I am a movie geek along with being obsessed with our taskmaster funny little purple dude. Been following the upcoming oscar films.

One film in particular, Phantom Thread, (with the soon to be retired Daniel Day-Lewis and being discussed heavily yet cryptically on twitter and elsewhere since it started pre-screening in LA and NYC) is about an artist whose relationships with women are short-termed and connected to his work, who has a very regimented life, who is mysterious, who is controlling, who is fearful of change and chaos in his life, whose whole life revolves around his work, who is fastidious about his appearance, whose sister works for him, who is soft spoken yet commanding, polite yet biting, and who is suprisingly funny. With the exception of the character being British, less sexual, a fashion designer, white and tall (and a bit more posh) does he sound like anyone we discuss heavily on this site??? Another coincidence--the director/writer of Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson who is married to Maya Rudolph who is a Prince fan and member of Princess.

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Sounds like a really interesting film...I wonder if itll be on Amazon Prime eventually? Anyway, I will have a look out for it - and thanks!

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Its not out yet. They are giving advanced screenings to critics and hollywood insiders right now. It will be a long time before it will be on Amazon Prime (if it ever is). There is a trailer but the trailer doesn't really go into that many details. Apparently, the movie is much more biting and dark (with a couple shocking twists).

Dibblekins said:

Sounds like a really interesting film...I wonder if itll be on Amazon Prime eventually? Anyway, I will have a look out for it - and thanks!

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purplerabbithole said:

Its not out yet. They are giving advanced screenings to critics and hollywood insiders right now. It will be a long time before it will be on Amazon Prime (if it ever is). There is a trailer but the trailer doesn't really go into that many details. Apparently, the movie is much more biting and dark (with a couple shocking twists).

Dibblekins said:

Sounds like a really interesting film...I wonder if itll be on Amazon Prime eventually? Anyway, I will have a look out for it - and thanks!

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Thank you! I'll definitely keep a watchful eye out for it...Who knows, I may even venture into the cinema!!!

Interesting observation...

sounds interesting although it would have been had the character been a musician set back in the 70s or 80s when music was actually interesting.

purplerabbithole said:

I am a movie geek along with being obsessed with our taskmaster funny little purple dude. Been following the upcoming oscar films.

One film in particular, Phantom Thread, (with the soon to be retired Daniel Day-Lewis and being discussed heavily yet cryptically on twitter and elsewhere since it started pre-screening in LA and NYC) is about an artist whose relationships with women are short-termed and connected to his work, who has a very regimented life, who is mysterious, who is controlling, who is fearful of change and chaos in his life, whose whole life revolves around his work, who is fastidious about his appearance, whose sister works for him, who is soft spoken yet commanding, polite yet biting, and who is suprisingly funny. With the exception of the character being British, less sexual, a fashion designer, white and tall (and a bit more posh) does he sound like anyone we discuss heavily on this site??? Another coincidence--the director/writer of Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson who is married to Maya Rudolph who is a Prince fan and member of Princess.

[Edited 12/2/17 20:13pm]

purplerabbithole said:

I am a movie geek along with being obsessed with our taskmaster funny little purple dude. Been following the upcoming oscar films.

One film in particular, Phantom Thread, (with the soon to be retired Daniel Day-Lewis and being discussed heavily yet cryptically on twitter and elsewhere since it started pre-screening in LA and NYC) is about an artist whose relationships with women are short-termed and connected to his work, who has a very regimented life, who is mysterious, who is controlling, who is fearful of change and chaos in his life, whose whole life revolves around his work, who is fastidious about his appearance, whose sister works for him, who is soft spoken yet commanding, polite yet biting, and who is suprisingly funny. With the exception of the character being British, less sexual, a fashion designer, white and tall (and a bit more posh) does he sound like anyone we discuss heavily on this site??? Another coincidence--the director/writer of Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson who is married to Maya Rudolph who is a Prince fan and member of Princess.

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First of all, this movie sounds interesting. And I thought I was the only having a moment like this. But my experience wasn't with a movie character, it's an anime character.

My favourite anime is DBZ and last year I started to collect the DVD boxes and I watched one of the last episodes. There's this tournament and suddenly, a small, purple guy and a really tall guy appear. So this guy is called the purple one by some fans, he's also 5'2, very mysterious, his presence is really intimidating for an anime character and his bodyguard reminded of Big Chick.

At first I didn't know who they remind me of, when I see them. But then it hit me. it made think if Toriyama had Prince and Chick in mind when he created them. Just like the chimp bubbles, he was inspired by MJ's ape. Anyways, I got a picture of them.

I thought I was the only one feeling t his way. WOW