There Will Be Blood - The Conductor / " Did you just tell me how to run my family? "

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  • @DarkDashV6
    @DarkDashV6 Рік тому +290

    One thing I do appreciate about this scene is Daniel is given his opportunity to get out of the oil business entirely. He tells Henry that he wants to make enough money to get away from everyone, and Tilford offers to make him a millionaire in exchange for (presumably) most or all of the properties he owns in Little Boston. For reference, a million dollars at the time would be equivalent to over thirty times that today. Assuming they planned to give him more than that, Daniel would've been set for several lifetimes.
    And yet, he has a moment right after Tilford makes that statement where he almost looks kind of exasperated, letting out a breath, and asks "And what else would I do with myself?" - because he genuinely doesn't know anything other than this work. He's struggled his entire life from mining for silver and gold on his own in the middle of the desert, to drilling for oil with a small crew, to building himself up as one of the most powerful oil barons in the region. Now, here he's being offered a golden opportunity to have everything he ever wanted handed to him here and now, and he doesn't take it.
    I'd like to think it's because he knows, on the inside, that nothing will ever make him truly happy. The only joy he derives from anything is humiliating and destroying anyone who wronged him or irritated him in the past, like Tilford at the restaurant and Eli in the bowling alley. The most he can do is occupy himself with endless work and negotiating until it kills him. By the end of the movie, he's got that big house he wanted and has all the money he ever needed to get away from everyone, and yet he spends all of his time working and drinking until the latter makes him pass out.

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 Рік тому +13

      Excellent post

    • @ctdieselnut
      @ctdieselnut Рік тому +1

      I really want to know why dan didn't take the tilford deal, my working assumption is more or less the same, (he personally didn't want it). Still would like to hear something that makes more sense of it.

    • @joecampbell2529
      @joecampbell2529 Рік тому +11

      Daniel sabotaging the possibility by threatening the man is perfect. That is his his character through and through.

    • @DibbzTV
      @DibbzTV Рік тому +9

      Just watched it yesterday and it’s clear as day it’s all about his pride. All of it comes down to his pride. For better or (obviously) worse

    • @Dilomight
      @Dilomight Рік тому +9

      I’d like to think if Tilford wasn’t so obnoxious and sneaky about his false concern for HW it could of worked out. He was pushing the wrong buttons. Maybe a little more respect would of got him the deal in the end

  • @00_00.1
    @00_00.1 7 місяців тому +14

    What really sells the character is that despite all his flaws his business acumen is always 100%

  • @SamLamsTop10Thankyoueveryone
    @SamLamsTop10Thankyoueveryone 11 місяців тому +122

    I've scratched around in the dirt son .... Daniel just ignores him lol

    • @Kupferdrahtful
      @Kupferdrahtful 4 місяці тому +8

      That whole interaction made me almost die of laughter once

    • @ScatterbrainFilms-k8o
      @ScatterbrainFilms-k8o Місяць тому +2

      I hate old timers like that

    • @D3vtsb
      @D3vtsb 28 днів тому +2

      @@ScatterbrainFilms-k8owhy tho? He’s Well-meaning. Daniel on the other hand is crazy and a psychopath

    • @ScatterbrainFilms-k8o
      @ScatterbrainFilms-k8o 28 днів тому

      @@D3vtsb he’s being entitled and arrogant

    • @micklowrey1522
      @micklowrey1522 25 днів тому

      I have mis-interpreted every scene in this film. 😢 They mention his son over and over again, along with the low-ball offer. They’re not stupid, and nor is Daniel. I am😂😂😂

  • @dnddmdb642
    @dnddmdb642 Рік тому +148

    Love this scene. Tilford is great as a straight man. His genuine bafflement over accidentally insulting Daniel is so good.

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 Рік тому +30

      He knows what he's doing. It's just very low-level and blatant and Daniel is irritated by it in a way that Tilford (being thick and basic) does not predict.

    • @dnddmdb642
      @dnddmdb642 Рік тому +10

      @Vincent-yu7jd Straight man means like, the normal one. Usually it's used in the context of comedy where one actor is being weird and the other is the voice of reason. So here I just mean I think he has a reasonable reaction to Daniel's outburst.

    • @dnddmdb642
      @dnddmdb642 Рік тому +9

      @@gastonbell108 I didn't get this impression. I figured he is trying to convince Daniel to sell, so he just tries to convince him that he'd be better off having more time on his hands and Daniel takes it way more as an insult.

    • @theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081
      @theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081 11 місяців тому +6

      @@dnddmdb642 You're right, don't forget that it was Daniel who asked him "what else I'm gonna do with myself?" So him acting like that after getting an answer is so childish.

