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Ep 323: “There Will Be Blood”

May 20, 2025

We drill into Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” and discuss:

  • Story & Writing, plot vs character;
  • Daniel Day-Lewis;
  • and other such stuff and things and stuff.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair

Notes & References:
*first 15 minutes have no dialog, the script is a little over 6 pages in this sequence
*It won Oscars for Best Actor, and Cinematography, only nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

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This Week’s Recommendations:

Winter’s Bone” (IMDB) / “50 First Dates” (IMDB)

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