"There Will be Blood" is the kind of truly great movie that turns your average moviegoer into a Bela Tarr/Andrei Tarkovsky loving cinephile before all is said and done.
There Will Be Blood is one of those films you watch early on in your exploration of cinema and go: "Man, that's incredible." And then, once you become more experienced, knowledgeable, your taste becomes more refined, once you disregard 95% of the stuff you considered "great" back in the day, you go back to it and still go: "Man, that's incredible."
I think Paul Dano's performance here is absolutely brilliant. I'd like to hear Tarantino elaborate more on this because I just can't see anything bad about Paul's performance. Every scene he shares with Daniel is just memorable and electric, you can feel the tension between them.
He did say he has nothing against the performance (would be very strange indeed, since Dano is great). How I understood it's more about the "heavyweightness" of the actor in the sense of being perceived more menacing, cunning, "evil" if you will. Somebody like Michael Shannon, if he were a bit younger?.. Otherwise instead of worthy opponent DDL's character got someone he will obviously overcome without any real challenge. But hey, then again, maybe it was PTA's intent! Who can say.
Tarantino didn't say it was a bad performance, he's basically saying Paul's character should have been more on the same level as Daniel's. I agree, I didn't see Eli as a threat to Daniel at all.
That's the interesting thing about Johhny Greenwood having been the composer. You can pick basically any Radiohead song at random, and it would fit into a soundtrack.
Soundtrack music composed by Jonny Greenwood. He will come to be more remembered over time as one of the great soundtrack composers, than a member of Radiohead. That's the kind of talent we're talking about here. I was surprised (and mildly disappointed) that Tarantino didn't mention him by name.
Seen Boogie Nights 4 times when I was younger. There Will Be Blood is like a film from a completely different person from a different era. Seen 4 times and will see it again. And again. Even if it hurts.
@@vincentmanion7990 According to Wikipedia, " a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires complex logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money".
Gotta disagree on the Paul Dano statement. To me he is just as towering as Daniel in the film. Which I think speaks volumes for the guy since he was much younger and less experienced as an actor than Day Lewis. The church scene alone is enough to show that Dano holds his ground.
He is tremendous but claiming he was DDL's equal in this film when DDL gave us, perhaps, the single greatest performance in cinematic history is a step too far
You can only say you actually watched There Will Be Blood is the second time. The first time you’re experiencing it. Every aspect of the film from the visuals, acting and the sound is just entrancing. It’s perfect.
I also have the record but unfortunately it doesn't come with the derrick explosion scene music. I think Johnny borrowed from his own music (the percussion part I think) from another film he contributed to. I believe it's from Body Song.
For my money, Paul Thomas Anderson is the most fascinating film director who is working today. And this film (TWBB) is the most remarkable example of flawless acting, writing, direction, photography, music, editing, sound that I’ve ever seen. This is the very definition of a masterpiece.
I think people’s criticisms of his performance are derived from an assumption that the two characters are supposed to be equals. They’re clearly not equals though and looked at through that lens Dano’s performance is perfect in this film!
@@spazzriff_appreciator I never realised he was criticised for the role. While watching, I felt he played the weasel sell-out character well in the film. He's definitely not on Daniel Day-Lewis's level, but not many are.
That Man in the Wilderness movie Tarantino bring up in relation to Daniel Plainview dragging himself back to town is a ‘70s movie about Hugh Glass. It’s the same Hugh Glass story that The Revenant is based on.
When Daniel Plainview states- "I've traveled across half our state to be here tonight," the first thing I pictured was him crawling on his face through the desert back to society.
Both great films and it's difficult to choose between the two but I'm partial to There Will be Blood. It is probably one of my favorite movies and No Country for Old Men is not far behind and strangely both were made in the same year. It's a shame Hollywood makes less and less movies like these as each year passes.
@@cranekraken24they were also filmed a few miles from one another at the same time... In fact they had to coordinate scheduling because any sort of pyrotechnic or smoke would jeopardize shots in the other's frame
Yea to me it parallels with Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan. Not in subject matter but in substance as a film itself. SPR took home all the accolades and praise while Mallick and his film were largely disregarded. Any other year both There Will be Blood and Thin Red Line should have top best picture candidates.
