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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.

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview	Paul Dano as Eli and Paul Sunday	Dillon Freasier as H.W.	Kevin J. O'Conner as Henry

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Starring	Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal	Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx	Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh	Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett	Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
Directed By	David Fincher	Michael Mann	Brad Anderson	Alejandro González Iñárritu	David Fincher
Original Release	2007	2004	2004	2006	2008
Rating	R	R	R	R	PG-13
Runtime	162 minutes	120 minutes	101 minutes	143 minutes	166 minutes
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Number of Discs	1	1	1	1	1

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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.

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.83 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Paul Thomas Anderson
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Dolby, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 38 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2020
Actors ‏ : ‎ Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072ZM1FQZ
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Slow Burn, Great Reward

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023

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Teally makes you understand the difficulties faced during the oil rush. Very haphazard life both in the labor performed by oil workers and the precarious negotiations between proprietariers of the mining operations and land owners. Not a movie you can watch casually, will need to pay close attention to keep track of characters.

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Takes you back in time.

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2023

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One of my faves. Great performances and atmosphere that makes you feel the grit and hustle of the early oil industry.

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Chance

Bloody good!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2023

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Great story, acting etc. But, lots of blood!

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Steven Aldersley

Daniel Day-Lewis gives one of the best performances I've ever seen

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2012

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If you ever explore threads asking people to list the movies they find the most boring, you'll see that There Will Be Blood is often mentioned. I can understand why. The opening 14-and-a-half minutes doesn't contain any dialogue unless you count the occasional grunt or cry of pain. The score is often unsettling and unlike anything you would expect to hear. The pacing is slow and the film has plenty of painful scenes.

The opening scene is set in 1898 and gives us immediate insight into the character of Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis). We see him working alone, prospecting for oil. It's a physically demanding occupation which is full of danger. One small lapse can cause a severe injury or even death. Plainview falls down a well shaft and breaks his leg, but discovers oil in the process. We then see him crawl backwards as he slowly makes his way into town to register the find. He's one of the most stubborn and driven characters you will ever see portrayed on film.

In 1902, he's working with a group of men, and we are reminded again how dangerous the work is. A tiny mistake results in the death of a man and Plainview adopts his orphaned baby boy.

The story jumps forward several years and we see Plainview and his adopted son, HW, attending a town meeting. Plainview has discovered that the region contains oil and we see him making an offer to extract the oil. His argument is calm, reasonable, and logical. He's quite a salesman. He talks of other offers the town may receive and why his own proposal is the best solution for everyone. We are given the impression that he knows what he's talking about and it's difficult to resist his offer.

When Plainview is visited by Paul Sunday (Dano), the main part of the film begins. Paul offers to reveal the location of land rich in oil and he negotiates a price for the information. Plainview visits the town and finds that the information is accurate. He begins buying up all the available land.

The film contains a power struggle between Plainview and Eli Sunday (also played by Dano). Eli becomes Plainview's enemy immediately by negotiating a higher price for his father's ranch than Plainview expected to pay. Eli is also the town's priest and he seeks power and recognition at every available opportunity. Plainview sees him as a fake and doesn't seem to have any religious beliefs of his own, but he's forced to bow to Eli's wishes on several occasions.

I've barely touched on the plot, but I won't reveal any more. This is a sprawling story spanning several decades. It's one of the most intense character studies that I've ever seen. You'll see how Plainview relates to other people and his adopted son. He's a ruthless businessman and it's dangerous to cross him. In one scene, we hear his honest thoughts on society:

"I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people."

That last sentence is spoken with irony, but Plainview makes it clear that he understands his own true character. As the story progresses, we see what obsession and hatred can do to a man when it's maintained over a long period of time.

My knowledge of film isn't as deep as you would expect for someone of my age. It's a relatively new obsession in my life. However, I believe that Daniel Day-Lewis delivers the best acting performance I have ever seen. I didn't doubt for a moment that he was a bitter, obsessed, driven man, capable of doing anything to bring him closer to his goals. Day-Lewis is in every scene and the film wouldn't have had the same impact without his astonishing performance.

The technical aspects of the film are also superb. Jonny Greenwood's unusual score is particularly effective. One of my favorite moments happens during a drilling accident when the percussion increases in tempo as the scene unfolds. The cinematography is breathtaking at times. There's an early scene in which Plainview and HW approach the crest of a hill and the distant landscape is revealed. It's one of several moments of extreme beauty in the film.

