There Will Be Blood DVD is a brilliant film
Thursday, April 17th, 2008There Will Be Blood DVD is a brilliant film, a real, important work in a world that looks at art as a four-letter word, and another entry in a filmography that stands among the most important — and yes, distinctive — in modern movies. More than just the best film of the year, Blood is one of cinemas grandest character studies. Its as if you can feel the oil flowing under the ground, bubbling, seeking a weak patch of earth from which to spew. But, the climactic emotional equivalent never occurs. For Plainview, his veins might as well have been filled with crude oil, for he never got the taste out of his mouth. In more ways than one, for him, that toxic dream became all too vivid. Any towering institution is capable of producing monsters, even if none of them are as far removed from human frailty as Plainview Day-Lewis and his pitiable nemesis Dano. A shockingly assured directorial vision.