The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)

[Raiders]

Paul Thomas Anderson should make a movie about a violent psychopath.

Maybe it's a trilogy.

[Boner M]

So much texture. WANT NOW

[Pop Trash]

Could have done w/o the clickety click music, but Phoenix should rule in this.

[Yxklyx]

I watched the trailer without sound - got nothing out of it. Just sayin'

[Dillard]

I watched the trailer without sound - got nothing out of it. Just sayin'

What are you sayin?

[Boner M]

I watched the trailer without sound - got nothing out of it. Just sayin'

Your sig uses Comin Sans tho.

[Qrazy]

Trying to figure out who Joaquim is channelling there with his gaze and lip thing. I'd swear I've seen it before perhaps in some 60's character actor but I'm uncertain who.

[number8]

Trying to figure out who Joaquim is channelling there with his gaze and lip thing. I'd swear I've seen it before perhaps in some 60's character actor but I'm uncertain who.

He looks like Peter Falk.

[Boner M]

I got a Falk vibe too.

[Watashi]

He kinda gives me a young Nicholson vibe.

[Henry Gale]

Aaah, film specks. Good to see you one last time. :sad:

[Watashi]

I've seen this clip around 15 times. More people should be talking about it.

[Ezee E]

Great teaser. I showed it to my friend who is a big Joaquin Phoenix fan, but has no idea who Paul Thomas Anderson is.

He was very intrigued. Thought he was part of a Charles Manson cult though.

[DavidSeven]

Anderson's artistic progression from '97 to now is incredible. This definitely has a There Will Be Blood-y vibe, but a couple shots hark back to Anderson's more camera-focused phase. This is going to be interesting.

[Ezee E]

Anderson's artistic progression from '97 to now is incredible. This definitely has a There Will Be Blood-y vibe, but a couple shots hark back to Anderson's more camera-focused phase. This is going to be interesting.

There Will Be Blood is easy to see because of the beach/wine cellar (whatever that is) shots. But yeah, it changes in the interrogation room.

The Greenwood score seems a little too much like TWBB, but I thought it was fantastic, so as long as it isn't too akin, I'm fine.

[Ezee E]

Also worth noting is that this is the first departure of PTA from Robert Elswit.

[amberlita]

That was mesmerizing.

[Pop Trash]

Also worth noting is that this is the first departure of PTA from Robert Elswit.

Maybe that explains the fish eye lens shot. Is that a reference to some 50s films? Otherwise, I personally find fish eye kinda tacky looking.

[Pop Trash]

I've seen this clip around 15 times. More people should be talking about it.

It's blowin' up the tumblr movie blogs.

[Izzy Black]

Paul Thomas Anderson should make a movie about a violent psychopath.

Maybe, or something closer to someone experiencing some kind of gradual mental breakdown, emphasizing the process of mental deterioration.

Anyways, this looks pretty amazing.

[Pop Trash]

I doubt it's an intentional reference, but the sailor guys fighting on the beach reminded me of Kenneth Anger's Fireworks.

[Sxottlan]

Nice.

Not really what I was expecting, but nice.

[Rowland]

It's blowin' up the tumblr movie blogs.

Which ones do you read?

[Sxottlan]

Beyond the Black Rainbow (Cosmatos, 2012) B+

Wahoo! I really want to see this one.

[Rowland]

Wahoo! I really want to see this one.

I'm a bit insecure about that rating, because I remain skeptical about the film in retrospect, even as I can't deny the sway it held over me while viewing, and the sheer force of its melancholy. It's the sort of film for which I can imagine myself nodding along equally in agreement with raves, pans, shrugs of indifference, you name it. It's amazing, hypnotic, strangely affecting, and kind of terrible. I can see my rating shifting either way with another viewing, which I look forward to a great deal.