If the film has a fault, I would say that the final 20 minutes don't quite match the quality of the rest of the story. This closing sequence still works, and contains a few memorable moments, but the first two hours are close to perfect.

If you enjoy character studies that aren't afraid to take the time to tell a story, There Will Be Blood might be your kind of film. If you need action and an upbeat conclusion, then it's probably not for you.

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Epic Movie about an Epic Era

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2008

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This movie is as good as it gets in modern moviemaking. Daniel Day-Lewis, our greatest living actor, adds his greatest character portrayal yet to a seemingly unlimited range of characters past. He plays Daniel Plainview an oil wildcatter during the age of the post-Reconstruction "Robber Barons."

Not all of the Robber Barons were financial wizards like Jay Gould or conniving accounting monopolists like John D. Rockefeller, unethically stealing the profits of the hard working entrepreneurs who made the great oil and mineral discoveries of the time. Daniel represents the driven, rugged individualist who resisted and defeated Rockefeller and the railroads' attempts to reap the fortune of his almost literally back-breaking efforts.

But in his quest, struggle and ultimate financial success Plainview pays a heavy price. The brutal, ruthless life he leads to attain his ambition for wealth leaves him resembling more a denizen of nature than a resident of the human race. Whether he lost his soul in his childhood, in his quest, or never had one in the first place, is for the viewer to decide.

The scene with his "brother", Henry, is truly chilling when Daniel first reveals his brutal, misanthropic nature. Only Daniel Day-Lewis could deliver such blood curdling dialogue in that scene; slowly, in a philosophical manner explaining to Henry his hateful feelings toward all others with a fatalistic smile on his face. He is a man comfortable in a skin in which many others would not be. Kevin J. O'Connor's portrayal of Henry is outstanding as a desperate soul who never betrays Daniel, and is as loyal as a brother, but dies at Daniel's hand.

Daniel, as is shown throughout the movie, has a very perverse view of family and loyalty. The development of his relationship with his adoptive son, H.W., is the clearest view into Daniel's character and ultimately renders the final verdict on Daniel's lifelong quest for wealth. Daniel's hardened and embittered nature is never shown more pointedly, and brutally, than in his final scene with H.W. ("a [...]in a basket!"). It is the savagely destructive psychological counterpart to the physical destruction Daniel wreaks in the final scene with Eli Sunday, the "false prophet".

Paul Dano as Eli Sunday, the greedy charismatic preacher, has received many accolades for his performance. It is good, though not as good as O'Connor's "Henry" or the young H.W. (Dillon Freasier).

The main problem is not so much Dano's performance as his character's physical appearance. Day-Lewis ages slowly but markedly through the thirty-five year period of the movie. Dano, however, looks exactly the same age in the final confrontation in the bowling alley as he does when he first encounters Daniel at Eli's family dinner table.

There is also a scene later in the movie, some time after the scene at the family dinner table, in which Daniel beats and humiliates Eli in front of others. It is almost a cinematic non-sequitur since the tension and rivalry between the two has not built to the point to justify the scene.

Regardless, those two items of criticism are slight in the context of a truly great movie. The cinematography and the musical score lend greatly to its dark atmospherics. It is encouraging to see that it was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson whose previous undistinguished work includes the voyeuristically juvenile "Boogie Nights" and the embarrassing attempt at romantic comedy, "Punch Drunk Love".

It does shows that an artist can grow beyond the exploitative and immature sides of Hollywood cinema as he matures. It undoubtedly helped Thomas to have Daniel Day-Lewis as the star, rather than an Adam Sandler. This is Day-Lewis's movie and he is the best.

I have used the word "brutal" on a number of occasions in this review. The era of the Robber Barons was just that. This movie effectively conveys the history you may read about the era and the unforgiving state of nature that produced men like Daniel Plainview.

As has been mentioned by other reviewers, the Plainview character is "loosely" based on a character named Vern Roscoe in the novel "Oil," written by Upton Sinclair. Sinclair's fictional character, in turn, was "loosely" based on a real person, named Edward L. Doheny. He is profiled in Wikipedia if you would like more information about him.

All such "loose" associations are irrelevant in a great movie. Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis have produced a cinematic masterpiece. It will be considered a classic in due time because of the timelessness of its theme and the greatness of its performances.

