Close your eyes.
Recall a word.
Ocean.
The restless ocean that looks so calm from afar, like Freddy Quell who mumbles his sentences as he speaks but upon closer inspection, has a tremendous amount of energy balled up inside him ready to be released, a nuclear core of a human being.
What do you hear?
Laughter.
Two drunk men talking to each other. One asks the questions and the other one answers. That's it. No flashy camera movements, no breathtaking scenery. Paul Thomas Anderson used only a conversation, close-ups and some over the shoulder shots to craft one of the best scenes of all time.
Recall a word. Any word.
Master.
Two masters, in fact. Joaquin Pheonix's face crumples and…