horrible and dark indictment of frontier capitalism

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	• There Will Be Blood [Blu-ray] Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano Paramount Vantage, 2008 average customer review:based on 324 reviews view larger image
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Fine drama, confused in places

This is an intense study of a single minded oil man and his struggles and tests in reaching the top. It also shows the various delusions, brutalities and neglects he is a party to in his rise in his field.

Without some first rate acting, this film would not hold together. It has too many uneven elements and parts of the story do not fit as naturally as might be liked. That it remains a stunning piece of cinema is a tribute to everyone involved, but I strongly recommend people to watch and decide for themselves. At the very least, you will see some stunning acting and fine, affecting drama.

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horrible and dark indictment of frontier capitalism

This is the story of one of the most eccentrically evil and heartless men that has ever been put on film. DDL exudes the alienation and hatred of a psychotic achiever, who will stop at no humiliation or violence to achieve his goal of building a house as he remembers it from his childhood.

The portrait of a raw Texas, shorn of romantic myth, is unbelievably vivid and graphic. From the silent work that DDL carries out in a dank mine, you get a feeling for the lack of all social structure and decency in the greedy poor. As he works his way up, he leaves a trail of damaged people in all his achievements. However, this work of art is no caricature. The characters are realistic and believable, if uglier than we care to imagine much of our past to have been.

DDL creates a truly unique character. He hates and uses everyone, even the son he adopts, letting no one close, especially women. His one unguarded moment leads inexorably to murder. His alcoholism and seething rage are all that he has, beyond his oil wealth. It is truly frightening.

Recommended. THis is a true artistic success, but I would recommend renting it rather than buying it: you will only want to watch it once.

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The history of greed in the oil business

This film was a little slow but I found myself engaged and entertained throughout. The main character is a trip, always talking about how much he hates people and how only sees their bad qualities. The guy basically does anything and everything possible to control as much oil as possible. It seemed to me an analogy of our country not just in our pursuit of oil, but the extent to which we exploit others for our own purposes.

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A sprawling epic of family faith power and oil THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of California s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground he heads with his son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value love hope community belief ambition and even the bond between father and son is imperiled by corruption deception and the flow of oil.System Requirements:Running Time: 158 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA/INNOCENCE LOST Rating: R UPC: 097361374208 Manufacturer No: 137420

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