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Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023

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Daniel Day Lewis is AMAZING

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Great Movie

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2023

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This was a great movie !

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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023

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Adnan Soysal

Deception in subtle form

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2021

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I bought this dvd like 10 years ago, and I did not watch it completely.
The reason was that I found it too long, two and half hours, with not much interesting scenes and dialogues.
But somehow, Daniel character clung on my head.
And in recent years my interest in Psychology grow huge.
Then I wanted to re-watch it.
And that was a perfect judgement.

The reason for that is that Daniel character represents the modern personality sickness in a so subtle form.
- He wants to be rich more than anyone around him, and he does not want to deal with anybody.
- He does not give a damn about people. They are just tools, means for him to reach his own goals.
- He hates everyone.
- He is angry inside.
- He is envious inside.
- He believes everyone can be manipulated.
- He does not have a faith, but he can be Christian, can be Muslim, or a Jew at a finger snap, no problem.
- Same goes in politics, he can be leftist, rightist, feminist, environmentalist, communist, BLMist, racist.. you name it..
Bottom line is that whatever he choose to be should be serving his grandiosity among others.
- But in the mean time he wants to love people, and to be loved. Deep inside he is empty, longing for all those feelings.

He wants to fill his emptiness with a normal human being, but that is something he can not do it.
That is not his nature, so he is in a continues suffering state.

Another great sphere of the movie is that you hardly notice these personality traits on Daniel for the first half of the movie.
And this is exactly about these psychos in reality; deception.

In the first half of the movie, Daniel appears like a poor countryman man striving to be a self made millionaire.
But his dialogues, his facial gestures, his body language are so subtle in presenting the modern psychopath I described above.
Daniel starts his own oil drilling adventures in late 19th century in New Mexico.
One of his workers dies in an accident. And he adapts his son, H. W.
Daniel is also single.
Viewer feels the oddness of this adaptation because Daniel is not type of man who has empathy, care for anyone.
I think this is one of the best part of the story, because viewer is always kept in a suspicion on true character of Daniel.
And answer to this adaptation comes at the end of the movie, may be in the best scene, and dialogue of the movie.
It is the best articulation of the Daniel's psychopath.

Movie goes on with Daniels rising about his Oil business together H. W. by buying some poor and religious farmers' land in California.
Although movie concentrated on Daniel, in my view, it takes a twist after half of it concentrating on preacher of the village church, Eli.
Eli is the son of the farmer from whom Daniel bought the land.
Eli asks for money for the church, he wants to have a bigger, better church.
Though Daniel hates Eli's money ripping of him for Church, he still does all those payments.
Even in in his dealings with Christian farmers, he comes to a point he gets baptised and confesses his sins.
Deception is his normal part of life.

But movie, portrays the Eli no less deceptive and sick than Daniel.
This Paradoxical appearance of sick minds of Daniel, and the Preacher is so captivating..
It is a social paradox between "good" and "evil".
And both are suffering inside themselves, their paradoxical sick personalities.

Both characters of Daniel, and Eli dominates the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis, and Paul Dano casting these characters are magnificent.

