I hesitate to even post this video — part fever dream, part vaguely authorized marketing blip, yet utterly curiosity-stoking glimpse at what appears to be Paul Thomas Anderson’s forthcoming The Master . Joaquin Phoenix, take it away. The clip made its way to Twitter via YouTube just a little while ago. It was originally housed at the account ” Al Rose Promotions ” — an account named after the real estate man whom Daniel Plainview consults about the Bandy tract in There Will Be Blood — and linked out to themasterfilm.com , so there’s definitely something there beyond Phoenix’s machete-sharpening, beach-brawling, mechanically disposed grunt under interrogation by The Man. Suggestions welcome, but I’m inclined to take the mystery for now.
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