There Will Be Blood
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
December 26, 2007 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
What's been said
Viewers and critics have broadly received There Will Be Blood as a landmark American film, with critics awarding it near-universal acclaim and many placing it among the greatest films of the 21st century. The element most consistently singled out for praise is Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, which reviewers across platforms describe as a career-defining feat, while Paul Thomas Anderson's direction, Robert Elswit's cinematography, and the vast scope of the film are also widely lauded. The most common complaint from general audiences is the film's deliberate pacing and considerable length, with some viewers finding it slow or even tedious, and the Jonny Greenwood score drawing divided opinion, praised by many but deemed overbearing by others. A notable detail: Greenwood, a first-time film composer at the time, recorded two hours of music at Abbey Road Studios in just three weeks, and the resulting score is now widely regarded as one of the finest ever written for a film, winning the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and earning a Grammy nomination.
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