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visuelle Analyse der Bluray

Reviewed in Germany on August 12, 2016

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Über Drehbuch, Schauspielerische Leistung und Musik wurde hier schon viel, teils auch kontrovers, geschrieben. Deshalb möchte ich mich bei dieser Rezension ausschließlich auf die visuelle Wirkung des Films beschränken. Dabei sei von vornherein gewarnt, dass ich den Film und die Bluray hinsichtlich grafischer Feinheiten analysieren möchte. Wer den Film also nicht auf einer Leinwand oder auf einem großen Fernseher genießen möchte, dem kann ich nur sagen, dass die Bluray selbstverständlich eine große Verbesserung im Vergleich zur DVD darstellt. Die Rezension weiter zu lesen ist dann aber überflüssig.
Bevor ich nach langer Zeit und und zum ersten Mal auf Bluray "There will be blood" erneut sah, habe ich mich zuvor zum regelrechtn aul Thomas Anderson Fan entwickelt. Deshalb ging ich mit dem grandiosen "the Master" im Hinterkopf an diesen mit schon bekannten Film heran. Und wie das so bei Filmen ist, die man schon kennt, aber zum ersten mal auf Bluray sieht, achtete ich vor allem auf die Bildsprache und Bildqualität und wurde dann leider dich etwas enttäuscht. Da ich auf dem gebiet ein Laie bin, kann ich nicht immer sagen, ob die Gründe hierfür in der Arbeit PTA's liegen oder der HD-Transfere schuld ist. Deshalb kann ich hier nur das visuelle Erlenis der Bluray bewerten, ohne abschließend die Schuldfrage klären zu können. Dennoch möchte ich hier erläutern, welche Probleme vermutlich dafür verantwortlich sind, dass der Film nicht so eindrucksvoll wirkt, wie erwartet.
Einer der größten Unterschiede im Vergleich zu "the Master" liegt wohl im verwendeten Filmmaterial. Dieser wurde nämlich auf 70mm gedreht, während für den vorleigenden Film 35 mm Film verwendet wurde, allerdings im Cinemascope Verfahren, welches besonders bei neueren Filmen ebenfalls eine beeindruckende Auflösung vorweisen kann. Dennoch ist 35 mm kein 70mm, allerdings ist die Mehrheit der Filmgeschichte auf 35 mm Film realisiert worden ohne das dies negativ aufgefallen wäre. Die Fehlersuche geht also weiter. Auch fällt auf, dass im Film bräunliche Töne dominieren, hier wurde vermutlich ein Filter verwendet, was wohl dem Bild einen historischen touch verleihen soll. Letztendlich ist das natürlich Geschmackssache. Ein großes Problem scheinen mir allerdings Unschärfe zu sein. Ein Paradebeispiel ist hierfür der finale Dialog zwischen Daniel und Eli. Während Daniel perfekt scharf ist, wirkt Eli eher unscharf. Ob hier der Kameramann geschlafen hat, es sich um ein Stilmittel handelt oder beim Mastering ein Fehler aufgetreten ist, lässt sich nicht genau sagen. Jedenfalls treten solche Schärfenprobleme regelmäßig auf, was deshalb störend wirkt, weil man von PTA eigentlich perfektionistische Bilder gewöhnt ist.
Ein weiteres Problem hängt mit einem Bewusst gewählten Stilmittel zusammen. Entgegen dem Lehrbuch filmte PTA hier viel mit Gegenlicht. Damit sind keine Schattenrissaufnahmen gemeint. Vielmehr dringt hier meist das Sonnenlicht durch irgendwelche Fugen, Ritzen oder schimmert hinter Konstruktionen hervor. Auch die vielen Halbdunklen und zwielichtigen Szenen sind durch eine solche Lichtgestaltung gekennzeichnet. Dies führt aber zu lokalen Überblendungen und ich vermute, dass hier der digitale Bloomingeffekt einsetzt, wodurch in einer Reihe verbundene Pixel überbelichtet werden und dadurch helle Streifen bilden. Richtig beobachten kann man das in der ersten Kirchenszene (54:54). Das Licht scheint hier durch die Ritzen der Bretterwand und überblendet dermaßen, dass die Hosenbeine des davorstehenden Elis ebenfalls lichtdurchlässig zu werden scheinen. Vermutlich handelt es sich dabei um einen Masteringfehler. Dieser in dieser Szene ganz deutlich sichtbare Fehler ist wohl dafür verantwortlich, dass der Film über weite Strecken nicht so gut aussieht. denn viele in diesem Stil gedrehte Szenen wirken dadurch diesig, nebelig unscharf und nicht sauber komponiert. Ich vermute, dass ohne diesen Masteringfehler diese Szenen wesentlich besser weggekommen wären. Ich muss hier vor allem an ähnliche Szenen aus Clint-Eastwood-Western denken (High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider). Auch hier wurde innerhalb schlecht belichteter improvisierter Behausungen gedreht, während von draußen das grelle Licht hereindrang. Hierdurch wurde eine fast einmalige Atmosphäre erzeugt. Vermutlich wirkte das beim Ursprünglichen Filmmaterial ähnlich und wurde bei der Umsetzung auf Bluray versaut. Das hierin der Grund für die unbefriedigende Schärfe und Auflösung zu finden ist, wird auch dadurch belegt, dass klassisch also von hinter der Kamera beleuchtete Szenen (Ankunft mit dem Auto, Taufe) tatsächlich sehr gut aussehen. Allgemein könnte man dem Transfer ein leichtes Problem mit der korrekten Wiedergabe von Farben und Kontrasten vorwerfen, so dass große Teile des Filmes hinter einem Art digitalen Schleier verborgen zu sein scheinen, so dass ein echtes Filmfeeling oftmals nicht aufkommt. Dieses Filmfeeling ist aber natürlich eine filigrane Sache und das Nichtzustandekommen lässt sich nicht immer leicht erklären und wird von vielen auch gar nicht erkannt. Denn obwohl der Film in einigen Szenen eine hohe Auflösung aufweist und auch das Filmkorn deutlich zu erkennen ist, hat man manchmal den Eindruck trotz der hohen Auflösung in Sachen Farben und Kontrasten eine DVD zu schauen und eben keine Bluray, geschweige denn einen analoge Film. Und das ist schade. Einen ähnlichen Eindruck hatte ich schon bei Magnolia und interessanterweise wurden sowohl Magnolia als auch There will be blood von Studiocanal herausgebracht. Dass wir es also hier mit Detailfehlern bei der Abtastung zu tun haben, erscheint zumindest möglich. Aber natürlich ist das ein kontroverses Feld und ich würde mich freuen, wenn Leute die etwas anderes, etwas ähnliches oder gar entgegengesetztes gesehen haben in den Kommentaren darüber berichtet und debattieren würden. Dennoch sei die Bluray aus Mangel an Alternativen empfohlen. Allerdings sollte man seine Erwartungen etwas reduzieren und sich keine Gelegenheit entgehen lassen, den Film im Kino zu sehen.

