Watch A New 30-Second TV Spot; LA Arclight 70mm Tix Onsale Now

A new 30 second TV spot for "The Master" entitled "Truth" has arrived via Fandango though we're having trouble keeping track at this point on what is new footage and what's been previously released. It's pretty nice, regardless and will probably be the first of many.

We also have a little ticketing news for you folks in NY and LA. Tickets for the 70mm showings of "The Master" on opening weekend at the Arclight Dome are now onsale. Click now because they will be going fast. In NYC, it looks like the film will be playing exclusively in 70mm (just waiting on confirmation) at the Village East Cinema on 9/14 and expanding wider on 9/21 including another 70mm spot at the Cinemas 1, 2 & 3 uptown. Tickets should go onsale "in the coming weeks" according to the theatre. Will let you know when we know more. Stay tuned to Twitter for the latest updates.

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Amy Adams Talks ‘The Master' On Letterman; New Clip Arrives

Amy Adams was the first from "The Master" crew to hit the talk show circuit with an appearance on Late Night With David Letterman last night where she discussed the film, her co-star Joaquin Phoenix who she called "awesome" and the "S" word. There was also a new never-before-seen 30 second spot during a commercial break and a short 30 second Adams-centric clip from the film which you can watch below. We'll update this post when we get the new commercial. (thanks to The Film Stage and Xixax for the videos.)

Watch The 2nd Theatrical Trailer For ‘The Master' Now

IMDB has just posted the second theatrical trailer for "The Master," which our readers may recognize as the same one we posted about a few weeks ago playing before "The Bourne Legacy" in selected theatres. If you look closely you'll get a little glimpse at Melora Walters in the teaser-length promo which also features a handful of scenes not seen in all previous clips. Thanks to many of our astute readers for the headsup!

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Interview: La Repubblica

  
Note: This interview was translated from Italian to English with the help of reader Stefano Cattaneo.

‘The Master' Exclusive San Francisco Screening Poster

"The Master" screened again on Tuesday night for those lucky enough to be in San Francisco and score tickets to the special event at the Castro Theatre. We've read various accounts of some lucky attendees via Twitter and it's great to see people so touched by getting to spend a few moments with Paul. Hopefully CJ will chime in sometime soon with his own thoughts on the event but in the meantime we've got a look at the limited edition print being sold at the event signed by the man himself. (Image via @Power_Lloyd) Not to be too cryptic but stay tuned, we should have something very special for you guys coming up in the near-ish future.

‘The Master' Screening In San Francisco Tomorrow Night; New Teaser Is Here

Just moments ago Al Rose Promotions unveiled another special teaser trailer featuring a coda advertising yet another benefit screening for "The Master," this one to be held tomorrow night at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. You will recall that Paul held a special advance screening of "There Will Be Blood" at the very same theatre 5 years ago and many had pegged this as a possibility on his "The Master" unofficial secret screenings tour. Like the Chicago screening, this will also benefit the Film Foundation and tickets will be $10. Believe that my Cigs & Vines partner CJ will be in attendance at this event so if you see him, feel free to say hello.

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Paul Gives His First Interview On ‘The Master'; Amy Adams Says She “Kinda Worships Him"

After 2+ years of silence, the dam has finally broken and PTA and co. have begun actually discussing "The Master" in some detail in various publications. Paul gave his first-ever interview on the film to Newsweek which we've archived here but be warned there are some spoilers. A few safe excerpts are below:

Interview: Newsweek

Secrets of ‘The Master’

Inside director P.T. Anderson’s ‘Scientology movie. 

by David Ansen Aug 20, 2012 1:00 AM EDT
 

Scene for scene, shot for shot, Paul Thomas Anderson may be the most exciting American writer-director of his generation. He’s a kind of cinematic chemist who works with unstable, dangerously flammable human particles. At any moment his characters—and his movies—are capable of exploding, and there’s no telling which way the shards will fly, or, as in Magnolia, the frogs will drop. Think of the seething ambition of Daniel Day-Lewis’s power-hungry oil magnate in There Will Be Blood; the powder keg of anger underneath the shy Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love; the cold, narcissistic fury behind the cocky surface of Tom Cruise’s sex-guru in Magnolia; the coke-fueled desperation of the porn-world denizens in his exhilarating Boogie Nights. There are rarely conventional heroes and villains in Anderson’s emotionally charged sagas, and that’s one of the reasons his movies feel so alive; he keeps us out of the comfort zone of predictable Hollywood formulas.

‘The Master' Screened Secretly In NYC Last Night...Twice

Update 8/27: Mike Maggiore, programmer and publicist for the Film Forum reached out recently to us to say that no screening took place at the Film Forum, so it appears our source may have been confused... The screening at MoMI definitely took place since it was confirmed through multiple sources including Paul's assistant.

Updated 8/20: It appears that these may have been friends & industry screenings not meant for the public to stumble onto like the LA screening a few weeks ago. Not that a few lucky attendees didn't do just that.

Yes, 3 days after my Chicago adventure, "The Master" arrived in my backyard for not one but two secret screenings last night. The film played at the Film Forum to around 100 people reportedly in 70mm around 8pm and again at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens sometime after that. Paul was spotted in attendance for both screenings though it doesn't appear he did any sort of introduction or post-show Q&A. He introduced the film by saying "roll it." (Thanks @GusCruz) As with the surprise at the Aero these were completely unannounced, under-the-radar screenings, so almost nobody knew about them beforehand (which is just the way Paul wanted it). That sound you hear right now is an entire city of cinephiles kicking themselves for not going to check out "Taxi Driver" at MoMI last night. Paul seems to be having a ball showing up with his little surprise all over the country so keep your fingers crossed and your eyes peeled. There could be more to come...

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