17:42 where it says "unintelligible", he's saying, "the whole reluctant prophet thing...".

it's unbelievable how Paul Thomas Anderson could pull out such a jungian trilogy (there will be blood, the master, phantom thread), so flawlesssly directed both in cinematography AND storytelling/acting. I just don't get people not getting phantom thread. I've seen it in Berlin the very day it opened, three years ago, and it hasn't left me since.

"A mortal like Freddy can exist with the memory of Doris" This is poetry my guy

Rhythmic editing, butter-smooth narration and a tight thesis to boot. 23minutes flew by. Looking forward to the next one!

Probably the best essay about this film I’ve seen so far.

This was an excellent essay. I mean, one of the best I've seen on this site. Please, continue to offer more perspectives like this.

As if I couldn't love 'The Master' any more... Thank you for this fantastic video essay. Made me almost as emotional as the film itself near the end.

Amazing essay.. theres a scene where freddy is in the theatre watching Casper the friendly ghost where casper says "The captain never leaves the ship..". I always thought That line was very much in accordance to Freddy not being able to get off the army/navy and settle for a life in Land. PTA even calls freddy a sea creature in an interview. Loved your video, Great work man. Keep doing what you do.

Great analysis. They definitely make it abundantly clear that Lancaster Dodd and Freddie Quell's dynamic is like a owner and their pet. But I was always stumped with Peggy Dodd, specifically her control over Lancaster in the bathroom scene and the way she operates in the background. Curious to know your thoughts on her character's significance. Again, great video essay!

The Master has been one of my favorite films for years. I’ve seen it a countless number of times. I own the bluray. It’s become a kind of comfort watch for me. And yet, you were able to show me something new about it. You even managed to pack an emotional punch that was entirely your own. Incredible video essay.

That was a phenomenal video essay. Probably the best I've ever seen.

this video deserves more attention. its feels like a much bigger and older channel level of content, I can feel how much passion you have for this film and it keeps you hooked the whole video. PTA is one of my favorite directors of all time and probably my favorite screen pay writer peroid, hearing someone speak about one of his greatest achievements with such love is amazing. keep it up. achievments

This was fantastic. Please make more!

This was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the editing, narration and insight. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, looking forward to seeing more

Really great work, congrats on a well edited, well articulated video essay. Time to rewatch the Master..

This is a beautiful video essay which gave me a depth of admiration for a film i already loved

Every couple of months this video pops up on my home page and I always love watching it. Very insightful and I connect with something new every watch. Thanks for creating this.

best essay i’ve seen on this movie so far, thank you for this!

Unbelievable job! Amazing analysis on such a beautiful movie. That final line brought tears.

You did a tremendous job with this analysis. It helped me grasping certain elements of the film that were still quite ephemeral to me, all seasoned by an impeccable pacing. Well done!

A well-composed, gently versed analysis of a masterpiece and its thematic aesthetics. Thank you.

wow this analysis is incredible. Thank you

amazing essay. thank you so much for doing it

Dude this video was amazing! Id always loved this movie but you defiantly made me appreciate it in some new ways that I haven’t before.

An absolutely beautiful analysis. It has been said in other comments, but 23 minutes flew by! I am so intrigued by this film and this essay was a pleasure. Thank you and keep up the good work!

This came up in my recommended. Great video, it’s concise but you allow moments to let it breathe. I would love to see more videos like this from you. Inspirational.

Absolutely excellent essay! Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on one of my favorite movies.

Every PTA film should be watched twice to understand it, which means the writing is great. I didn't know what the significance of the churning water would be, but i initially thought that the way the eddies develop made a sort of heart shape. Looking at it after this analysis, it links up beautifully with the time-travel theme. The boat, as i think Dodd even refers to it in the film, is life. There are these eddies left behind which swirl around because they are trying to catch up to the ship. Physically, eddies are the vortices which form from a pressure differential between the front of the ship and the rear - the ship pushes through water, which leaves a minor vaccuum behind it, sucking in some water and creating the eddies. I think Freddie is clearly the water (aimless, moldable, impossible to hold) while several other characters perform the role of ship, although Hoffman most obviously characterises it. The focus of the movie, as with the shot, is on Freddie, and what it means to be pulled into the undertow of something or someone else. It is mesmerizing, it is violent, it is never quite consummated as a relationship - the eddies will forever slip away from the ship because they lack internal drive, but if the ship slows to keep the eddy flowing then not only does the ship lose its momentum, but the eddy will also "lose interest" because the eddy is pure reaction, pure response to the ship's forward inertia. I think many people wish to be the ship, to forge themselves into the driving force which will pull the others in behind through power and magnetism, but we are all water. And to travel with someone is to live in the current with them, as Freddie did at the end, to the hurt of the still striving Dodd. The whirling dervish, so validating and beautiful to Dodd, that was pulled in behind has finally exited the turbulence and gone floating along. There is much more to this movie than just one metaphor, so i won't pretend this is everything, but it certainly seems to fit with the film's tone.

Thank you for the best The Master Video

Glad I got to see this hidden banger. Keep making more essays!

This is a great video essay man! The Master is my favorite film of all time and this video has my blessing!

Great job man. My love for this film doubled after watching this. You pointed out many things I missed

Really appreciate the rigor and depth of your analysis. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the film, and in such a pleasant way. Wonderful use of music. Seriously, this is the best PTA-video-essay on the platform. Terrific!

I loved this! Excellent analysis.

Amazing analysis, very well put together and researched.

This is amazing

An excellent essay and well created edit.

Fantastic analysis! One of my favorite films ever. Keep up the great work!

This Video is highly underrated and deserves more views. I've been looking for this one for last couple of months since the first time I saw it.

