Moviegoers will gain insight into an L. Ron Hubbard-like cult leader in director Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, but the wild beliefs taught by the real Hubbard go beyond any fictional version.Hubbard’s Scientology is based on revelations by the science-fiction author that can’t be made odder by embellishment. Read the full story, “L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology Is Beyond Fiction,” by Ray Stern.Read more about Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology research for his new film The Master.Published on September 5, 2012
The Phoenix-based Scientology-themed newsletter The Aberree was used by Anderson in his research before making The Master.
L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard in his early years.
L. Ron Hubbard conducting a Dianetics seminar in Los Angeles in 1950.
Inside the Church of Scientology in Phoenix.
Inside the Church of Scientology in Phoenix.
An office space dedicated to L. Ron Hubbard inside the Church of Scientology in Phoenix.
An office space dedicated to L. Ron Hubbard inside the Church of Scientology in Phoenix.
Photos of L. Ron Hubbard and biographical information hang on the walls inside the Church of Scientology in Phoenix.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Phoenix house where L. Ron Hubbard dreamed up Scientology.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A still photo from Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Paul Thomas Anderson.