@@scottystcloud7086 Well, There Will Be Blood is up there with Citizen Kane, 2001, Bonnie and Clyde, and Star Wars as films that just saw what movies could be in a completely different way, and gave audiences something so different, it's kind of hard not to be obsessed with rewatching the film for the rest of your life. But as someone old enough to remember Pulp Fiction coming out, and how movies were before and after it, I think you could make a fair argument that it belongs in the same category. But maybe you're talking in terms of pure aesthetics. As I look over my list, all the other movies I named set out to give the audience a whole new audiovisual experience. Filmmaking is artifice, playing a whole bunch of tricks to create the illusion of reality out of flickering light. Part of the history of film is the history of filmmakers who discovered new ways to make that reality realer, and TWBB is part of that category. It basically rejects everything about how a story should be told, how images should be accentuated with music, the way plot elements should be signposted - Boogie Nights stuff. And it's centered around the performance of an actor so obsessive, you feel uncannily like you're not watching a performance, no matter how over-the-top he is. Meanwhile Tarantino is such an encyclopedic fan of film, every directoral choice he makes self-consciously positions the film within the canon of film through allusion and quotation. He's innovative as a writer - there's something about the "what do they call a Big Mac in France?" scene that ups the level of verisimilitude in a similar way - but you never feel like you're seeing something on film that you haven't seen before. In a way, it's a question of whether you value sincerity or self-awareness. PTA is utterly sincere, QT is utterly self-aware. But neither has ever made a film I wouldn't rewatch.
l absolutely loved this film. I went in not knowing what to expect and was entertained from start to finish. and yes you do have to watch it a few times to fully take it in
Would love to see an informal conversation between QT and PTA. Just sit them down with a few cameras and let them talk about their histories, influences, things they like/dislike about each other's work, etc.
Just in case you hadn't seen it yet, there's a decent conversation between the two of them from a few years back you can search for. I think possibly a TCM thing. If I remember correctly it's framed around promotion for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and Licorice Pizza.
@@brentulstad3275 They did also do the thing you were talking about... although it’s Anderson interviewing Tarantino about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It was a DGA podcast called: The Director's Cut. There’s a Tarantino and Scorsese one with DGA Quarterly too, (that one I think is to promote each other’s movies) but to the best of my knowledge there’s no audio for that conversation of them together.
Fiona Apple dated PTA back in the day, she said she gave up on doing coke after listening to the two of them bragging during a coke fueled session together, maybe they talk differently when they are not being recorded. :D I would have loved listening to it too though, coke or not.
Having seen the film a second time, I think the real key that changes Daniel Longview is the realization that the man calling himself his half brother is lying just to have some money and a place to live. Daniel kills him on the spot. It's heartbreaking because you can see Daniel began to open up, with the knowledge that he has real family to talk to. After this, Daniel hardens and becomes impossible to penetrate. p.s. I think "Magnolia" is Paul's masterpiece, but in truth, everything PTA has made stands the test of time.
And his two speeches. And the scene in the restaurant where he freaks out on Standard Oil. And the oil derek on fire scene. And the final destruction of Eli Sunday. This movie was absolutely brilliant. IMO, better than anything QTs ever made.
It's one of those movies that hurt to sit through. But in the kind of way it was meant to. And every time I watch it again, it's still hurts, but it just keep getting more brilliant with every year that passes me by. The older I get, the more amazing it gets.
1) Paul played his part aside of what you are saying about DDL. I think that was the point. 2) I absolutely agree about Montgomery Cliff and Marlon Brando. Bravo!!!
I agree with Quentin on most of this. Just not the Paul Dano bit. Though I do believe Daniel Day-Lewis had a more powerful performance I really think Dano played his character SUPER well. I dont really recall any scenes that were lacking or unconvincing. I feel that the movie would be worse without Dano and his fanatical character.
Agreed on all points except Q’s view on Paul’s performance. While of course there are few that can act opposite DDL and hold their own,Paul did as well or better than most while creating a dastardly and memorable character in Eli.
Tarantino isn't in competition with P.T.Anerson. Tarantino is like a DJ, taking samples from all his favorite movies & remixing them. Anderson is a composer, who creates someting original.
Dano was outstanding. He rose to Day-Lewis' performance in the same way that Robert Pattinson rose to meet Willem Dafoe's performance in The Lighthouse.
I'm not sure if Paul Dano's character was meant to be an equal to DDL. I think the whole point is we can see that this is an alpha vs. a beta and it gives it all almost a feeling of inevitability like a Greek tragedy might. We almost know Daniel is going to kill him, we just wait for it to happen. QT is imposing the rules of his own movies onto this movie. Of course HE would try to pit two heavyweights against each other but PTA has very different sensibilities.
