The Master

Viewed in theaters Leave your worries for a while, they will still be there when you get back, and your memories aren't invited The Master marks Hoffman’s fifth and final collaboration with Anderson. He projects the confidence, wisdom and charisma needed to believe that others would follow Lancaster’s path no matter how insane his well articulated beliefs about a “trillion year old” universe, space traveling souls and other psychological musings. As written by Anderson and performed by Hoffman, Lancaster is indeed an intelligent man yet one whose delusions of superiority has made him blind to his own lies. What Anderson does do is place a spotlight on a pivotal moment in American history, where a shell shocked nation gave opportunity for figures like Lancaster Dodd to provide “answers” to hard questions and direction to wandering souls, Dodd dispensing psychological and philosophical candy that is tasty in the short term, yet it’s long term effects are damaging.