October 21st, 2007

There Will Be Blood..

Attention P.T. Anderson fans; your wait is almost over! After a five year break, P.T. Anderson is back, and this time he’s teaming up with the unparalleled Daniel Day - Lewis in There Will Be Blood..

In 2002, Anderson took on a romantic - comedy in the brilliant Punch - Drunk Love.. Since then, eager fans have been waiting for his next feature film.. This time around, instead of tackling pornography or raining frogs, Anderson brings us an epic about a family who strikes oil at the turn of the century.. And The Beverly Hillbillies it ain’t.. There Will Be Blood focuses on the greed, corruption and other problems that stem from being a Texas oil prospector in the early 20th Century..

There Will Be Blood is a movie ” loosely ” adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson from the 1927 novel OIL! by Upton Sinclair.. The movie centers on a character Daniel Plainview, played by Daniel Day - Lewis, who starts out as a simple silver miner, that happens upon oil in his silver efforts..

Fast forward a few years and he’s made himself a pretty rich man, a wise and shrewd business / oil man, that gets to the point to where he’ll step over anyone to get what he wants.. You see, Daniel Plainview is not a very decent person, who constantly wrestles with his demons.. He is a borderline nihilist, who doesn’t like people and thinks most humans are lazy and ignorant.. You understand the only reason that he has people in his life is because he couldn’t benefit financially if he didn’t.. Otherwise he could care less..

It’s all about finding new oil spots with him, and nothing will get in his way and derail his goals.. He may not be a good man, but you cannot deny his desire and work ethic.. He risks his life more than once setting up oil derricks.. But, he almost meets his match in the form of a young man of the word of God in Eli Sunday, played by Paul Dano.. This is not a good relationship.. You see, Plainview wants to drill for oil on the Sunday’s property.. And he wants to do so in a not so honest way, by chiseling them out of their share of money. .He thinks the Sunday family are hicks.. Ignorant with absolutely no business sense, which is somewhat true.. But Eli knows they are in for more than Plainview tells them.. Essentially, Plainview will be ripping off the Sunday family..

Things start to happen that aren’t good.. Plainview seeths for Eli.. You get the idea that if he could kill Eli, and get away with it then he would.. Eli, for his own merit, is a blow hard, and Plainview knows this.. But for all of the hard work Daniel has done over the years, little things begin to perculate mentally with him.. The demons begin to really get to him as he tries to hide and ignore them.. Though he becomes rich beyond his imagination, there is a price to pay.. Nobody ends up the true winner.. Almost every human emotion is displayed in There Will Be Blood.. Love, hate, passion, greed, jealousy, pettiness, paranoia, trust and sadness.. Morality really becomes the true issues in this story..

As for the script, there is much material for the thesp Day Lewis to sink his teeth into as Plainview.. In reading, you can relate to why he accepted the role.. Any actor would have.. It’s a impressive script that should adapt well to the movie screen..

Although There Will Be Blood isn’t scheduled for release until the 26th December 2007, these first exclusive pics should tide you over for a bit.. And looking at some of the past films from P.T. Anderson ( Boogie Nights ) and Daniel Day - Lewis ( My Left Foot ), there is plenty to be excited about..

  • Posted By: madcrow
  • Post Date: Sunday, October 21st, 2007
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