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Il va avoir du sang !

Reviewed in France on June 27, 2008

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Dès le titre, l'âpreté et le destin des personnages est scellé. Le film sera dur et violent : promesse tenue. C'est du sang noir de la terre dont il s'agit : le pétrole. Si la terre saigne, elle demande un sacrifice en retour : le sang de l'homme doit être versé.

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L'émergence du pétrole et le mythe du self-made man sert de toile de fond à la confrontation de deux manipulateurs qui se reconnaissent comme tel. D'un coté, le pétrolier Daniel Plainview qui utilise son enfant adoptif pour acheter des terres et des gisements ; de l'autre, Eli le pasteur prédicateur grand guignol qui rallie les consciences par ses prêches enflammés. Tous deux ont soif d'argent et de pouvoir.
Les hommes sont des outils pour le pétrolier y compris sa propre famille. Son ascension sociale est inversement proportionnelle à ses relations aux autres. L'ouvrier qui meurt au fond du puits de pétrole lui lègue un enfant. Quelques années plus tard, cet enfant amadoue les fermiers dont il souhaite acheter les terres. Suite à son accident, le pétrolier l'éloigne. L'enfant le gêne et ne peut lui être d'aucune utilité dans la gestion de ses affaires. Surgit alors un second membre de sa famille (ou déclaré comme tel), le frère, venu de nulle part. Ce dernier l'épaule dans son projet de pipeline. Mais sitôt le contrat signé, l'usurpateur est démasqué et éliminé sans sentiments aucun.
La scène de la baignade est magnifique dans sa manière de célébrer l'accomplissement de ce projet insensé et de décrire l'immense solitude du pétrolier. Les deux sentiments l'envahissent et le submerge à l'image des vagues.
Le prêcheur est l'instigateur de l'extension du champ pétrolifère de Plainview. Lors de l'achat de la ferme, malgré le prix demandé par Eli, Plainview le paie une bouchée de pain, loin de la valeur véritable du gisement. Pour sa seconde entrée en piste, il pense tenir les rennes. Le pétrolier le manipule une seconde fois. Pour l'inauguration du derrick et la mise en exploitation, Plainview sabote les plans du prêcheur débutant qui lui aurait permis d'asseoir son importance naissante dans la communauté des fermiers. Le rappel de la promesse de don du pétrolier à son église lui fait mordre violemment la poussière. Le baptême du pétrolier est l'occasion de lui rendre ses coups. Mais Plainview obtient ainsi l'accord de passage du pipeline sur les seules terres qu'il ne possède pas. Jamais Eli, le soit disant « homme de Dieu » ne parvient à manœuvrer le pétrolier. Il conserve toujours une carte d'avance.
Plainview est un solitaire dévoré par l'ambition. Il ne peut s'encombrer des autres fussent-ils sa famille. Dans sa vaste demeure vide, symbole des sommets financiers qu'il désirait plus que tout, sa monstruosité apparaît pleine et entière, sans masque. Il renie son fils adoptif. Le fils rejeté quitte sans amour ce père froid et calculateur au soir de son existence. L'irruption du prêcheur, dans une ultime tentative maladroite et désespérée d'utiliser Plainview à son profit (financier), est son chant du cygne. Après tant d'années, la terre demande réparation pour le fluide poisseux extrait de ses entrailles : c'est le sang de l'homme qui étanche sa soif. La démesure de la maison du pétrolier devient étriquée face à l'ignominie du personnage.