Couldn't agree more with Tarantino's opinion on Dano's performance -- it's the only minor blip in this brilliant film. The mind boggles at how much better this movie could have been with someone like Joaquin Phoenix playing that part.
I think Dano played the part that PTA asked him to play. He wasn't really ever an equal to Plainview, just a snivelling leach and a boy. He was always going to get gobbled up by the insatiable greed of the oil barron. Someone with more backbone like Joaquin Phoenix would have pulled focus too much I think. Dano was spot on in my opinion.
Not entirely sure, who would have been more convincing than Paul Dano as Eli? Leo maybe? I can think of very few modern actors than can stand on the same stage as DDL.... Paul Dano's performance was incredible... He almost stole the show once or twice...
As much as I like Tarantino I do think his ego has blinded him a bit on this comparison. PTA seems to me to be leagues ahead of him in terms of original filmmaking. But hey, as long as he is inspired. He can't bring himself to admit defeat.
Completely agreed, all Tarantino has is outrageous violence and one liners, which comes off as juvenile after a while. Zed is dead baby, Zed is dead. A somewhat entertaining director who is nowhere near PTA.
Yeah no.. it all works in tandem. The cinematography, direction and score works just as hard to the themes and character of Daniel Plainview as DDLs masterful performance. To say it was all window dressing does the craft of filming this masterpiece a disservice.
@@woozyguy9 Perhaps not the best metaphor. I meant that it was built on the performance. DDL doing Plainview on a community theatre set would still be riveting. All the cinematography and set pieces and score wouldn't be able to make up for say, Mark Wahlberg being cast in the role.
The shot of Daniel plainview when he’s in the sea looking back at his imposter of a “brother” is just chilling. Everything in the set of his jaw & his gaze. Unreal. Tarantino is wrong about Paul dano though. Paul dano is fucking incendiary in this film.
I like Paul Dano's performance in this movie because it seems fake and almost detached from 'reality' as presented in the movie. I think that's his character. I think Paul is capable of doing a grounded and believable performance, but the character in this movie is someone who you would never know if he was doing an act or not. The character is fake/shallow/performative, and Paul plays him that way. The performance might not be believable in the same way as Lewis, but there's something unbelievable about the character as well. His way of being in the world is completely foreign to Daniel's character and I think Paul does a great job of conveying that. The interplay between unrelenting ambition and naked greed, vs contrived piety and masked motives is beautifully conveyed in the movie. I think Paul's performance lends itself to that concept perfectly.
I thought Dano did a fantastic job. His character is overshadowed by the Longview character and thats an integral part of the story. Longview was monstrous but he was a genuinely powerful monster. Eli was really just a low level con artist with nothing more formidable to him than the position he held in the town. Dano's first appearance in the film as (I forget the name) Eli's brother was a confident young man who knew his moment of opportunity and got what he wanted from it. That character presented himself as closer to equal to Longview and was treated with respect by Longview for how he carried himself. Its possible that Dano would have gotten more praise here if that character had been given just a little bit more screen time. But admittedly, Im no Tarantino lol
I love everything QT had to say about the film except for his note on Paul Dano’s performance. I thought it was an amazing performance, he just had the bad luck of being on the same screen as the best actor to ever do it.
There Will be blood in gays in New York are two of my favorite movies of all time as far as live action drama. Akira will always remain as one of the greatest film works of all time for all the things that talks about and discovers but God damn if this movie didn't get fuckin close
I guess it comes down to personal opinion, well of course it does, but personally I thought Paul Dano did an amazing and comparable job to Danial day Lewis in the film.
The Daniel/Eli dynamic shows the rise of corporate power over that of the church, as the gilded age tycoons no longer feared even the Catholics given their immense wealth.
That was my thoughts on Daniel Day Lewis character. He is a ruthless asshole. But you have a respect for him. Nothing was given to him. He was one tough SOB.
"There Will be Blood" is the kind of truly great movie that turns your average moviegoer into a Bela Tarr/Andrei Tarkovsky loving cinephile before all is said and done.
There Will Be Blood is one of those films you watch early on in your exploration of cinema and go: "Man, that's incredible." And then, once you become more experienced, knowledgeable, your taste becomes more refined, once you disregard 95% of the stuff you considered "great" back in the day, you go back to it and still go: "Man, that's incredible."
