There Will Be Blood Analysis

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The movie There Will Be Blood was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson who was also the screen writer for the movie. The movie was based on a novel by Upton Sinclair. The movie was released on December 26, 2007. The two main actors in the movie are Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview and Paul Dano as Eli Sunday (“There Will Be Blood”). The movie was about an oilman and his son searching for land that might have oil on it, so that they can buy the land and drill for oil to make themselves rich. This movie is recommended for viewers over the age of 17 who would be more interested in a slower moving drama rather than an action movie or comedy. The main topic of the movie seems to be about how too much power can corrupt people.
In the movie, There Will Be Blood, Daniel-Day Lewis plays a money-hungry oilman named Daniel …show more content…

That award went to the film’s DP, Robert Elswit, an American journeyman who has shot dozens of films in his career (“The Best Cinematography”). The camera work throughout the movie was excellent at showing all of the different points of view. The camera would be behind the actor and show the viewer what the actor is looking at, or what is happening to the actor. The sound effects of the movie were also great. The way that Daniel slapped Eli and the sound it made is an example of how the camera work and the sound effects combined to make the movie seem so realistic. Another example of this combination of camera work and sound that was great was the part in the movie where the gas shot out from the ground and burned down the tower that Daniel and his workers built. The music in the movie was phenomenal. The way the music slowly began as either Daniel or Eli were confronting each other, or when there was a silent scene with only the music

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