What a Difference a Day Makes

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There Will Be Genius

Well, I called it back in August - P.T. Anderson's film There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is a tour de force. I think it's one of the most incredible films I've ever seen. From the moment it begins, you are aware that this pic is different than others, and that you will be wholly unable to escape it's tight grasp until its very last minute onscreen.

Day-Lewis, as the turn-of-the-century oil-thirsty entrepeneur Daniel Plainvew, sinks a mile deep into his character, but when doesn't he? Paul Dano (of Little Miss Sunshine) is his counterpoint, his nemesis - an upstart preacher who desperately battles Plainview for the the hearts and minds of those innocent bystanders caught between these two prophets. His performance is equally as moving.

Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead delivers a score as powerful and eerie as any I've ever heard, evoking the likes of Kubrick's 'The Shining', TV's 'Lost' and the works of Philip Glass. The music is presented very high in the mix, and takes hold of the film like a full character, changing and coloring every scene.

If there is one pic you see this winter among the strong list of artsy films out right now, make it this one. You will not be disappointed.