Do you like the smell of your own s@it?
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This happened to me in 2016. Came across the movie on Netflix and it lit me up. Made me appreciate high art in film, changed my life
I really enjoy PTA films but found There Will Be Blood, just okay. I don't really want to rewatch it. But can rewatch Boogie Nights over and over.
A stone cold masterpiece.
That hat Daniel Day Lewis wears in this movie is the coolest hat of all time. He wears it like a crown.
I think it's a Panama Hat
I think Tarantino’s critique of Paul Dano’s character is exactly what the director was going for.
Exactly what I was thinking. A DD-Lewis like performance from his character would somehow diminish both characters
I think Paul Dano's performance here is absolutely brilliant. I'd like to hear Tarantino elaborate more on this because I just can't see anything bad about Paul's performance. Every scene he shares with Daniel is just memorable and electric, you can feel the tension between them.
Yeah really weird for him to call it out and immediately couch it as if he's not slandering the man unprompted
Agreed. I've never seen Paul Dano before and his performance blew me away. I've been a massive fan ever since.
He did say he has nothing against the performance (would be very strange indeed, since Dano is great). How I understood it's more about the "heavyweightness" of the actor in the sense of being perceived more menacing, cunning, "evil" if you will. Somebody like Michael Shannon, if he were a bit younger?..
Otherwise instead of worthy opponent DDL's character got someone he will obviously overcome without any real challenge. But hey, then again, maybe it was PTA's intent! Who can say.
Tarantino didn't say it was a bad performance, he's basically saying Paul's character should have been more on the same level as Daniel's.
I agree, I didn't see Eli as a threat to Daniel at all.
Dano was great, lewis was just perfect
One of the all-time great soundtracks in film as well.
Tarantino talks about this beginning at ~@3:00. You should watch the video. You'd probably find it interesting. :-)
Johnny Greenwood!!
That's the interesting thing about Johhny Greenwood having been the composer. You can pick basically any Radiohead song at random, and it would fit into a soundtrack.
Greenwood is astonishing. His work on phantom thread was divine. Thom yorke did very well with Suspiria as well
Soundtrack music composed by Jonny Greenwood. He will come to be more remembered over time as one of the great soundtrack composers, than a member of Radiohead. That's the kind of talent we're talking about here. I was surprised (and mildly disappointed) that Tarantino didn't mention him by name.
I don't know much about his score composition, but he is one of my favourite guitarists. He's amazing.
Yessir he’s one of the greatest musicians to ever live. Talk about range and always experimenting, he never loses steam.
Radiohead's music is almost all suitable for a film score.
Seen Boogie Nights 4 times when I was younger. There Will Be Blood is like a film from a completely different person from a different era. Seen 4 times and will see it again. And again. Even if it hurts.
Tarantino initially not thinking the oil derrick explosion scene WASN'T a set-piece is a very strange admission.
He was probably distracted
I think there was maybe a lot of other nuanced aspects that Tarantino was absorbing, he didn’t pay close attention to the obvious
What is the significant of a "set-piece" in a movie?
@@vincentmanion7990 According to Wikipedia, " a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires complex logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money".
@@mikellenicolaikrochinyepez1778 Thank you!
Gotta disagree on the Paul Dano statement. To me he is just as towering as Daniel in the film. Which I think speaks volumes for the guy since he was much younger and less experienced as an actor than Day Lewis. The church scene alone is enough to show that Dano holds his ground.
He is tremendous but claiming he was DDL's equal in this film when DDL gave us, perhaps, the single greatest performance in cinematic history is a step too far
@@fingfangfoom2399 A step too far? Are you going to punish them for saying that? Hilarious comment.
@@tzt1182thems fightin’ words mister
You can only say you actually watched There Will Be Blood is the second time. The first time you’re experiencing it. Every aspect of the film from the visuals, acting and the sound is just entrancing. It’s perfect.
I still to this day listen to Johnny greenwoods soundtrack to this movie, best to listen to while flying
I also have the record but unfortunately it doesn't come with the derrick explosion scene music. I think Johnny borrowed from his own music (the percussion part I think) from another film he contributed to. I believe it's from Body Song.
