After five long years in the wilderness, P.T. Anderson graces the world with a new film There Will Be Blood. Shrouded in secrecy yet epic in scope, I was rather dubious about the whole enterprise. Punch-Drunk Love seduced many that I trust, yet it washed over me without making an impression; perhaps a second viewing is in order. After the epic emotional devastation and bone- china fragile hope of Magnolia, it felt like the worst kind of comedown. Even an arty Adam Sandler movie is still an Adam Sandler movie. Was Paul slipping? Had he become Dirk Diggler, or worse yet, Brock Landers?
Then this trailer hits.
Daniel Day Lewis. Sinclair Lewis. Oil.
Some have suggested this will be Paul's McCabe and Mrs. Miller. To me, it felt like his Once Upon a Time in the West, both surreal and hyper-real, with the additional emotional richness and wonderful performances that P.T.A. brings to the table. In short, this trailer feels like the aperitif to a great cinematic feast.
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