New pictures from The Master film:

‘The Master’ Teaches In 19 Official Stills For Paul Thomas Anderson’s Highly-Anticipated Drama

There has been a secret screening of 'The Master':

First public screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' happening right now in Santa Monica

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‘The Master’ Early Buzz: Sneak Screening Yields Raves For Actors, Comments on “Fever Dream” Tone

Hi Sami,

Here's the text from the article. I've removed the parts that i think may potentially give too much away.

On August 3 at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, moviegoers were treated to a surprise screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" in stunning 70mm. Anderson and wife Maya Rudolph were both in attendance.

The screening was both public and secret -- "The Shining" screened to an almost packed house at 7:30 pm, with an announcement made as the ends credits rolled that any ticketholders were welcome to stay for an encore presentation of Anderson's Venice-selected film. Though 70mm prints have been tested at various theaters around the country for the past couple of weeks (the Aero being one of them), this was the first full screening of the film for an audience, a good month before it premieres in Italy. Reactions soon hit the blogosphere.

"The Master" stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, both superb in the film. Twitchy and palpably disturbed, with one eye bulging larger than the other, Phoenix plays adrift seaman Freddie Quell, [SPOILER REMOVED] Freddie hops aboard a glittering wedding party boat, where he meets Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), or "Master" as his waterbound acolytes call him, [SPOILER REMOVED]

Hoffman goes big with this role. His Master is intensely focused, almost cartoonishly charismatic and seductive. But as he brings Freddie into the fold of his teachings, [SPOILER REMOVED], Master proves to be a simmering powder-keg. When he snaps, it jolts you out of your seat. (This nicely matches Johnny Greenwood's percussive, anxiety-inducing score.) Freddie and Master have a symbiotic relationship, [SPOILER REMOVED]

Formally, "The Master" is gorgeous. 70mm is the way to see the film, if possible. Anderson nails the punchy colors of early 1950s America (a sequence in which Freddie snaps family photos of wholesome, scrubbed youngsters is particularly spot-on), but also the piercingly bright light of the ocean and waterside towns. A recurring shot of the electric blue water in a ship's wake, like the film's score, serves as a punctuation point after Freddie's emotional breakthroughs.

Stylistically and tonally, "The Master" is of a piece with "There Will Be Blood." The score, the editing rhythms and the simmering violence of the two central characters recalls Anderson's last feature and its monstrous Daniel Plainview. Where "The Master" differs from "Blood" is its narrative drive. Daniel Plainview has a relentless focus that steers the film down a clear-cut, tragic path. Freddie, however, is hazy and aimless, and this film largely takes its structural cues from those meandering characteristics. Many sequences are focused on [SPOILER REMOVED]

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http://blogs.indiewire.c...larize-gorgeous-in-70mm#

Hey, so if the film premiere is Italy, does that mean there won't be a premiere in the United States?

You are a man of few words, or woman ? oh nevermind !

I like the poster.

post edit: oh my "little ego" didn't see the foot note
Yes, it seems he's got the leading role, although it's almost a tie with PSH.

Edited by user Monday, August 6, 2012 1:27:41 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Yes, that's a great still there Sami.

Compared to "Im still here", it looks like Joaquin has aged in the last couple of years, i don't know whether this has been done on purpose for The Master file, but facially definitely looks more 'aged' (gaunt may be a better word). But like you said, it's a great look, and suits the 1950s.

That's a great photo to show the comparison Sami, it does look like it's a combination of weight-loss for The Master and make-up to show an aged look.