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 10 місяців тому +7

      ​@@gastonbell108 no he doesn't he was trying to buy out his business therefore he was trying to present Daniel with an idyllic future, with his son, it was salesman speak. Whereas Daniel is consumed with greed, his idyllic future is never ending as he can never satiate his greed, he knows what he has done with disguarding his "son" is wrong, that is why he is so angered everytime someone brings him up.

  • @brandonbarnes6283
    @brandonbarnes6283 2 місяці тому +36

    I think one reason why Daniel got so offended when Tilford mentioned his son is because he uses his child in his sales pitch to con people all the time. So when he realized Tilford was trying to do the same thing to him with HW he felt patronized. Then when you combine the guilt of HW abandonment he just lost it 😂.

  • @LiquidSm0ke
    @LiquidSm0ke Рік тому +173

    I like how Daniel doesn’t take his hat off

    • @theplayeralsoknownasmousecop
      @theplayeralsoknownasmousecop Рік тому +25

      Absolutely no respect

    • @ctdieselnut
      @ctdieselnut Рік тому +30

      Power move. He actually does take it off, then puts it back on. This movie is so great, i wouldn't put this detail past it as an intentional; conveying meaning.

    • @idiotidiot5821
      @idiotidiot5821 Рік тому

      ​@@theplayeralsoknownasmousecopGod wants you to wear a hat.

    • @balmybull7852
      @balmybull7852 Рік тому +12

      He didn't plan on being there long....

    • @notabritperse
      @notabritperse 11 місяців тому +2

      Nor does he pull his chair toward the table when he sits.

  • @caseygroves3046
    @caseygroves3046 12 днів тому +3

    Oh my gosh... I've never noticed the tear falling from his left eye when he tells him "you stay here..." unreal.

  • @derekwischmann6123
    @derekwischmann6123 2 місяці тому +14

    For such an evil man, Daniel’s head is always in the game. Cold, calculating. Great character & great actor. Despite his alcoholism, murderous rage, and dealing with a special needs child, Daniel is a step ahead of the competition. His work is the most precious thing to him, which allows him to humiliate, dominate, & destroy his competition. Since Daniel doesn’t know how to turn it off, he does the same thing to himself, surrounded by all the riches of the world. Simultaneously not surrounded by things that matter: satisfaction, love, family, friends, nor solace.

    • @davidortiz3094
      @davidortiz3094 Місяць тому +2

      Always stay sober during business gentlemen & keep in mind no one is your friend. No one.

  • @eddydrenal
    @eddydrenal Рік тому +79

    0:33 that single tear man....

    • @SavoPaddy
      @SavoPaddy 11 місяців тому +6

      Great Spot

    • @jesuscm1398
      @jesuscm1398 8 місяців тому

      Actually in 0:33

    • @jaysonmcewen4056
      @jaysonmcewen4056 7 місяців тому

      Sorry, what?

    • @NexusCapital
      @NexusCapital 6 місяців тому

      @@jaysonmcewen4056look closely at Daniel’s eye at :33 there is a tear that falls from it.

    • @DrumsTheWord
      @DrumsTheWord 5 місяців тому +4

      I never noticed that before. Superb!

  • @frozenlake1215
    @frozenlake1215 2 місяці тому +12

    The creaking of the wooden chairs. Subtle tension. The strain of things that could snap with just the right pressure, at just the right angle.

  • @alexthompson9516
    @alexthompson9516 Рік тому +37

    "Oooh you don't own the railroads??" I love that.

  • @rafanj824
    @rafanj824 Рік тому +32

    God, what a presence Daniel Day-Lewis has. So scary, powerful.

  • @VanillaLimeCoke
    @VanillaLimeCoke 7 місяців тому +22

    4:22 - 4:30
    That deadpan stare

  • @PBDrives
    @PBDrives 11 місяців тому +73

    He sure got pissed about a kid he'd already abandoned.

    • @Graymenn
      @Graymenn 10 місяців тому +35

      He got pissed because every time the guy mentioned he should take care of his son he took it as criticism of his actions in abandoning him because he knew it was wrong

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 7 місяців тому +5

      Tilford is also no slouch at this game. He's a master of passive-aggression, like many negotiators. Asking about the kid was vintage P.A. - he knows it's irrelevant and will upset Daniel, but he can play it off as a heartfelt gesture. The mission of a negotiator is to get under their opponent's skin and make them screw up.

    • @585juneboy
      @585juneboy 2 місяці тому

      He knows people like tilford making a living off someone else's money. I wouldn't like tilford either.

