The Master

R 2012 · 2h 17m · Drama
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Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Theatrical
Sep 21, 2012
Box Office
$28.3M
Budget
$32.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 26, 2013
Theaters
2
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers
Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson
Music
Jonny Greenwood
Studio
Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions
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Confronting Inner Fears and Identity
Lancaster Dodd Your fear of capture and imprisonment is an implant from millions of years ago. This battle has been with you from before you know. This is not you.
[Lancaster and Freddie have been imprisoned in two separate cells, sharing a wall]
Freddie Quell SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Lancaster Dodd It's not you.
Freddie Quell SHUT. THE FUCK. UP!
Lancaster Dodd It's not you. You are asleep. Your spirit was free. Moving from body, to the next body. Free. Free for a moment. Then it was captured by an invader force, bent on turning you to the darkest way, you've been implanted with a push-pull mechanism that keeps you fearful of authority and destructive. We are in the middle of a battle that's a trillion years in the making and it's bigger than the both of us!
Freddie Quell You're making this shit up! You make this shit up! You don't know what you're talking about!
Lancaster Dodd I don't know what I'm talking about?
Freddie Quell No, you don't.
Confrontation of Beliefs and Questions
John More I belong to no club, and if you're unwilling to allow any discussion...
Lancaster Dodd No, this isn't a discussion, it's a grilling! There's nothing I can do for you, if your mind has been made up. You seem to know the answers to your questions, why do you ask?
John More I'm sorry you're unwilling to defend your beliefs in any kind of rational...
Lancaster Dodd If, if you already know the answers to your questions, then why ask PIG FUCK? We are not helpless. And we are on a journey that risks the dark. If you don't mind, a good night to you.
[beat]
Exploring Hypnosis and Past Lives in Dialogue
John More Some of this sounds quite like hypnosis. Is it not?
Lancaster Dodd This is a process of dehypnotization, if you will. Man is asleep; this process wakes him from his slumber.
John More I still find it difficult to see the proof with regards to past lives that your movement claims.
Lancaster Dodd Would you care to submit yourself to processing? You'd look through the telescope, as my friend said.
John More Perhaps another time. You've also said that these methods, Cause methods, can cure leukemia. According to your book...
Lancaster Dodd Some forms of leukemia. In being able to access past lives we are able to treat illnesses that may have started back thousands, even trillions of years.
John More Trillions?
Lancaster Dodd With a T, sir.
Reflections on Love and Regret
Lancaster Dodd Why aren't you with her?
Freddie Quell I'm an idiot.
Lancaster Dodd Why aren't you with the lovely girl?
Freddie Quell I got no reason. I'm a fool.
Lancaster Dodd Do you love Doris?
Freddie Quell Yes.
Lancaster Dodd Is she the love of your life?
Freddie Quell Yes, sir.

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