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In no particular order:

Go back in time with a DeLorean (Back to the Future)

Why? Because how cool would it be to literally break physics? Just don’t cause a dramatic change in history though!

Have a cute spaghetti kiss with the love of your life (Lady and the Tramp)

Why? C’mon, it’s literally too iconic to not even think about attempting it. Now that I think about it, I might just take the bowl of spaghetti to myself, because I’m certainly a pasta fiend.

Yell the phrase “I’m walkin’ here” to a New York City cab (Midnight Cowboy)

Why? Seriously, how cool would it be to assert your confidence to a flipping moving vehicle? Like, that’s insane but in the best way possible. I can’t say that this is by any means a good or safe idea to do in real life, so maybe a passing one.

Climb the Philadelphia steps (Rocky)

Why? Simple, to get a good workout in, and maybe even a motivational boost. Admittedly, I’ve done this before, and they’re a lot harder to climb than Sylvester Stallone makes it seem. Albeit, I’m no athlete.

Fly your bike (ET: The Extraterrestrial)

Why? As frightening as it sounds, how cool would it be to cut down on traffic time on your way home from school? Also, think of how insane the views would be!

Take a leap of faith off a Manhattan skyscraper (Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse)

Why? Because how amazingly cool would it be to literally tackle your fear of heights head on and be the baddest high schooler in town? Like number three, however, I can’t recommend you literally do this.

Have a literal space dance (Wall-E)

Why? Think about it, you’re a robot in space who just discovered that there’s more to life than cleaning up trash. Such a big relief to meet another robot, and on top of that, you have a playful dance with a dang fire extinguisher? How rad is that?

Sing in the rain (Singin’ in the Rain)

Why? Okay, this is way too blatant, but personally? I feel like singing in the rain would be more fun than it looks.

Get lost in a painting at the Art Institute of Chicago (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)

Why? Too often art museums are either too judged or too overlooked, without much admiration. What Cameron Frye did in this iconic scene is way too simple but fundamental in an art museum. Plus, I personally hadn’t done it before, so one day, I decided to. And let me tell you, that experience was the best kind of trippy.

Eat a room (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

Why? Okay, maybe this is just me being hungry, but going into a room where everything is edible sounds insanely cool. You might now want to overthink it though, just in case everything is too sugary.

(Knife Hanging From A Tree by JiHee Nam)

Welcome to the arcane world of experimental animation! Dana, a Juice Media intern who studies traditional animation at Columbia College Chicago, compiled a list of wonderfully strange animations that changed what the medium meant to her. 

Many of the titles are pulled from Dana’s workshop on Experimental Film & Animation at the Juice Media session on March 16th, 2021. You can view the slideshow (and a broader list of experimental films) here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1igIBDQZbQXaWqw7uGMDMi_axL69nY6ALgubwgCVH-ko/edit?usp=sharing 

Here they are. Nine shorts and three features, in no particular order:

Law of Averages (1996) by James Duesing. CGI, 15 min,  American.

https://duesing.wordpress.com/visions/law-of-averages/ 

In a strange twist of Adam and Eve, two lovers meet in a garden and are tempted by none other than The Big Ghost, an interactive virtual reality. 

 

