crock."

"Might as well say it one more time, just to make sure you know who you are."

"Freddie Crock."

We see a group of people shooting on the beach, Phoenix among them, and then we see Adams confronting Hoffman, almost in tears.* "And this is where we are at," she says.* "At the lowest level.* To have to explain ourselves.* For what?* For what we do, we have to grovel.* The only way to defend ourselves is to attack.* If we don't do that, we will lose every battle we are engaged in.* We will never dominate our environment the way we should unless we attack."

Now we appear to be jumping scene to scene, moment to moment.* It's just impressions.* Adams laughing, out of control.* "It's a grim joke."

Hoffman groans.* "I was thoughtless in my remarks."

As the scenes cut from one to the next, we keep returning to a haunting image of Phoenix, framed in a window, punching himself in the head.* Fast.

Hoffman accuses him.* "You linger in bus stations for pleasure."* Another shot of Phoenix, punching faster now.* Back to Hoffman.* "Is your life a struggle?"* Punching faster and faster.* "Is your behavior erratic? Are you unpredictable?"* Phoenix, sitting across from Hoffman, farts loudly and begins to laugh as Hoffman recoils.* "What a horrible young man you are."

It seems like they're picking at him, breaking him down.* "You're a dirty animal who eats its own feces when it's hungry."

We see them meeting, talking about Phoenix.* Amy Adams in particular doesn't seem to trust him.* "I wonder how he got here and what he's after.* Is it really all so easy that he just came across us?* He's dangerous and he will be our undoing if we continue to have him here."

Hoffman's not convinced, though.* "If we are not helping him, then it is we who have failed him… is it not?"

Adams is the last one to speak as the title comes up.* "The Master."* Simple white letters on a black background.* "Perhaps he's past help.* Or insane."* And the Greenwood score ends on a lone violin, mournful.* It was a dizzying piece of footage, and much of it was just close-ups against stark black backgrounds, these great actors and their faces and nothing else.* It certainly made me eager to see what PTA has been up to, and it also pretty much confirms any report that tied the film to the origins of Scientology.* While they may not be doing a straight biopic of L. Ron Hubbard, if you're familiar with his life, it would be impossible not to see him and his wife and the early followers in what we saw tonight.

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-...jango-the-master-and-silver-linings-at-cannes

 

[Laderlappen]

Phoenix looks so interesting in this. Like really interesting.

 

[Doctor Jones]

edit.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Now I love the sound of this. Sounds like classic PTA. Very TWBB-ish in areas. The teaser barely gave anything away in the strangest way possible.

 

[Hurm...]

Not the same, but of course it might end up similar in look, it's PTA's vision in the end after all.

Yep, just like how all of Scorsese's films look strikingly similar.

 

[dark_b]

Anderson is still alive

http://www.slashfilm.com/paul-thomas-anderson-screened-scientologyinspired-master-tom-cruise/

 

[Project862006]

New Teaser Trailer

 

[Boom]

I just...

 

[darkseid26]

goosebumps

 

[Doctor Jones]

Now I liked this a lot better.

 

[mclay18]

It's an interesting trailer, but Anderson's movies are hit-or-miss with me. Anderson has some great talent, but not all of his movies are wannasee for me.

 

[Boom]

I love Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. I haven't seen Hard Eight, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love.

 

[Octoberist]

So beautiful

 

[Octoberist]

I love Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. I haven't seen Hard Eight, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love.

I think Magnolia is my second fav but Punch Drunk Love is dear to my heart.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Amazing. Just amazing.

Yep, just like how all of Scorsese's films look strikingly similar.

Most (good) filmmakers have their own aesthetic styles. The exception is Steven Spielberg; who seemingly can muster various different styles and muster it damn well.

 

[Crockett]

It's mind-blowing how incredible this film looks, I gotta say I wasn't such a huge fan of Joaquin, he's good in Gladiator & Walk the Line but most of his work afterwards was ok, which is why I'm happy to see that it seems like he'll deliver a real good performance in this, collaborating with PTA is never a bad idea.

 

[terry78]

Now this is how you direct a movie.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Now this is how you direct a movie.

Long shot length. It's like Hollywood has forgotten it. It's all cut, cut, cut now.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Joaquin Phoenix


Looks very good imo

 

[PWN3R]

I think Magnolia is my second fav but Punch Drunk Love is dear to my heart.

Same. It's my favorite PTA film. PTA is my favorite director, and it's hard to classify his films, but there's something about Punch that just gets me.

Also, Boogie' is responsible for one of the greatest scenes in cinema history: The Drug Deal. "That's Cosmo ... he's Chinese."

 

[darkseid26]

 

[Doctor Jones]

Dammit, I still have yet to see Boogie Nights. There Will Be Blood is my favorite so far. Magnolia was eh for me.