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

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

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I saw this movie five times at the theater.

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

How does this not have more views?

amazing essay. thank you so much for doing it

We are NOT animals. We have free will. You make a choice not to behave like an animal and YOU STICK TO IT. It’s the difference between those who choose to live their lives in prison (as criminals) and those who live as Christ did; with humility and love for God and his fellow man.

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

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

obsesively overthink minutae is my new battlecry

Excellent, high quality video essay! I love this movie very much, and remarked to myself how it really felt like a kids' movie but for adults.

Wow. Beautiful analysis video. Beautiful movie.

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

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.

Superb analysis of what I consider to be one of the greatest films of all time. Thank you.

Started this video, got about a minute in, had to pause it, watch the movie, and then came back to finish. You got me hooked on the film, thanks so much for the awesome introduction.

I’ve subscribed instantly 🎉

I don’t know if young people will like this but this boomer loves it….so well written!

I don't think any video has ever properly expressed why I love this movie as much as this trailer here. Thank you!

Nice One Skeetgirl!

An excellent essay and well created edit.

I remember just hating the scene with that pick a point game. Coz what the hell was the point of that game?

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

daniel and paul aren't opposites. they're both dishonest exploiters

You are so goddamn underrated I had to comment

this is an underrated edit. Well done!

Yeah… that’s the stuff

Thank you for the best The Master Video

I don't believe you saw that Casper cartoon till you saw the master,just sayin😂

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

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

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!

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.

Incredible narration. Just subbed. Movie based on Scientology.

This was incredible.

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.

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

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

I like the way Dodd has him repeat his name. Freddy Quell numerous times, and that it sounds like the Kids Song: Fare thee well, fare thee well Fare thee well my fairy fay For I'm goin' to Louisiana for to see my Susi-anna Sing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

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.

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.

Amazing video.

wow this analysis is incredible. Thank you

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!

Wisdom that I needed today. Thank you.

great video!!

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!

Dancer In The Dark was inspired by this movie, am convinced.

Great explanation. Thank you.