Like oil, There Will Be Blood sticks to the fingertips and remains difficult to wash away.
“I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people … There are times when I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money that I can get away from everyone … I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I've built my hatreds up over…
Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson ascends to another level as a filmmaker with There Will Be Blood.
Inspired by the first 150 pages of Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil, and The Dark Side of Fortune, a biography of oil tycoon Edward Doheny, Paul Thomas Anderson continues his examination of the state of California with his look back at the oil boom at the turn of the twentieth century. Daniel Plainview is a struggling silver miner who…
Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Sprawling tale of the early years of the oil industry.
In the tradition of such great epic films such as Giant, Citizen Kane, and Elmer Gantry comes this unforgettable cinematic marvel, a turn of the century character study of an oil magnate, an evangelical preacher, and the people they influenced. Based on the 1927 novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, this film shows depicts the early years of the oil…