It's called "Convergence" from soundtrack to Body song ua-cam.com/video/z3c8brkJ238/v-deo.htmlsi=DqB8JDyY5756n1uV
For my money, Paul Thomas Anderson is the most fascinating film director who is working today. And this film (TWBB) is the most remarkable example of flawless acting, writing, direction, photography, music, editing, sound that I’ve ever seen. This is the very definition of a masterpiece.
My thoughts exactly
There Will Be Blood is my favorite movie ever. It became my favorite when I watched it in 2007 and it has remained my favorite since.
This year I read Oil!, the book it is based on. It is very different but also excellent
I hope they re-release this movie in theaters.
Paul Dano's character was brilliant.
I think people’s criticisms of his performance are derived from an assumption that the two characters are supposed to be equals. They’re clearly not equals though and looked at through that lens Dano’s performance is perfect in this film!
I thought he was kinda trying too hard to level with Lewis
just not that good of an actor!
@@spazzriff_appreciator I never realised he was criticised for the role. While watching, I felt he played the weasel sell-out character well in the film.
He's definitely not on Daniel Day-Lewis's level, but not many are.
That Man in the Wilderness movie Tarantino bring up in relation to Daniel Plainview dragging himself back to town is a ‘70s movie about Hugh Glass. It’s the same Hugh Glass story that The Revenant is based on.
When Daniel Plainview states- "I've traveled across half our state to be here tonight," the first thing I pictured was him crawling on his face through the desert back to society.
Based on Upton Sinclair's novel OIL. Read it in '97, and to this day, I think it the best American novel ever written...
I mean it’s a good read but best American Novel ever? Come on now dude
@@lon9047 Steinbeck said he got some of his inspiration for Grapes of Wrath from Oil.
It's good, sure, but have you read Twilight: Breaking Dawn? The vampires sparkle. They SPARKLE!!
@@TroubleToby3040 vampires SCARE me,or maybe it's just Kristen Stewart ..
Love this film. One of the 21st Century very best as is the film it missed out on Best Picture to that year No Country For Old Men.
Both great films and it's difficult to choose between the two but I'm partial to There Will be Blood. It is probably one of my favorite movies and No Country for Old Men is not far behind and strangely both were made in the same year. It's a shame Hollywood makes less and less movies like these as each year passes.
That was a tough year
@@cranekraken24they were also filmed a few miles from one another at the same time... In fact they had to coordinate scheduling because any sort of pyrotechnic or smoke would jeopardize shots in the other's frame
Yea to me it parallels with Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan. Not in subject matter but in substance as a film itself. SPR took home all the accolades and praise while Mallick and his film were largely disregarded. Any other year both There Will be Blood and Thin Red Line should have top best picture candidates.
"There Will Be Blood" is up there with "Once upon a Time in America", "Cinema Paradiso", "Citizen Kane" and all the other masterpieces.
Pulp Fiction too
@@craigrussell3062 Boogie Nights is up there with Pulp Fiction. There Will be Blood is on a whole nother level.
@@scottystcloud7086 Well, There Will Be Blood is up there with Citizen Kane, 2001, Bonnie and Clyde, and Star Wars as films that just saw what movies could be in a completely different way, and gave audiences something so different, it's kind of hard not to be obsessed with rewatching the film for the rest of your life. But as someone old enough to remember Pulp Fiction coming out, and how movies were before and after it, I think you could make a fair argument that it belongs in the same category.
But maybe you're talking in terms of pure aesthetics. As I look over my list, all the other movies I named set out to give the audience a whole new audiovisual experience. Filmmaking is artifice, playing a whole bunch of tricks to create the illusion of reality out of flickering light. Part of the history of film is the history of filmmakers who discovered new ways to make that reality realer, and TWBB is part of that category. It basically rejects everything about how a story should be told, how images should be accentuated with music, the way plot elements should be signposted - Boogie Nights stuff. And it's centered around the performance of an actor so obsessive, you feel uncannily like you're not watching a performance, no matter how over-the-top he is.
Meanwhile Tarantino is such an encyclopedic fan of film, every directoral choice he makes self-consciously positions the film within the canon of film through allusion and quotation. He's innovative as a writer - there's something about the "what do they call a Big Mac in France?" scene that ups the level of verisimilitude in a similar way - but you never feel like you're seeing something on film that you haven't seen before.
In a way, it's a question of whether you value sincerity or self-awareness. PTA is utterly sincere, QT is utterly self-aware. But neither has ever made a film I wouldn't rewatch.
