I'm out and about again (finally!) so my greedy eyeballs will be on The Master soon. I challenged Team Experience to describe the film in three words since so many critics can't even settle on what it's even about (I'm avoiding reviews but the non-consensus as to meaning is out there).
Four brave souls took me up on the challenge...
Matt Zurcher writes:
Fevered heart need.
The intensity of The Master is impossible to understate. The style itself is unhinged -- crazy, even. The characters are bloated visions of Freudian extremes. The Master is filmmaking of the highest order, yes. But it's also cinema that works on its own terms, so full of cocky flair and delightful self-indulgence that the audience has no choice but to follow it wherever it wants to go. Anderson's fable can seem alienating or disorganized on first viewing, but a second reveals the director's compassion. Joaquin Phoenix's face is a shattered one, but his tears are so heartbreakingly believable. The passion and need that these two men feel for each other begs to be known. And in all the intellectualization of this film that we're going to see, let us remember that it's really just about two people who need each other and who love each other. It's the best love story I've seen since Punch-Drunk Love.
You can read Matt's full review here.
Beau McCoy writes:
Opaque Rabid Jazz"The Master" makes "Cosmopolis" look as accessible as a Spielberg film. Purposely distant and muddled; what are we watching and why? Ferocity abounds in its many forms and incarnations. Moves like a jazz solo; we don't know where we're going. Why should it matter? Premature.
Alexa says:
Disappointing Beautiful Molasses
There's a truly great film here waiting to be pulled out of the molasses...
You can read more of her thoughts, here.
Finally, Jose was even more succinct but I suspect it's something of a spoiler so I'm putting it after the jump...
Lady Amy Macbeth
I chose the three words because I NEVER saw that coming from her. Also, the sink scene ew...
Oh great. Fevered hearts, including Lady Macbeth's needing and needing, scored to rabid jazz? Now I'm even more desperate to see it!
If you hit the jump I assume you've seen it. Can YOU sum up your response or describe the experience in three words?