1. Knife Hanging From A Tree (2019) – JiHee Nam. 2D animation, 3 min, Korean/American.
   1. https://vimeo.com/336961237  
   2. An simple yet elegant film based on a traditional Korean saying which means “Let me stab the persimmon, since I can’t have them”. I like this film for Juice Media because it is simple and brief, yet so powerful.
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2. Quasi at the Quackadero (1975) – Sally Cruikshank. 2D animation,10 min, American.
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE 
   2. Be reminded that a world is what you make of it. Two anthropomorphic ducks and a robot have a day at their local amusement park… complete with time travel, telepathy, and reincarnation. A cult classic.
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3. Lizard Ladder (2020) by Ted Wiggin. 2D animation, 5 min, American.
   1. http://www.tedwiggin.com/LizardLadder/ 
   2. Animals being animals in between planes of existence. This animator made his own software to complete the film, and you can download it and watch tutorials on his website!
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4. Duet (2019) – Jeanette Fantone. 2D animation, 3 min, American/Japanese/Filipino.
   1. https://vimeo.com/328027868 
   2. A film made by a 19 year-old. If they can do it, know that you can too. I’m inspired by the simple techniques that comprise this mirage of color. 
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5. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) by Yuri Norstein. 2D animation, 10 min, Russian.
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5mxXtStOY 
   2. The most famous short of Russian master Yuri Norstein, whose personal twist turns animation into a dramatic and artful medium for profound tales often depicting woodland creatures.
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6. Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) by Jan Švankmajer. Stop-motion, 11 min, Czech.
   1.  https://vimeo.com/12073562 
   2. A celebrated surrealist’s exploration of the hardships of communication and understanding one another. 
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7. Street of Crocodiles (1986) by the Brothers Quay. Stop-motion, 21 min, American.
   1. https://vimeo.com/495021325 
   2. The twin Quay Brothers are an iconic influence on the “creepy” aesthetic often associated with stop motion. They often pull from Eastern-European stories and include a dash of South American magic realism. This is their most well-known short, but be warned!!! The linked video does NOT feature the original score by Leszek Jankowski!
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8. Roommates (2016) by Jamie Wolfe. 2D animation, 3 min, American.
   1. https://vimeo.com/218736744 
   2.  The relatable CalArts film that utilizes extremely limited animation, making the whole “24 frames per second” feat feel more attainable. 
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9. Mind Game (2004) directed by Masaaki Yuasa. Mixed animation, 103 min, Japanese.
   1. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3202136089?playlistId=tt0452039&ref_=tt_ov_vi (trailer)
   2. Stylistically all over the place, in harmony. Masaaki Yuasa’s youthful, raw, creative masterpiece makes for one of Dana’s all-time favorite films. Based on a manga of the same name by Robin Nishi. 
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10. Belladonna of Sadness (1973) directed by Eiichi Yamamoto. 2D animation, 86 min, Japanese.
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WkcLMapo_Y (trailer)
    2. https://ok.ru/video/2497662356078 (full film english subs)
    3. A feature film that reminds you of the graphic inventiveness of a hand-crafted world. Visually reminiscent of the artwork of Gustav Klimt and Harry Clarke, story based on Jules Michelet’s La Sorcière. .Content warning: Sexual Violence & Nudity.
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11. The Point (1971) directed by Fred Wolf. 2D animation, 74 min, American.
    1. https://ok.ru/video/2244243229270 (full film)
    2. Is this even experimental? You tell me. A colorful bedtime story starring Ringo Starr and Dustin Hoffman, and written and scored by Harry Nilsson. 
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This month we’ll be presenting a List of Films in Chinese from our intern, Rock! He says since there are too many he wants to show us, he made them as a picture:

If you are a high school student interested in filmmaking, you should sign up for JuiceMedia!

Throughout the semester, students have the opportunity to create two solo film projects in whatever style or genre they choose. In the past, students have created narrative, documentary, experimental, poetic, animated films, and more. To see examples of some of these films, visit JuiceMedia’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/groups/juicemedia. JuiceMedia students often enter their films in both local and national film festivals and many of them have gone on to film school or careers in the film industry.

On top of their main projects, JuiceMedia students also participate in workshops, games, mini group projects, and visiting artist talks. Since the program is currently online, we’re able to bring visiting artists in from all over the country! Last semester, we had artists visit from Los Angeles and New York on top of local filmmakers from the Twin Cities and the greater Minnesota area.

Students also connect outside of our normal JuiceMedia meetings through weekly film watch parties and open labs (or TeaTimes). TeaTimes happen twice weekly and allow students to receive feedback or extra work time on projects, but also time to discuss and analyze films and the film world.

Applications for our Spring 2021 session are now CLOSED, however check back in early September for our Fall 2021 JuiceMedia program!

If you can’t wait that long, check out our FilmNorth summer camps: https://myfilmnorth.org/youth-programs/youth-camps/

Questions about JuiceMedia or other FilmNorth youth programs? Email the FilmNorth Youth Programs Instructor, Cait McCluskie, at cmccluskie@myfilmnorth.org or call 651.644.1912 (ext. 7)

This month we’ll be featuring Top 10 Movie Lists from our interns and instructors! Our third list comes from our instructor, Cait (in no particular order):

Reason: This film examines life, aging, and class with a playful and light-hearted perspective while never taking away the weight of these subjects. Agnes Varda is a joy to watch on screen and changes what it means to be a documentarian.