I think about this movie a lot. And only saw it that one time. And I think a lot about that opening scene and that crawl from the mine.
l absolutely loved this film. I went in not knowing what to expect and was entertained from start to finish. and yes you do have to watch it a few times to fully take it in
Would love to see an informal conversation between QT and PTA. Just sit them down with a few cameras and let them talk about their histories, influences, things they like/dislike about each other's work, etc.
Just in case you hadn't seen it yet, there's a decent conversation between the two of them from a few years back you can search for. I think possibly a TCM thing. If I remember correctly it's framed around promotion for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and Licorice Pizza.
They did a video together for The Hateful Eight too.
@@DIOBrando-ij2bp that's what it was, goddamn time flies! Lol
@@brentulstad3275 They did also do the thing you were talking about... although it’s Anderson interviewing Tarantino about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It was a DGA podcast called: The Director's Cut. There’s a Tarantino and Scorsese one with DGA Quarterly too, (that one I think is to promote each other’s movies) but to the best of my knowledge there’s no audio for that conversation of them together.
Fiona Apple dated PTA back in the day, she said she gave up on doing coke after listening to the two of them bragging during a coke fueled session together, maybe they talk differently when they are not being recorded. :D
I would have loved listening to it too though, coke or not.
Love Quentin's rantings
This one was more of a soliloquy.
Daniel Longview The Oilman
Longview, Plainview....what's in a name 🤣
@@funforalgernon keepin an eye on that gold dust!
Upton Sinclair’s Oil is one of my favorite books and dovetails with this film so well. Anyone who loved this movie has to read the book.
"I... Drink... Your... MILKSHAKE! I DRINK IT UP!"
DRAAAAAAAINAAAAAAAGE!!!!!
I'VE ABANDONNED MY BOY ! I'VE ABANDONNED MY CHILD !
0:34 masterful acting on display from one of the true savants, paul f. tompkins
He also gives a tour-de-force performance as “Seminar Attendant” in Magnolia
Having seen the film a second time, I think the real key that changes Daniel Longview is the realization that the man calling himself his half brother is lying just to have some money and a place to live. Daniel kills him on the spot. It's heartbreaking because you can see Daniel began to open up, with the knowledge that he has real family to talk to. After this, Daniel hardens and becomes impossible to penetrate. p.s. I think "Magnolia" is Paul's masterpiece, but in truth, everything PTA has made stands the test of time.
I love how it never shows him sleeping on a bed. He’s always sleeping on the floor as if he drank himself to sleep
I would say the fact the the first multiple minutes uses no dialogue and still holds the audience should be honored
Paul Dano was amazing
TWBB is one of my favorite films of all time. I’ve seen it dozens of times.
Listening to Q express himself regarding this movie brought a tear.
My father was a total sociopath like Daniel. Used everyone for his own personal gain, had no real friends and hated everyone.
Really?
I enjoyed hearing the point about Paul.
Daniel day Lewis scene when he goes over sucks from a straw describing sucking the oil out is best scene in the whole movie
And his two speeches. And the scene in the restaurant where he freaks out on Standard Oil. And the oil derek on fire scene. And the final destruction of Eli Sunday. This movie was absolutely brilliant. IMO, better than anything QTs ever made.
It's one of those movies that hurt to sit through. But in the kind of way it was meant to. And every time I watch it again, it's still hurts, but it just keep getting more brilliant with every year that passes me by. The older I get, the more amazing it gets.
1) Paul played his part aside of what you are saying about DDL. I think that was the point. 2) I absolutely agree about Montgomery Cliff and Marlon Brando. Bravo!!!
I agree with Quentin on most of this. Just not the Paul Dano bit. Though I do believe Daniel Day-Lewis had a more powerful performance I really think Dano played his character SUPER well. I dont really recall any scenes that were lacking or unconvincing. I feel that the movie would be worse without Dano and his fanatical character.
I love to hear Quentin talk about other film makers.
idk what fiona apple was talking about being stuck in a room w coked out PTA and QT sounds epic
Agreed on all points except Q’s view on Paul’s performance. While of course there are few that can act opposite DDL and hold their own,Paul did as well or better than most while creating a dastardly and memorable character in Eli.
Tarantino has Kael - isms all over his wonderful reviews! Love his book on 70's movies, 'Cinema Speculation' too!
Interesting how he pointed out the journey after breaking his leg. I thought the same exact thing! I wanted to see that movie.