Great explanation. Thank you.

Bravo on this video 👏👏👏

Wow. Thank you for this!

It's ridiculous how well and thoroughly you deconstructed the themes here. Also love your use of examples from alternate mediums in order to back up your take. I would agree with another comment claiming that this is the best essay about this film around here. At least I personally had an extremely enjoyable time checking this one out, thank you! On a related note, PTA is truly a beast. His films really show his love for the artistic medium he operates in; he's always made it passively known how he is equal amounts of both genuine and self-aware and his narration throughout his filmography is almost always weirdly compelling in every layer. And watching his work, what I find fascinating is that he is almost always in absolute focus mode. Anyway, great job! Subscribed.

This was incredible.

How does this not have more views?

Phenomenal work my friend!

nice job! I watched and it's a great essay.

Thank you, I've always wanted more analysis on this movie, which I go back and forth on being my favorite PTA film.

Best analysis of this amazingly intricate film!

Holy fuck. That Casper opening legit broke my heart as you were saying it. 😭

I love this essay, pal. I do think it's super odd how every video essay on The Master refers to Dodd as "The Master" even if by accident. And, it makes it even more interesting that you did at one point. Like, even reflecting on the piece this beautifully, we still find ourselves slipping and calling Dodd "Master". It's interesting.

The Master - I loved There Will be Blood so much, I was surprised this was at least as good. What a movie. Nice job with this, man.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY GOOD.

Wow. Beautiful analysis video. Beautiful movie.

holy shit holy shit holy shit. a video worth a million views that only has a thousand. what a great essay dude. Subscribed. Keep up the awesome work :)

this is more dense with substance & research than the best "analysis content" out there, you'd definitely grow a following if you plan on doing more of these kinds of videos bc video essay culture would truely benefit

Great work Keep it up 👍🏽!

Wonderful video, thank you!

Amazing video !! Thanks for sharing

Excellent commentary, thank you

Waltz section near brought me to tears, absolutely brilliant

Excellent video on The master, I couldn't figure much what PTA was trying to say trough the film but I knew this something great, the level of performances, cinematography & production design this movie had is extremely rare to see in films...and now I'm able to understand some of it thanks to you which makes me want to revisit the movie

Please, please, please make more video essays. You are great at them.

Your voice and delivery are ABSOLUTELY hypnotizing. This is my 3rd time watching this video. I love The Master but there's something more with this video. Why don't you mAKE MORE??

Easily one of the best video essays I've ever seen

Very cool great job!!

Phenomenal video on a phenomenal film

great video!!

Woaa, this is my first video of yours.. Love your editing and your narration dude! Keep it up, you'll blow up soon

Amazing video.

on the topic of Casper, in the 90s I loved the movie & cartoons. but at some point once I got older I realized, this is a show bout a dead child. how'd he die? was he killed? was he sick? I couldn't watch it the same way anymore & would get dark vibes. but when I was young I didn't think past what I was being shown even tho I would have known ghost=dead person. I just was able to part these things out & enjoy it. idk. great great video, man.

One of the greatest films I've ever seen.

Amazing video! Keep up the good work. :)

Fantastic, fantastic video.

Great explanation of real movement....from the opening shot your seeing movement and that continues with the idea of time travel and reincarnations coupled with that desperate battle between The master and the subservient mind.....the imagery is all movement

This is excellent. Some video essays are either stretching too far in their thesis, over indulgent in their editing or style, or a bit too finger wagging with their point. Yours is tight, focused, and just right. Excellent job. I loved it.

Lovely video!!!

Good stuff, billy.

Great video

HOW TF are you only at 138 subscribers? You just changed my life

WOAH. 8 and a half minutes in and i am legitimately shocked that this video doesn't have a kajillion views hahahaha. fantastic research and presentation! you could've simply remarked that the film holds a certain similarity to this old documentary but instead you opted to show the clips back-to-back so as to highlight their similarities and even further broke down the significance of those moments. really excellent stuff, man. subscribed and looking forward to more works like these from you in the future!

very good

love this movie. surprised you didn't tie in the scene at the end where freddie is asleep in a movie theater while casper is playing. 'a captain never leaves his ship'. the aimless nature of freddie is spot on by joaquin. this is best epitomized in the scene at doris's window when he tells her he has to go 'away'. when doris asks where, he says to stop asking questions, and 'i dont know anyway' - sort of a kaufman-esque play on words there. 'away' is also the word he recalls in the first processing scene w dodd.

Good job

This is my favorite analysis of THE MASTER, congrats!! But I have the feeling that Casper´s Story, which is quite interesting, didn't land at the end of the video. Was it a matter of time? Anyway real tender and deep narrative.

Nice One Skeetgirl!

Astounding Analysis. Can you do one on Inherent Vice next?

I saw this movie five times at the theater.

they r so in love

22 minutes long but it felt like 5 minutes. Brilliant work.

Nice job. Is the Casper episode you reference in the beginning the same one that Freddie is watching/dozing thru in the balcony near the end?

Please make a video on PTA orhwr works as well such as Phantom Thread or even Licorice Pizza.

Damn, that was good.

This is great. Thoughts on Amy Adams character. Who seems to have control of Dodd's primal urges? And I know PTA highlighted the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which frequently deal with time-travel around this time.

Killer video.

Well done! Any thoughts about the bizarre phone call in the theatre? It feels like reality starts breaking down at that point. Do you think that this is about turning away from the need for explanations and answers, towards acceptance of the primal and the absurd, or is there perhaps something else going on?

Incredible narration. Just subbed. Movie based on Scientology.

worth examining Wasn't the churn also the closing shot?

You need more subs

Dorris belongs to the STREETS