Description: Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.

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Reason: This is one of the most sensory films I have ever experienced with an incredibly striking score and visual landscape. It will redefine your concept of what horror films can be.

Description: An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

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Reason: I’m a big fan of how unfocused this film is (in a good way!). It starts as a mystery, but quickly devolves into a wander through the Italian countryside – it’s very meditative and very beautiful.

Description: A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

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Reason: This film is GORGEOUS. The cinematography is breathtaking, the pacing/editing is enthralling, and it’s cool to see an entire new take on the vampire film. Plus filmmakers need to use black and white more often.

Description: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

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Reason: This film is absolutely bizarre, but totally enthralling. I’ve seen a couple of Shakhnazarov’s films now, and while this is the best one, I think his entire body of work is under appreciated.

Description: An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy (a secretary who works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & roll player, etc) and, in addition, this man is witness of a suicide, so he is trapped inside the town.

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Reason: I’m a sucker for movie musicals and I’m a BIG sucker for Julie Andrews so this is a perfect film to have on this list. Plus it was one of my favorite movies as a kid so it’s got the nostalgia factor.

Description: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

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Reason: If you’re a David Fincher fan, you will undoubtedly enjoy this Argentine film. It combines mystery, drama, and memory into one dark masterpiece.

Description: A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior – both of which still haunt him decades later.

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Reason: This film got me into a number of nature, adventure, and climbing documentaries, but this one is still my favorite. Even though you know that Alex Honnold survives, this film will have you on the edge of your seat the whole time.

Description: Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.

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Reason: I’m pretty sure this is the movie that made me decide to go into Film Studies. It has an impeccable script, fascinating editing, and Joe Pesci. What else can you ask for?

Description: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

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Reason: I could watch this movie on repeat forever. Very few things make me happier.

Description: When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world’s biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.

This month we are featuring Top 10 Movie Lists from our interns and instructors! Our second list comes from our intern, Blongsha (in no particular order).

This month we’ll be featuring Top 10 Movie Lists from our interns and instructors! Our first list comes from our intern, Wyatt (in no particular order).

Reason: highly influential on how to reinvent a film’s production quality

Description: An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship’s computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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Reason: shows how to creatively construct a narrative that is not only reflexive on human nature, but also a public warning to what could happen

Description: Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes.

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Reason: carefully built complex story that illustrates race relations in the US while lending its audience different meanings every time they watch

Description: Salvatore “Sal” Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin’ Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin’ Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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Reason: a new way to show development of a character by utilizing real time to advance the plot

Description: The joys and pitfalls of growing up are seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), his parents (Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke) and his sister (Lorelei Linklater). Vignettes, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, capture family meals, road trips, birthday parties, graduations and other important milestones. Songs from Coldplay, Arcade Fire and other artists capture the time period. Directed by Richard Linklater.

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Reason: highly influential film that inspired various films from spaghetti westerns to Star Wars

Description: A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.

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Reason: shows how accurate the repetitive nature of adulthood is, and how to get yourself out of it

Description: A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small town of Punxsutawney to film a report about their annual Groundhog Day. His predicament drives him to distraction, until he sees a way of turning the situation to his advantage.

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Reason: such a beautiful formation of a friendship, it’s guaranteed to make you cry

Description: Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn’t commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

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Reason: C’mon, it’s Star Wars.

Description: The Imperial Forces — under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) — hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.

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Reason: beautifully show imagery along with plot based allegories that lead you to question life and death

Description: When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow) returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death (Bengt Ekerot) to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof (Nils Poppe) and his wife, Mia (Bibi Andersson), and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

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Reason: shows how even the worst of movies can be the best

Description:  Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny’s best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

Happy Halloween from JuiceMedia! This year, we made 15 second horror super shorts during our JuiceMedia session (you can watch those here: https://vimeo.com/475222048). One of our students, Ryan, decided to write a scary short story instead!