At 9:13, Quentin says, "you see Longview running with the little boy..." Ooops.
The musical score really gets you that first watch.
Great movie
I think it's honestly the greatest movie ever made.
This movie was sooo good
QT and Paul are the 2 best Auteurs in the game. in 2007 these 2 men really treated us with There will be blood and Inglorious Basterds.
PTA needs to rebound from his last picture though. I love him, he's my favorite but Licorice Pizza SUCKED ASS.
@@scottystcloud7086 Agreed. I tried 3 different times to watch that movie. The farthest I made it was an hour. It sucks.
fascinating and challenging movie certainly grows on you, Danos performance at best was pleasantly off
Boogie Nights is such a masterpiece
Tarantino isn't in competition with P.T.Anerson. Tarantino is like a DJ, taking samples from all his favorite movies & remixing them. Anderson is a composer, who creates someting original.
So true..
*There Will Be Blood (2007)* is a true 21st Century masterpiece along with *Mulholland Drive (2001)* and *Oldboy (2003)* .
lol the burning oil rig is given as one of 5 of the most notable set pieces on wiki entry for ‘set piece’
this film will be aging like a fine wine. Maybe like that 2000 year old roman wine unearthed, that still was palatable. I dont know what i just said
I just realized in 3 years this movie turns 20?? I felt like I just saw it in the theater a year ago
Scary isn’t it..feels at most a decade old.
In Jerry Quarry’s defense, he was actually one hell of a good fighter
And in Paul's defense, he is one hell of a good actor! But Lewis and Ali are the top of their craft, it's hard to stand with them.
Are there full episodes of him discussing these? Where can I find them?
I thought he was gonna say, I consider him to be the closest thing a man like me could have to what you would call a friend.
QT direct DDL in your “last” film. 🎞️ gold!!
Dano was outstanding. He rose to Day-Lewis' performance in the same way that Robert Pattinson rose to meet Willem Dafoe's performance in The Lighthouse.
THE MASTER is his greatest achievement IMHO.
Yeah that’s one of my favorites of his too, the best acting of JP and PSH, top tier.
@@Urglerbob It's a stunning movie. Hypnotic performances. Interesting that PTA said it was his personal favorite.
That one was interesting.
Excellent, incredibly underrated film
Daniel was better in TWBB than even Gangs, this was definitely his opus, it sucks he retired.
I'm not sure if Paul Dano's character was meant to be an equal to DDL. I think the whole point is we can see that this is an alpha vs. a beta and it gives it all almost a feeling of inevitability like a Greek tragedy might. We almost know Daniel is going to kill him, we just wait for it to happen. QT is imposing the rules of his own movies onto this movie. Of course HE would try to pit two heavyweights against each other but PTA has very different sensibilities.
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I 100% agree here. TWBB is amazing!... But below Boogie Nights.
Boogie Nights is AMAZINGLY AMAZING! 😁
Couldn't agree more with Tarantino's opinion on Dano's performance -- it's the only minor blip in this brilliant film. The mind boggles at how much better this movie could have been with someone like Joaquin Phoenix playing that part.
I think Dano played the part that PTA asked him to play. He wasn't really ever an equal to Plainview, just a snivelling leach and a boy. He was always going to get gobbled up by the insatiable greed of the oil barron. Someone with more backbone like Joaquin Phoenix would have pulled focus too much I think. Dano was spot on in my opinion.
We need a tarantino day lewis film so badly.
Imagine this is your Dad and he’s reading you bedtime stories with this exuberant inflection. Haha
Not entirely sure, who would have been more convincing than Paul Dano as Eli? Leo maybe? I can think of very few modern actors than can stand on the same stage as DDL.... Paul Dano's performance was incredible... He almost stole the show once or twice...
If TWBB is Muhammad Ali, then Inglourious Basterds is Gerry Cooney.
Not a fan of Bastards huh?
The Hateful Eight is Mike Tyson tho
@@chuckscott4661that’s not even in the top 5 of Tarantino’s best movies.
As much as I like Tarantino I do think his ego has blinded him a bit on this comparison. PTA seems to me to be leagues ahead of him in terms of original filmmaking. But hey, as long as he is inspired. He can't bring himself to admit defeat.
Completely agreed, all Tarantino has is outrageous violence and one liners, which comes off as juvenile after a while. Zed is dead baby, Zed is dead. A somewhat entertaining director who is nowhere near PTA.
