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A Master Builder

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 10m
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6.0/10
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A Master Builder (2013)
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
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A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

  • Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Writers
    • Henrik Ibsen
    • Wallace Shawn
  • Stars
    • Wallace Shawn
    • Julie Hagerty
    • Larry Pine
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    996
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jonathan Demme
    • Writers
      • Henrik Ibsen
      • Wallace Shawn
    • Stars
      • Wallace Shawn
      • Julie Hagerty
      • Larry Pine
    • 7User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    A Master Builder (2013)
    Wallace Shawn and Lisa Joyce in A Master Builder (2013)
    Julie Hagerty and Lisa Joyce in A Master Builder (2013)
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    Wallace Shawn and Lisa Joyce in A Master Builder (2013)
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    Lisa Joyce in A Master Builder (2013)
    Jonathan Demme, Wallace Shawn, and Lisa Joyce in A Master Builder (2013)
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    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Halvard Solness
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Aline Solness
    Larry Pine
    Larry Pine
    • Dr. Herdal
    Lisa Joyce
    Lisa Joyce
    • Hilde Wangel
    Andre Gregory
    Andre Gregory
    • Knut Brovik
    Winsome Brown
    Winsome Brown
    • Nurse
    Emily Cass McDonnell
    Emily Cass McDonnell
    • Kaia Fosli
    Sheilagh Weymouth
    Sheilagh Weymouth
    • Nurse
    Jeff Biehl
    Jeff Biehl
    • Ragnar Brovik
    Joanna Feuer
    Joanna Feuer
    • Nurse Nora
    • (as Joanna Howard)
    Marjorie Graham
    • Nurse
    • Director
      • Jonathan Demme
    • Writers
      • Henrik Ibsen
      • Wallace Shawn
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    • Trivia
      Jonathan Demme's first feature film since Rachel Getting Married (2008).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Blank Check with Griffin & David: A Master Builder with John Hodgman (2020)

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    8/10
    The Demiurgos
    This film is a story of the old gods. Solness is the Demiurgos, the Insane God who created the Earth and the Universe we live in.

    Seen in this light, suddenly the film makes sense.

    The dialogue is encoded. Note how the discussions in the first few scenes are nonspecific to the point of nonsense.

    That is - unless you know the code.

    They are talking about the creation of the Universe (by Solness), and who will take it over, and who will create the next one (the Villa by the Lake).

    Does Ragnar have the Right Stuff to be a God? That is in question. Solness says "No".

    Ragnar? Ragnarok, Chaos. The Undoing. The coming apocalypse that Kaia (Gaia) will participate in (the Wedding). This is about whether the Earth will go through Apocalypse, Chaos, and begin anew, or whether She will hang on with Solness in the old way, and try and work it out.

    Solness is in love with Kaia, but in reality he wants to keep Ragnar (Lucifer?) close because he needs him. Light and Dark being nothing without each other. In this case Lucifer is not to be confused with Satan (Shaitan - the Opposer) who is mere darkness as in - when the old sun (Saturn) went away. He is The Light Bringer, the Shining One of Milton.

    The film is also Masonic in a BIG way. But that is an easier decode, and I will leave it to "Jay" who works at that level.
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    • Release date
      • June 22, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Прораб
    • Production companies
      • Westward Productions
      • Ibsen Project
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,874
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,017
      • Jul 27, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,874
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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