Content Warning: Sword Violence (decapitations)

On the night of Halloween in the woods of England 1776, horseman Robert Jackson and
his friend Albert Marshall, a fellow horseman wearing black leather boots, a black
trenchcoat and a steel sword are walking and talking. Ayaan then asks Robert “So what is the thing you needed to show me?” Robert says while pointing in a direction says that it is right over there. As Albert walks towards that direction Robert pulls out his sword and starts to walk behind Albert, as Albert sees what Robert seemingly wants him to see he says “This is just a stump.” Robert then comes up behind him and says “You were always better than me.” but before Albert can respond his head is sliced cleanly off and falls onto the stump. Robert then buries Albert’s body near a nearby farm with a pumpkin patch and marks his grave with a big piece of wood, then he went home to tell his friends who also hated Albert.

20 years later Robert and his 3 friends Henry, Oliver and Steven decide to check on the
body even though it was dark. When they arrived at the spot where Albert was buried, they were surprised to see that instead there was a empty grave marked with the same big piece of wood. After a while of them freaking out that someone might know about Albert’s murder they realize that Oliver is nowhere to be seen.

They decide to split up and as Henry searches for Oliver in the barn he finds him headless and bleeding out, but before Henry can scream in terror he is decapitated by an unknown figure wielding a familiar steel sword.

As Steven searches in the corn field he keeps getting the feeling something is watching
him. “There is nothing watching you it is all in your head,” he told himself but he kept
looking back to make sure. As he reached the middle of the field he saw what looked like a scarecrow on a post, Steven then looked to the right for a second thinking he heard something but when he looked back there was only the post. As Steven thought if he should head back his head is cleanly cut off and lands near some familiar back leather boots.

As Robert was searching the pumpkin patch, he hears footsteps behind him and turns around thinking it’s Oliver but sees the corpse of Albert with a flaming jack-o-lantern for a head. Robert then starts to walk away backwards from this “Headless Horseman” saying “No! No! This is impossible!” until he trips on a pumpkin. The Headless Horseman then walks up to him and cuts his head off, puts the body in his old grave, then gets on a saddled black horse with red eyes and rides it into the woods.

Now on All Hallows Eve 2004, a teenager, Brian, and his friends John, Rick, Mari, Keith, Pete, Ziag and Morty decide to go camping deep in the woods. As they tell horror stories about the man that was killed in those very woods now called ‘The Headless Horseman’ Rick hears the snapping of a twig, John says “It’s probably a squirrel or something.”

The fire starts to go out so Pete volunteers to go get some twigs for the fire, though as he
heads deeper into the woods he hears what sounds like a horse. He heads toward the
noise and finds a saddled black horse with red eyes then turns around to see a man in black leather boots, a black trench coat, and a steel sword with a flaming jack-o-lantern
for a head. As Pete realizes this is the man from the stories his head is sliced cleanly off.

Time goes by and Rick gets worried while everyone is sure that he’s fine, after a while of waiting for Pete to get back everyone gets really tired and goes to sleep in their sleeping bags. In the middle of the night Rick wakes up and hears a weird sound, he tries to wake his friends up only to find them all headless and bleeding out in their sleeping bags. As Rick runs in terror he trips on a log and falls down a hill and injures his leg, as he attempts to get back up he sees back leather boots and looks up to see who it is. He sees a black trenchcoat and a flaming jack-o-lantern, but just before he screams in terror his head is cut off landing on the ground and the Headless horseman rides into the woods waiting for his next round of victims.

The students have just finished their group mini-movie challenges! They had one week (last Wednesday to this Wednesday) to make them. The theme was potato and the angle that they had to include was a wide shot. Within the groups, each student filmed and edited their portion of the film in their own style at their own homes. Then they sent it to one student to string the individual scenes together.

Each student was able to be very resourceful when it came to filming during quarantine, and effectively communicated with one another remotely. The JuiceMedia students never cease to amaze! The videos are up on our Vimeo page.

