Showing posts with label magnolia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magnolia. Show all posts

Sunday, September 9, 2012

The Funny Part Is They Think It's HE Who Never Learns


Watching the betrayal in Martha Marcy May Marlene got me thinking about cults.

Which got me thinking about the many betrayals of the cult of Scientology.

Which got me thinking about the up-coming release of director Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-is-bullshit themed film, The Master.

Which got me thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson specifically showing The Master to Tom Cruise before it's release.

Which got me thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson's previous film on the difficulty of dealing with cultists, There Will Be Blood.

Which got me thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson's put-upon alter ego in Punch Drunk Love (above) contrasted with that film's beautifully optimistic visual interludes by Jeremy Blake.

Which got me thinking about Blake and his girlfriend, Theresa Duncan, then committing suicide claiming Scientology was out to destroy them but no one would listen.

Which got me thinking about Tom Cruise playing a cult leader in Paul Thomas Anderson's earlier it's-all-connected film, Magnolia.

Which got me thinking about the possible unfolding cult ramifications of Paul Thomas Anderson refusing Cruise top billing as his second film's star.

Which got me thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson only hiring the Scientologist for Magnolia after Cruise requested to work with the massively successful young director of Boogie Nights.

Which got me thinking about the probability of payback being one convoluted motherfucker in cult-infested Hollywood.