Glory and Scandal (Outline) - Thoughts from Paul Thomas Andersen's "The Master"

Liliane 2022-03-23 09:01:49

I'm a sick person...I'm a wicked person, I'm a bad-looking person. ——Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Basement" This
film uses two protagonists to manage the plot, one old and one young,
telling the story of the leader of the origin sect. The silhouette of the church and the leader is revealed through the experience of a core believer.
The soundtrack is jazzy.
The core form of expression is not dialogue, but body movements full of tension and abrupt stops.
The dialogue is repeated, and the casting process is a bit like hypnotism.
Both of them are aliens, and the believers are even more perverse, and the two exchange blogs.
Unique lens language.
Born in the 1970s, pta was immersed in the atmosphere of erotic movies in his childhood and youth. Not the picture, but the atmosphere and the background sound. Hear and smell.
Compared with the narrative of "The Blood Will Come" 6 years ago, it is more blurred and less "meaningful", that is, it is difficult to describe in accurate life language.
Crazy confused me.
The writing is by no means loose, and the main line leading the plot is the sect's "source tracing" of consciousness.
pta is the greatest director of our time. pta+Day-Lewis' "there will be blood" is the "Brothers Karamazov" of 21st century cinema.

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The Master quotes

  • Peggy Dodd: This is pointless. He isn't interested in getting better.

  • [last lines]

    Freddie Quell: [to Win] You're the bravest girl I've ever met. Now stick it back in, it fell out.