Philip Seymour Hoffman
September 14, 2012
There Will Be Dud: Paul Thomas Anderson’s First Mediocre Movie
I wanted "The Master" to be great. Instead, it's a pretentious dud.
I know it’s not customary, but the customary is fading like spit in the sun. So I want to review two trailers for Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, The Master, which will be released in October. The second trailer appeared online in June, the first a month earlier. They accompany the limited announcement that the film, set around 1950, is about one man who starts a new religion, and another who becomes his follower. It remains to be seen whether this description is accurate or sufficient. I want to approach the trailers as two films, each about ninety seconds long.
December 22, 2008
Philip Seymour Gergen?
Philip Seymour Hoffman is already my favorite actor, but if he keeps this up, he might become my favorite pundit as well.