Agreed
Tarantino, I love him, but he WISHES he could make a movie like this. PTA is genius
Im no tarantino… but i would say paul dano did a damn fine job
Phantom thread is his opus imo, this is also is very close.
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"There Will Be Blood" is a film built entirely on Daniel Day Lewis's performance. He _is_ the movie, the rest is just window dressing on him.
Yes. Well said. Better review than this whole 9 mins of geeking out by Quentin Tarantino.
Yeah no.. it all works in tandem. The cinematography, direction and score works just as hard to the themes and character of Daniel Plainview as DDLs masterful performance. To say it was all window dressing does the craft of filming this masterpiece a disservice.
@@woozyguy9 Perhaps not the best metaphor. I meant that it was built on the performance. DDL doing Plainview on a community theatre set would still be riveting.
All the cinematography and set pieces and score wouldn't be able to make up for say, Mark Wahlberg being cast in the role.
Agree 100%. I can't imagine anyone else being able to pull off this character.
Maybe 50 year old Clint Eastwood....
The shot of Daniel plainview when he’s in the sea looking back at his imposter of a “brother” is just chilling. Everything in the set of his jaw & his gaze. Unreal. Tarantino is wrong about Paul dano though. Paul dano is fucking incendiary in this film.
Imagine needing QT to confirm the oil derrick on fire to be a set piece
Quentin Tarantino has his knowledge on movies
I rented There Will Be Blood knowing nothing about it, it blew me away. It felt like I was watching a lost Stanley Kubrick film.
I like Paul Dano's performance in this movie because it seems fake and almost detached from 'reality' as presented in the movie. I think that's his character. I think Paul is capable of doing a grounded and believable performance, but the character in this movie is someone who you would never know if he was doing an act or not. The character is fake/shallow/performative, and Paul plays him that way. The performance might not be believable in the same way as Lewis, but there's something unbelievable about the character as well. His way of being in the world is completely foreign to Daniel's character and I think Paul does a great job of conveying that. The interplay between unrelenting ambition and naked greed, vs contrived piety and masked motives is beautifully conveyed in the movie. I think Paul's performance lends itself to that concept perfectly.
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I hope QT referred to DDL character as "Longview" to PTA
Tarantino's movie analyses are almost as entertaining as his scripts!
I thought Dano did a fantastic job. His character is overshadowed by the Longview character and thats an integral part of the story. Longview was monstrous but he was a genuinely powerful monster. Eli was really just a low level con artist with nothing more formidable to him than the position he held in the town. Dano's first appearance in the film as (I forget the name) Eli's brother was a confident young man who knew his moment of opportunity and got what he wanted from it. That character presented himself as closer to equal to Longview and was treated with respect by Longview for how he carried himself. Its possible that Dano would have gotten more praise here if that character had been given just a little bit more screen time.
But admittedly, Im no Tarantino lol
why didn't you line up the footage with commentary?
I love everything QT had to say about the film except for his note on Paul Dano’s performance. I thought it was an amazing performance, he just had the bad luck of being on the same screen as the best actor to ever do it.
So great, you might be able to begin to try to talk about it after seeing it twice. See it once and don’t care for it? You’re wrong. It’s that good.
The movie that made people think Stanley Kubrick was still alive.
There Will be blood in gays in New York are two of my favorite movies of all time as far as live action drama. Akira will always remain as one of the greatest film works of all time for all the things that talks about and discovers but God damn if this movie didn't get fuckin close
Perfect appraisal, I completely share his sentiment.
Dano played a contemptible role; in parallel with DDL as the abhorrent Plainview, that’s saying something.
I guess it comes down to personal opinion, well of course it does, but personally I thought Paul Dano did an amazing and comparable job to Danial day Lewis in the film.
The Daniel/Eli dynamic shows the rise of corporate power over that of the church, as the gilded age tycoons no longer feared even the Catholics given their immense wealth.
There Will Be Blood will be as watchable in 50 years as it is today. Tarantinos best film was Jackie Brown.
Lmfao... Jackie Brown is not even close to his top 5... It's Basterds and Pulp Fiction then everything else
I will be very sad when Tarantino leaves this artistic medium...
That was my thoughts on Daniel Day Lewis character. He is a ruthless asshole. But you have a respect for him. Nothing was given to him. He was one tough SOB.