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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Weekly Movie Recommendations : 4th October 2008 - 10th October 2008

There Will Be Blood (2007)



Genre - Drama

Directed By - Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast - Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano

Whats It About - A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Why To Watch It - The film is visually stunning, and alternates between lush widescreen shots of the desert and meticulously composed, darkly lit close-up of his actors, presenting complex images of the American landscape and the souls that dot it. As a narrative, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is told with a sense of economy, yet never at the expense of the film’s inherently grand scope. It’s difficult to determine precisely what Anderson wants his viewers to take from the experience: the film is, in the end, appropriately complex and ambiguous. THERE WILL BE BLOOD forces us to confront Plainville, who seems to be a larger-than-life personification of evil; that we don’t entirely understand him at the film’s conclusion is not a shortcoming, but rather a tribute to the depths of this most vile creature and this most brilliant film.

Widely touted as a masterpiece, this sparse and sprawling epic about the underhanded "heroes" of capitalism boasts incredible performances by leads Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano, and is director Paul Thomas Anderson's best work to date.


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