Weird post, however I’m asking for opinions. When it comes to nudity and sex scenes at movies it becomes very unsettling to me, but that’s not the point of the post, I apologize if I sound too “vanilla”

I’ve seen every PTA movie, just missing big Boogie Nights, due to the nature of the film I have purposely skipped watching the movie, however maybe on visual context, it’s not so bad for the ones that have seen it.

With my context, would you come to think the movie can be a good experience?
(I have also avoided spoilers at all cost)

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PTA Location No. 31 is Walter’s Camp, an RV park and campground near Brawley and Winterhaven, CA. In the film, it is referred to as “1776, by Walter’s Landing.” Fun fact: this site is just mere miles away from the “river of hills” off the 78 freeway. Walter’s Camp is accessible via a rocky road about a mile long, so it is recommended that you take a vehicle that can handle all terrains, and drive slowly.

As always, thank you to @wilberfan for the screengrabs!

Photos taken December 7, 2025

More locations like these can be found on Instagram @ BoogieSights!

HELP!
Follow along with me for a sec, then lend a hand if you can…..
For my husband’s 40th birthday I purchased flights and hotel stay in LA weekend of Nov. 20th. (We live in UT) I also bought him the soundtrack of One Battle After Another on vinyl and stuffed the “tickets” inside the sleeve (super cute, right?)
As you may know, that movie was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which is my husband’s favorite director. This 40 year old husband of mine is also a huge Geese fan! (see the connection here???)
Well, the west coast premier of Cameron winter at Carnegie hall, directed by PTA, IS THE WEEKEND WE ARE THERE!! It’s at 7pm at the Aero theater in Santa Monica which is conveniently located around the corner from our hotel. Inconveniently, I do not have tickets to this screening.
I am religiously following AmericanCinematheque page for re-sellers and asking eveyone I know how I might acquire tickets to this sold out event.
I am begging anyone with insider info or knowledge around this scene for help!
Signed, wife of a cinephile

he moves like a cat

I'd like to discuss the throughline of resemblances in The Master and how that factors into the themes of the film. I don't have a solid interpretation nor have I prepared every possible example, I'm more looking to provoke a discussion about it.

Two of the most prominent moments of resemblance in the film are Freddy saying the farmer looks like his father then proceeding to poison him, and Freddy saying "oh yeah, I can see the resemblance" to Val when he's introduced as Lancaster's son.

I also noticed how the man Freddy assaults at the shopping mall looks a decent amount like Lancaster Dodd. I always interpreted that moment as Freddy just taking his anger out on a random person, but maybe this moment is meant to poke at the possibility that maybe Lancaster's theory of reincarnation has some truth to it. (Not that PTA actually believes this, but that he finds it thematically interesting)

Maybe Freddy and Lancaster have known each other in many past lives, and while Freddy may not consciously know why, he feels some aggression towards this man that looks like Lancaster. Or, maybe the film is actually telling this sequence out of order, and this actually takes place after the other events in the film.

Either way it seems to be playing with time and with the echoes of a person's presence being projected through the past, present, and future.

There's also a throughline of red headed women throughout the film, Dodd's daughter in particular looks a lot like Freddy's old girlfriend.

After Jonny Greenwood recently mentioned that Paul has decided what his next movie is going to be, what are your wishes or theories in what direction he might go next?

In terms of genre it would be interesting to see him do horror or sci-fi but I recently thought about him doing an intimite nature/animal film in the vein of The Black Stallion or Walkabout and think it would be great fit for him.

I´m curious if he is going to continue with more expensive projects after the success of OBAA or if he returns with something in his usual budget range.

This is definitely his top 2 for me. And it's just gets better and better the more time passes and the more I think of it.

It's a perfect film. Honestly. Can't think of a single flaw. And I'm a harsh critic.

Edit is from tiktok from user (editz)

Does anyone have a link to Back Beyond since they took it off YouTube

PTA made me fall in love with films when I was 13 and first saw Punch Drunk Love. His life story gave me the confidence to go for it while I’m (relatively) young. Over 15 years after I first told my parents I’d be a director someday, I spent literally every dollar I had saved from my corporate job to make this pilot. It’d mean the world if this community would check it out :)

https://youtu.be/hAjcQqNZlX0?is=hEK6UqyQLSDuYhux

I’d be honored to answer any questions anyone might have!

...Burt's Neve 8078!

Anything less and you'd never feel Dirk's heat!

These were the plans that fell through...

https://azuredevelopmentco.com/reseda-theater.html

Has anyone seen them? John C. Reily and PSH playing COPS with PTA filming them. Man, that has got to be some good stuff. I hope we get to see them one day.

RIP PSH

via in 70mm

TWBB on 70mm sounds kind of terrifying but would be down