Tag: There Will Be Blood
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‘As a kid, I’d cry every day seeing homeless people’: Paul Dano on money, fatherhood and being shaved by Brian Cox
With the release of his new film Dumb Money, the endlessly versatile actor talks about turning his back on blockbusters, struggling to lie – and exploring his dark sideThere is versatility in acting and then there is Paul Dano. No sooner had he been seen last year as the masked, panting, clingfilm-wrapped Riddler, who dispatches…
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Lydia Tár and Daniel Plainview Fascinate Us For This Same Reason
Cate Blanchett’s latest character Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s Tár, yet another phenomenal performance added to the actor’s rich filmography, brings another chillingly maniacal character to mind – Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Lydia Tár, the world’s most acclaimed and ruthless composer, is manipulative, scary, and starkly human on a level…
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There Will Be Blood Is a Stronger Drama Because It’s So Funny
What quite possibly is the apex of cinema in the 21st century, There Will Be Blood, the drama from Paul Thomas Anderson, premiered 15 years ago. Referring to it merely as a “drama” is a discredit. To put it bluntly, the 2007 film is a marvelous, spellbinding, and towering achievement from a filmmaker who had…
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Why There Will Be Blood’s Ending Shows the Worst Affects of Capitalism
In the late 2000s, when the Internet was transitioning from its Wild West era to its current social media dominated state, there was a meme: a short video clip taken out of context from Paul Thomas Anderson’s then-recent movie, There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. In the clip, Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis), a sweaty, mustachioed…
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What to Watch at Virtual Fantastic Fest
Genre film buffs are in for a treat every year if they’re able to attend the Fantastic Fest event in Austin, Texas. The renowned festival is one of the world’s best celebrations of horror, science fiction, action, fantasy, and anything that doesn’t quite fit within the confines of a label. Fantastic Fest has boasted the…
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Every Movie Scene Where Someone Beats The S*** Out Of Paul Dano, Ranked
Paul Dano is one of the most dependable and versatile character actors working today. Throughout his career, he has shown a complete lack of vanity in choosing which parts to play. Dano drifts towards the unseemly, the odd, and the extreme a lot of the time, but he can also bring a tremendous amount of warmth…
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The Batman’s Paul Dano Talks About The ‘Intense’ Experience Of Playing The Riddler
Paul Dano’s Riddler now has his own official theme music, courtesy of composer Michael Giacchino and WaterTower Music, and his appearance in the upcoming Warner Bros. film, “The Batman,” is drawing ever closer. Dano is an intense actor who has squared off with even more intense Method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be…
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There Will Be Blood Ending Explained: Capitalism Drinks Everybody’s Milkshake
P.T. Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” marked a turning point in the celebrated filmmaker’s career, transitioning him away from the kinetic style and occasional surrealism of his earlier work and into a period of directing more subdued movies — from their long, deliberate takes to their washed-out visuals and stories that are firmly rooted in…
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‘Licorice Pizza’ Might Be Tasty Enough for Oscar Voters, but Needs a Dash More Bradley Cooper
Auteur Paul Thomas Anderson ushers in his breeziest, most light-hearted effort yet with “Licorice Pizza,” a film that could be an all-around awards player, possibly nabbing him an overdue Academy Award for best original screenplay. Add in debut performances from Cooper Hoffman — son of late Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman — and singer-songwriter Alana…
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‘Mosquito State’ Review: A Finance Bro Lets Bugs Eat Him Alive in a Wall Street Horror Story
, Filip Jan Rymsza’s scary-silly “Mosquito State” begs for some context before we can dive into its crepuscular plot.It’s August 3, 2007. We’re standing on the precipice of the most dire financial crisis since the Great Depression, but no one seems to know it yet. Good things are happening. A young senator named Barack Obama…