    • @brandonbarnes6283
      @brandonbarnes6283 2 місяці тому +1

      @@GraymennThat’s is partly the reason. The other part is because Daniel uses HW as con in his sales pitch all the time. So when he realized Tilford was trying to use HW to do the same to him he felt patronized.

  • @RossNCVince
    @RossNCVince Рік тому +15

    "You'll see what I can do" DDL is the 🐐

  • @Dilomight
    @Dilomight 11 місяців тому +28

    His false brother was like “dammit” so close to a massive pay day. If he was a clever con artist he might of known how to maneuver the conversation to get the deal. This actually reminded about a chapter from the 48 Laws of Power…choose your marks wisely. For two reasons, the false brother should of picked up how volatile and dangerous Daniel was and move on to another target. Also Tilford, for not paying attention as Daniel is the kind of guy who’ll ruin his own life just to get the better of a person who slights him.

    • @dnddmdb642
      @dnddmdb642 9 місяців тому +6

      Well to be fair the brother is committing more of a crime of opportunity. He did actually happen to know Daniel's real half-brother.

  • @kloudvrs1100
    @kloudvrs1100 Місяць тому +2

    this is by far the best actor ever to exist

  • @dynamicvoltage9765
    @dynamicvoltage9765 Рік тому +31

    HE ABANDONED HIS BOOOOOOOY

    • @micklowrey1522
      @micklowrey1522 25 днів тому

      He needed HW gone so he could murder Henry, quite handy that Eli had no idea and gave him the forgiveness anyway 😂😂😂

  • @coldblackfire
    @coldblackfire Місяць тому +3

    "Thanks for asking is enough."

  • @quidnick
    @quidnick Рік тому +27

    Daniel's response to the suits' needling is priceless.

    • @mando-j9d
      @mando-j9d 11 місяців тому

      he opened himself to it

    • @GideonHawk-j8i
      @GideonHawk-j8i 11 місяців тому +1

      @@mando-j9dyou work at Walmart, hush

  • @stephenszklarski5446
    @stephenszklarski5446 4 місяці тому +7

    He does not take off his hat he also does not pull his chair up to the table. There is a gap there. "Oh.. you don't own the railroads? of course you do..

  • @rachael8646
    @rachael8646 4 місяці тому +15

    He's like "I didn't get these wells to take care of my son. I got my son to take care of these wells."

  • @gagutrix1271
    @gagutrix1271 2 місяці тому +5

    This is one of the funniest scenes in film history

    • @934ist
      @934ist Місяць тому

      I was looking for this comment. I can’t be only one that found Daniel’s line delivery “one night I’m going etc” hilarious

  • @BadMofo-gv3xm
    @BadMofo-gv3xm Рік тому +25

    That was some damn good acting for both actors. I almost believed that I'm in the same room.

  • @zippymufo9765
    @zippymufo9765 Рік тому +14

    "What else would I do with myself!"

  • @gastonbell108
    @gastonbell108 Рік тому +93

    Standard Oil sent Daniel a telegram offering to meet to discuss buying his Coyote Hills field. Daniel knows this is a low producing field that is of no interest to Standard. It is merely an excuse to get him to the negotiating table in person. He nonetheless goes, because hatred is his motor and he knows he can beat these fools.
    Tilford instantly fires the first shot, inquiring about his son and asking pointedly "Is there anything we [Standard Oil] can do?". This is not a harmless remark - cops use the same tactic. They violate your personal life in an ever-so-friendly manner, offer to take away your autonomy, then grin at you to see if they got under your skin. If you react, it gets worse. Tilford works for Standard Oil and could not care less about Daniel Plainview's deaf son. He knows this, they both know this. It's a negotiating tactic, psychological warfare, testing him for weakness. Tilford's initial open-ended request for free intelligence ("So... what are your plans?") is the same crap. Daniel ignores it and presses their business.
    First, to keep it cool, Tilford brings up the Coyote Hills lease, which was the actual initial issue. Daniel, eager to get to the meat of the matter, instantly accepts their reasonable offer and tosses the matter aside like the garbage it is. Tilford is undaunted, he expected this as well, it's merely the preamble.
    Then, Tilford turns up the heat and plays tough on a legitimately valuable parcel. 11,000 acres in Little Boston, "1 proven well that was damaged", which Daniel instantly and angrily corrects him on. Now Daniel ratchets up his mood too, throwing up three fingers and enunciating to make sure Tilford understands his reciprocal aggression.
    Tilford switches to an appeal to personal wealth, which Daniel rejects: "What else would I do with myself?". Other than thwart and conquer you bastards, that is. Wealth itself is not his end, victory is his end, and he won't knuckle under to that argument either.
    Only when Tilford repeats his needling remark about Daniel's son does he boil over. This will be the 5th time Tilford has mentioned his son in this short conversation, and Daniel can no longer bear it.