Pour incarner Plainview, un acteur capable de tout était nécessaire : une présence physique massive évidente dans la scène d'ouverture, une capacité à l'exagération sans tomber dans le grand guignol et une posture glaçante et malsaine distillée de façon graduelle au long du film. Daniel Day Lewis possède tout cela. C'est un monstre d'interprétation. Aucun autre acteur ne semble pouvoir embrasser un tel rôle. Il ne joue pas, il est. Son Oscar est une évidence pour saluer sa prestation. Saluons aussi l'interprétation de Paul Dano dans le rôle d'Eli qui tient tête sans peine à l'acteur anglais.
La mise en scène de P. T. Anderson est moins ostensible que celle de ses réalisations précédentes (BOOGIE NIGHT, MAGNOLIA). Cette sobriété formelle magnifie la photographie et rend la part belle à ses acteurs. Les scènes nocturnes sont exceptionnelles dans leur composition. L'utilisation de la lumière témoigne d'une grande maîtrise. La scène aquatique 'point charnière déjà évoqué- est leur exact contraire. La lumière y est éclatante, les couleurs sont brûlées, sans pareil dans le reste du film. Cela donne toute sa force et son originalité.
L'utilisation de la musique d'Arvo Pärt, compositeur estonien, et des Fratres (dans leur version de 1992 pour violon) en particulier véhicule ce petit supplément génial à la mise en image. Cette musique lyrique et étrange à la fois apporte une profondeur adéquate au film (scène de l'accident du garçon). Elle sera habilement mariée au concerto pour violon de Brahms utilisé lors du générique final.
Du cinéma américain dans sa toute sa complexité et sa magnificence : un chef d'œuvre.
Oscar 2008 du meilleur acteur.

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Noir, noir, noir comme les âmes dans ce film qui baignent dans le pétrole !

Reviewed in France on December 12, 2019

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Je lis de nombreux commentaires sur ce site présentant ce film comme étant un chef d’œuvre ; à croire qu’ils n’ont jamais vu un David Lean, un Kazan, un Clouzot, un Carné, un Fellini ou un Visconti. Comparons ce qui est comparable, un Ingres à un Botticelli, ce film à un Nolan.

Je mets pourtant 5 étoiles pour inciter à aller le voir, car il vaut le déplacement. Pour ma part le blu-ray suffit, il est de bonne facture.

Si le film est bon, c’est qu’il est porté par deux acteurs de talents et un réalisateur qui a su mettre en valeur la psychologie de ses personnages comme soutien à la trame de l’histoire. DDL mérite son oscar pour son interprétation.

L’histoire est faustienne et sert de prétexte au messianisme des deux principaux personnages, tous les deux des possédés. L’un faux dévot à Dieu mais vrai dévot à son ego, et l’autre vrai dévot à son ambition mercantile dévorante magnifiée par son dieu pétrole. En fait de dieux, ces deux âmes maudites n’en venèrent qu’un : Mammon.

On ne peut s’empêcher de voir dans ce film une dénonciation acerbe des deux moteurs de l’Amérique d’aujourd’hui, qui corrompent les âmes et les hommes : la religion et le capitalisme. Le choix d’un pétrolier ne doit pas être anodin quand on sait combien les grands pétroliers d’aujourd’hui pourrissent la société et détruisent la planète.

Je déconseille fortement ce film à toute personne de mois de 18 ans, ce n’est vraiment pas « un spectacle pour toute la famille ». La violence des mots et des actions est omniprésente et la noirceur du film quasi diabolique ne donne aucun espoir pour la salvation des âmes du genre humain. Dans le fond, on en ressort aussi tendu qu’après avoir vu « No country for an old man ». Bon mais pas divertissant et encore moins relaxant.

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Super, le film

Reviewed in France on August 10, 2023

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un film superbe qu’il faut avoir dans sa vidéothèque

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