Hot on the heels of the new poster debut last night, a new trailer for writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master has been released. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a World War II veteran who’s haunted by his experiences, and decides to form his own religion as a result. Joaquin Phoenix plays a drifter who becomes Dodd’s right-hand man. If there were any doubts about the film’s Scientology overtones, those can be thrown out the window after watching this new trailer. More striking, though, is the fact that it looks like the crux of the story centers on Phoenix’s character. The actor looks to be in fine form, and this trailer teases some great contention between Phoenix and Hoffman.
On top of the promisingly thrilling performances and touchy subject matter, Anderson shot the pic in gorgeous 65mm, which results in some brilliant photography. And the excruciating wait for The Master continues. Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Amy Adams, Laura Dern, and Jesse Plemons. The Master opens on October 12th.
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beautiful. PTA is a master
The photography looks breathtaking and the soundtrack sounds like a nailbiter. PTA and Greenwood make a fine pair.
Phoenix seems to have aged like 40 years since the last I saw him. Almost like he’s in some advanced stage of liver cancer – is that movie magic or is Phoenix actually unhealthy?
He is a method actor, maybe he looked like that for the film.
i smell an oscar
the only thing standing in his way is LINCOLN!
Holy sheepshit
Nolan, PTA, and Aronofsky: The Trio of Geniuses
Errrr duo
Exactly.
Except totally not. You have to exchange Nolan for Tarantino and Aronofsky for the Coen Brothers and then you got yourself a Genius quartet (who write their own stuff to boot).
are u guys really arguing about who are genius directors out of that group? give yourself an easier target and discuss uwe boll.
How about we just rank the director’s called Ander(s)son?
For me, from best to worst, it goes:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Roy Andersson
Wes Anderson
Paul W.S. Anderson
Out of these four only Paul W.S. has made a bad movie, and really drags down the average – the top three are all highly distinctive. visually inventive auteurs with mad ambition and talent to match. Sure, Wes can be a bit hit-and-miss and Roy’s output is sparse to say the least, but they all make for mandatory viewing based solely on previous accomplishments.
Is Hoffman playing L.Ron Blubber?