    • @ChrisZukowski88
      @ChrisZukowski88 Рік тому +8

      That is actually a very good point. Before reading your comment I was under the impression that Daniel was being an oil Karen. Now I understand, thanks!

    • @LongJohnSilver-es6hj
      @LongJohnSilver-es6hj Рік тому +15

      ​@krzysztofzukowski1264 It wasn't anything harmful really, sure Tilford mightve been using some sales/psychological tactics like anybody else would(Daniel actually initiates that by refusing to take off his hat before the meeting starts to implicitely signal his rigidity and aggression) but it was neither disrespectful nor distasteful, very docile on the contrary. Daniel's own flare up is a completely inappropriate and massively overblown response that is used as a plot tool to imply his descent into deeper and deeper darkness, he was clearly in the wrong no 2 ways about it.
      TilFord even has the good grace to greet Daniel and his son later when they meet at the restraunt, when their last encounter ended with Daniel threatening to murder him for literally no reason besides a perceived insult.
      So yes, your initial deduction about Daniel being an "Oil Karen" is reasonably accurate, if "Oil Karen" implies a deeply disturbed borderline psychopathic megalomaniac.

    • @ChrisZukowski88
      @ChrisZukowski88 Рік тому +5

      @@LongJohnSilver-es6hj that’s a good point too. Daniel’s behavior later on was definitely uncalled for and pointless, he was finding enemies in everything at that point.

    • @ronmarks2408
      @ronmarks2408 Рік тому +11

      damn, some excellent analysis's in the comment section of this video

    • @ctdieselnut
      @ctdieselnut Рік тому +3

      This seems dead on. Was having some trouble deciphering exactly why it went down the way it did. Theres multiple levels going on here. I knew it wasn't just daniel being thin skinned, but i missed the full significance of the son talk. Thx!

  • @HardTruthsReviews
    @HardTruthsReviews Місяць тому

    Keeps the hat on. Shows that he is King 👑

  • @bmla88
    @bmla88 Рік тому +17

    I’VE ABANDONED MY BOY !

  • @genarob4770
    @genarob4770 5 місяців тому +6

    The child needed to attend a specialized school for the hearing impaired due to his ear condition. Convincing the child about the necessity of this decision without being forceful is challenging. It's difficult to make them understand the importance of their needs over their wants, especially at a young age. This explains further when he left the child on the train with someone who was there to watch over him as an escort to the school that teaches people how to read braille and understand sign language. I'm guessing he was a loving father to his son and caring.
    To explain further the guy he threaten to cut his throat was doing an unethical thing which was insulting to begin with and that was taking a personal situation and using it to his advantage to further his interest over a competitor it was very unethical and rude to begin with it’s like a very hardworking man having a child with cancer and a competitor getting a tip on the situation and now offering him money to buy him out of his chosen loved company something he worked so hard to build for him and his family, now that you know what unethical business strategy in negotiations was being used you be the judge.

  • @coryboy345
    @coryboy345 2 місяці тому +4

    Even if this is just acting.... DDL scares the shit out of me.

  • @moneytwenty
    @moneytwenty 5 місяців тому +15

    Watched this movie high off my ass on shrooms during the pandemic I stood up and clapped at 3am when it was over. First movie to make me lose my mind.

    • @007JNR
      @007JNR 5 місяців тому +3

      I suspect your mind was already loose from the shrooms.

    • @moneytwenty
      @moneytwenty 5 місяців тому +1

      @@007JNR loosie goosie

    • @MitchClement-il6iq
      @MitchClement-il6iq 3 місяці тому +1

      High or not it's a masterpiece and one my favorite films of all time.

    • @Townesvanwaits
      @Townesvanwaits 3 місяці тому +1

      I dropped acid once (while also pretty drunk) and watched Apocalypse Now. Damn....that was a trip. Made me want to go swim in a river for some reason lol

  • @garybuchanan5441
    @garybuchanan5441 25 днів тому

    Tilford - Hows your boy?
    Daniel - Thank you for asking.
    Tilford - Anything we can do ?
    Daniel - Thanks for asking is enough..💀💀
    Actually laughed out loud at this bit man he is so pissed off 🤣

  • @Saskiequelle
    @Saskiequelle Рік тому +7

    Daniels inner child was offended

  • @Geojr815
    @Geojr815 11 місяців тому +10

    Daniel Day Lewis can go 0 to 60 in about 1.5 sec

  • @SubjectiveFunny
    @SubjectiveFunny 2 місяці тому +2

    The biggest failure in this movie is that he did not follow through on his commitment.

