i finally saw ‘the master’ and its taken me three days to even post about it because the level of desperation happening within each of the characters propelled me into a bona fide lull. not surprisingly the performances are all completely awe-inspiring: joaquin phoenix plays the part of a messed-up madman like none other, and philip-seymour hoffman sizzles as an occult front-man with an obsessive,. the music is great but i can guarantee you will be feeling this intense emotion of lack lustre when teh credits start to roll at the end of the 143-minute