tapehead wrote:Get on the fucking train then.
I checked the nearest cinema showing it to me and it was Manchester, 50 miles away and 35 quid return on the train.
tapehead wrote:Get on the fucking train then.
tapehead wrote:HollywoodBabylon wrote: However, it most definitely has affinities to Von Stroheim's silent masterpiece Greed (do watch this film if you get the chance).
And although until I'd seen it I steered clear of reviews, this is the second time since then I've heard someone bring up the Von Stroheim movie. I've never seen it, I'm going to have to. It took me a good week or two to get my head together on the subject after watching TWBB - I found it difficult to actually be articulate on the subject without sounding as hateful and twisted a fucker as ol' Plainview himself, such empathy I'd developed for him in the course of viewing.
TonyWilson wrote:tapehead wrote:Get on the fucking train then.
I checked the nearest cinema showing it to me and it was Manchester, 50 miles away and 35 quid return on the train.
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:worked better for me with a 2nd viewing, but I do empathize with that point of view.
Tapes - since Daniel could be thought to represent unfettered capitalism run amok, then Capitalism could be thought to represent the 3rd revelation.
money kills god, made both literal and figurative in the final act...
tapehead wrote:@ KC - Kudos too for looking at the film again after the initial 'There Will be Blah' review.
tapehead wrote:I like that, although especially considering that Plainview was mining for silver when he discovered oil, it might more specifically be the Industrial Corporation (which Plainview can be seen as a kind of John the Baptist figure heralding it's coming) that Anderson has on his mind in this movie.
Fried Gold wrote:I saw the film earlier today. In short...phenomenal, in so many different ways.
papalazeru wrote:I'm not sure I totally understand it on the first viewing but I did find it mesmerising.
Perhaps I need to pay closer attention to the script.
I wasn't sure whether Mr Gas Cannister was just pure evil or a man or principles, by the end of the film.
I had a feeling, a bit of both but it was all well played out. I did feel he was a man of conviction which played at opposites to Tommy Lee Jones character.
The title was well chosen though. Needs a second watch. I'm not intelligent to pick it all up first time round.
Zarles wrote:IWALKEDINTOTHEWRONGTHEATERILASH!
Racist.
buster00 wrote:
(*drinks papalazeru's milkshake*)
tapehead wrote:I'll agree with the 'everything I saw' contention, but it is mentioned in the dialogue on several occasions.
I've read there was another actor in the role originally who was replaced while the production was already under way - I'd love to know who that was. maybe some 'alternate scenes' will surface at some point.
Evil Hobbit wrote:Saw this yesterday. 10/10 definitely, enjoyed it more then No Country and that was a stellar masterpiece. Probably the better picture overall as, to me, this one started to drag a little about 3/4 through. Nonetheless, the ending made up for it big time. I drink your milkshake! Holy crap, Lewis probably delivered the most amazing performance to date, ever.
doglips wrote:I'm reading Oil! at the moment, so I'm not going to read that till I'm done - Anderson obviously used the book as a starting point and inspiration, it's totally different to the film.
doglips wrote:I'm reading Oil! at the moment, so I'm not going to read that till I'm done - Anderson obviously used the book as a starting point and inspiration, it's totally different to the film.
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