By Baine Avent

“The Master” is a film about many things, but I think a simple elevator pitch can do just fine. The film tells the story of a man named Freddie Quell, an alcoholic World War 2 veteran who seems to only be a pointless drifter, finding odd jobs wherever he can, usually ending each one by being chased out of it. This is all Freddie’s life seems to be, until he decides to take liberty to hop on an unknowing steamboat in the middle of the night. Upon waking up after what was possibly a typical booze-filled time, Freddie is introduced to the captain of the ship, Lancaster Dodd, or as his compatriots call him, “Master.” He’s the so-called leader of a new religion known as the Cause, a scientific belief system that was all created by Dodd himself. With his intelligence and charisma, Dodd convinces Freddie to come along and stay, hoping that this “animal”can become integrated. It’s the story of a man who seems to have every part of his life on a path, and another who has no path at all. And I’ll just go ahead and leave it there. 

I’ll first start this off by saying that if I ever tried to write about the story or my interpretations of the film itself, then it would be an essay so long that I doubt anyone would even think of reading it. And I wouldn’t blame them, this film is something I annoyingly gush about to pretty much anyone I meet. And if you’ve maybe already guessed, it’s my favorite film of all time. It has most definitely taught me more about stories than I realize, which gave me a pretty good idea of how to show this film off while also not annoying anyone. I realize that mainly filmmakers will read this, so how about I speak on how this film both taught me and can hopefully teach all of us about making a movie.

One of the best parts of a film can be when everything is conjoined into a whole. When everything seems to lock into place as one piece. The Master has shown me that collaboration is what creates the film, not the initial ideas on their own. As incredible of a director as Paul Thomas Anderson is, he didn’t think of the entire film in its entirety and then have everyone read his mind. I wouldn’t be gushing about the film’s hypnotizing and ancient-feeling cinematography if Mihai Malaimare Jr. hadn’t found some old Hitchcock lenses to use, resulting in some of the most beautiful shots I have ever seen. I wouldn’t be mesmerized by the performances if actors like the late Philip Seymor Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix had completely immersed themselves in the role and added the smallest of details, such as Freddie Quell constantly holding his hips when he talks, referring to a single throw away line about his kidneys being torn up in the war. And lastly, I wouldn’t be absolutely going nuts about the score if it wasn’t for Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, who used instruments such as harps, bells, and strings to make a soundscape that makes you feel like you yourself might even be discovering this secret society. If someone like PTA could sit in a room and think all of that up, then he might objectively be the greatest living director of all time (which I already think). But either way, he didn’t. It was very much the people around him who helped make a great movie. And when I realised this, I began to learn more about filmmaking. This kind of storytelling comes from a group of people, each with their own special and weird little talents, that all have the passion to make something amazing. 

“The Master” has also helped me cope with making the parts of a movie that never actually make it on… well… the movie. The feeling of putting your passion into something that never sees the light of the screen is never easy. But, with a film like “The Master,” I only grew more excited about the little secrets that only we know about. For pretty much every trailer of the film, no lie, about 75% of the footage is footage that isn’t in the actual film. This isn’t just because the studio had the great idea of having PTA himself direct the trailers, but also because even the lost footage almost seems like it still is the film itself. Online, there is an entire 20 minute short, “Back Beyond,” that contains a huge amount of the footage I just mentioned. It shows the characters in completely different locations and situations that aren’t even referred to in the film itself. It’s super fascinating, and in fact, these trailers are what actually convinced me to watch the film itself. It goes to show that every experience making a film, whether it is seen or not, is the film. It helped you develop your world and the people around it. I don’t think that we would’ve gotten the same movie otherwise. I realized this when viewing these lost scenes; I didn’t view them in the mindset that they didn’t happen, but that they did and I simply didn’t get to see them. Every rough cut, every deleted scene, every torn page, is always still your movie. 

So I hoped I was able to both fanboy about “The Master” all over this essay while also making something out of it. I hope I was able to catch someone’s attention for the movie, and if that’s the case, then that’s already good enough. But what I hope the most is that everyone reading this already knows that films aren’t a piece of magic that float onto a screen from the sky, but that they’re the labor of blood, sweat, and tears. Film is a work of extreme passion and hardship. It takes too much effort and such hardship to make a movie, so I cross my fingers that by reading this or even watching “The Master,” that this is all the result of human beings taking (a lot of their) time to tell weird little stories.