The Master

The Cinema Scope Top Ten of 2012

1. Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) 2. Tabu (Miguel Gomes)   3. Holy Motors (Leos Carax)   4. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)   5. Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)   6. Viola (Matías Piñeiro)   7. The Last Time I Saw Macao (João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata)   8. autrement,…
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The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, US)

The evolution in Paul Thomas Anderson’s oeuvre towards impeccably researched, stunningly visualized mythological explorations of the American character in There Will Be Blood (2007) and The Master represents a starling 180-degree turn. Staying within a certain autobiographical comfort zone in his first four features—Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002),…
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Cinema Scope 52 Preview The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)—Special Presentation By Gabe Klinger The evolution in Paul Thomas Anderson’s oeuvre towards impeccably researched, stunningly visualized mythological explorations of the American character in There Will Be Blood (2007) and The Master represents a sterling 180-degree turn. Staying within a certain autobiographical comfort zone in his…
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