Thursday, August 2

Oil into Blood

A teaser trailer is now out for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film “There Will Be Blood”, to be released in November. PT is one of my fav filmmakers of the day, his “Magnolia” probably being in my Top 10 of all-time. And now, it seems that after five years of quiet, he’s returning with a genre he hasn’t tried before: period piece.

“…Blood” is an adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel “Oil!” and stars Daniel Day Lewis (another favorite of mine) in deep make-up (pictured here). According to the studio, it is “a story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector in the early days of the business.” Nice.

As if the title and studio synopsis weren’t enough of a giveaway, the trailer portends the dark madness PT has in store for us:


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