It’s become pretty clear that those involved are going to dance around the connection of Paul Tomas Anderson’s The Master to L. Ron Hubbard and Scientoloy, but I think the intentions of this trailer are quite clear. You can’t help but expect people to draw the conclusion that the film is about that organizations origin with dialogue that explicity drops the word “cult,” as well things like “he’s making it all up as he goes along,” and “the only way to defend ourselves is to attack.” I get that they’re not going to outright prompt the church to fuck with them… but come on guys…. come on… we know the deal.
That less interesting nonsense aside, this trailer is yet another creepy, mysterious, and completely enrapturing look at a film I can not wait to see. I can’t even begin to go on about the obviously lush photography and beautiful, poetic shots were seeing, especially since my damn computer can’t even play video at 360p right now!
You can enjoy it though, and you should…