  • @dominicpalmieri-cf6pi
    @dominicpalmieri-cf6pi 8 місяців тому +3

    Is this the same scene i was thinking about? Didnt make it ten seconds in yet literally :D

  • @ricjuk
    @ricjuk 11 місяців тому +2

    He caught him at a bad time.

  • @DanielWhite-v4e
    @DanielWhite-v4e 29 днів тому

    nicest guy I never met

  • @johnheart6890
    @johnheart6890 26 днів тому

    So many people are noticing all the details in this thread, but no one has used the word narcissist yet. Details marked: The stare..."only joy he derives from anything is humiliating and destroying anyone who wronged him or irritated him in the past"; ignoring people; cold & calculating; "He sure got pissed about a kid he'd already abandoned"; the rage, the contempt.; the lies. The oil baron is a first class malignant narcissist. Perhaps also a psychopath. I believe they do rule the world to this day.

  • @micklowrey1522
    @micklowrey1522 25 днів тому

    This entire scene is an act within an act (the film, lol). The two railroad men twig almost immediately that Daniel already knows about Henry and the “make you a millionaire overnight” offer is them saying Henry us stupid enough to fall for that and fuck off with a few dollars. Daniel saying “What else would I do with myself” and “why?”- look at the look on Tilfords face the next time it is shown. Now that they know Daniel is going to deal with Henry appropriately, “what are you going to do with all the oil- build a pipeline and negotiate with the railroads?” Sounds like a good idea right? Daniel then literally tells the two of them, as far as he is concerned those two men own the railroads, after coming to warn him about Henry. And because he is such a kind and generous man, Daniel even throws Henry a warning which falls on…. deaf ears? 😊😊😊

    • @micklowrey1522
      @micklowrey1522 25 днів тому

      “Let us help you” AFTER the whole deal has been agreed- I think Daniel’s anger is at the suggestion that somebody other than himself should protect HW from Henry. It doesn’t matter that Henry himself would not murder HW in his bed- he is weak and stupid and could not prevent it. I guarantee that 90% of people (at least) who watch this scene think it is a negotiation about oil which ends acrimoniously. We find out what kind of father Daniel truly is

  • @genarob4770
    @genarob4770 5 місяців тому +2

    No one’s perfect, he did kill that false prophet though, must have been something in the water that day. Oh, and the identity thief.

  • @SnowGiant.9
    @SnowGiant.9 11 місяців тому +5

    DON'T TELL ME.......🐺🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

  • @GDWhiting
    @GDWhiting 7 місяців тому +4

    The old man just sits there, “I’ve scratched around the dirt son” Daniel ignores him but they old man doesn’t have to say anything else, he’s seen a lot in his life, he knows this man will burn himself down.

  • @SkylerLoveheart
    @SkylerLoveheart 11 місяців тому +18

    Best toxic masculine movie

    • @ricardocontreras6920
      @ricardocontreras6920 7 місяців тому

      Better than estrogen filled wuss flicks

    • @Blobby192
      @Blobby192 5 місяців тому +3

      not toxic masculine just toxic, women can also be like this, psychopathy isnt gender specific

    • @TheLudwigWan
      @TheLudwigWan 3 місяці тому

      Jesus Christ, please never watch movies again. This isn't your braindead marxism ideology. Leave them for people with an actual functional brain.

    • @konan91
      @konan91 2 місяці тому +4

      @@Blobby192 Daniel's behaviour is very archetypically masculine. Just because women can behave like that doesn't mean they often do. With women psychopathy is usually expressed in a different way, not in a becoming a dominating-violent-oil baron kind of way

    • @Abraxas0365
      @Abraxas0365 23 дні тому

      Toxic Masculinity doesn't exist. It's a made up word for feminists to make them feel like they have an actual talking point when they're virtue signaling.

  • @00_00.1
    @00_00.1 Місяць тому

    4:37 american psycho moment

  • @SnowGiant.9
    @SnowGiant.9 11 місяців тому +1

    🐺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

  • @fgcpeak9591
    @fgcpeak9591 3 місяці тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @RoscoPColtrane17
    @RoscoPColtrane17 7 місяців тому +1

    The Jewish character that Plainville gets angry with is 109 times the actor.

    • @Abraxas0365
      @Abraxas0365 23 дні тому

      The reason that God created gentiles is because somebody has to pay retail.
      Also Israel just came out with a new ash powered car, it goes 6 million miles an hour and can stop on a dime....and then pick it up for you.