“The Master” trailer provides look at Philip Seymour Hoffman's religious prophet (video) June 20, 2012 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new, stress-inducing trailer for "The Master" has emerged providing moviegoers with the first tantalizing look at Philip Seymour Hoffman's religious prophet, TheWrap reported. The film marks Paul Thomas Anderson's first since 2007's "There Will Be Blood." There's a teensy bit of pressure as the "Boogie Nights" auteur's examination of the early days of the oil business was regarded by many critics as the finest film of the last decade. He's certainly got a whooper of a topic, tackling a religion that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Church of Scientology, the controversial faith practiced by his "Magnolia" star Tom Cruise and other Hollywood leading lights. In Anderson's telling, Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, a charismatic writer who launches a new religion called "The Cause." He also, from the looks of the latest footage, seems an awful lot like the full-figured, nattily dressed Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Joaquin Phoenix plays an emotionally unstable follower of Dodd's and Amy Adams is his sweet as peaches wife. Warning: the pulsing music by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood may induce seizures. The film co-stars Laura Dern and Jesse Plemons and will be released by The Weinstein Company on October 12. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |