Comments on: Paul Thomas Anderson Says The Playlist Named ‘The Master’

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

This happens quite often when works of art in any form hit the net without an official title. For instance there was an old Radiohead song that they only played in concert and the fans dubbed it "Nude"…when it finally came out on an album 10 years later, they kept the name. But on the otherhand, the Terrance Malick film To the Wonder was given the name The Burial, and we all know that didn't stick.

By: Hal

Hal — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

More masturbatory than the actual film.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Ugh, this post is worse than Variety's "Scoops" leaderboard. Do you guys want a blowjob from PTA for this?

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

haters gonna htae

By: Rohan

Rohan — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

PTA is awesome. He's kind and he is unpredictable. It's funny how THE PLAYLIST bought this whole thing. Ha! Ha! I am glad that Playlist is not asking PTA to put their name on the end credit. (Thanks to 'The Playlist' for the title: The Master). Ha!

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

God forbid a website devoted to cinema is proud of the fact that their journalism contributed to the naming of a modern auteur's new film. This rules.

By: Glass

Glass — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Hell yes, Playlist. Hell yes.

By: Um

Um — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Literally, in the old Playlist article you linked to, you say that the film was already "affectionately dubbed The Master by many" before you even wrote about it.

By: concerned citizen kane

concerned citizen kane — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

to quote abed,

Cool.

By: gc

gc — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Aww cute.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Very cool, guys.

By: Marko

Marko — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

So the "many" referred to in the original article about the script was just the staff at the Playlist?

By: Paul W.S. Anderson

Paul W.S. Anderson — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Seriously guys, get over it! The Playlist called my latest "Apocalyptic Malevolence At Its Most Tedious & Banal," and nobody made a stink! Where are my defenders/detractors/lovers/haters? At least I have better BO than PTA, in more ways than one 😉

By: Johnson

Johnson — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

i should just kill myself now.

By: Kindred Spirit

Kindred Spirit — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Isn't Cigs and Red Vines co-managed by a Playlist staffer? In any case, even though all the naysayers below are trying to ruin your game… I BELIEVE in The Playlist like I BELIEVE in PTA. Yeah ya'll dudes are awesome!! And again, David O. Russell can STFU.

By: R.U. Frigginkiddingme

R.U. Frigginkiddingme — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Yay! Let's pat ourselves on the back for violating journalistic ethics and common decency by leaking and reviewing (!) an early draft script by a notoriously secretive director and painting a huge target on his back with a vengeful cult that caused his original cast and d.p. to drop out and the project's financing to get derailed at its original studio. Hooray for us!

By: Roofbeam

Roofbeam — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

"[A]ffectionately being dubbed 'The Master' by many…" is the same thing as "[A]ffectionately being dubbed 'The Master' by The Playlist staffers…"? Yeah, he definitely gives you credit in that interview when he says "They" and "The Internet."

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Im surprised nobody has mentioned the obvious here. The Master is a terrible title and many fans were hoping it was just an Internet name and not the official title all the way up to the release of the first trailer. So uh yea, I guess you can be proud of this, but I wouldn't.

By: Thompson

Thompson — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

That headline is a lie. PTA named his film The Master, you guys didn't name anything.

By: bob

bob — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

congratulations on your award winning, record breaking film, playlist!

By: jingmei

jingmei — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

From this hilarious atmoshphere, we can see the tight tie between the most fucking awesome (hopefully mainly arthouse independent stuff) films and The Playlist. So come on dudes make another one! 8)

By: hackattack

hackattack — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

This is why you guys are who you are.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Variety actually mentioned the title of the project back in 2009, so don't you mean Variety instead of The Playlist in the title?

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

so it's you guys' fault that PTA didn't settle with "Looks Like a Pussy: The Freddie Quell Story"

By: hank

hank — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:45:46 +0000

Congratulations, Playlist, on your record breaking, career defining, masterwork, "The Master." You did it.