One of the things that makes this movie so effective is the music. It is more akin to horror movie music. I didn’t even realize it until I rewatched it. Such a good fucking movie.
At about 9:50 in this video, those strings start playing and I’m immediately drawn back into the horrors of this film. I am haunted to this day by parts of this soundtrack.
I think the Paul Dano casting choice is one of the things that makes this film work. His stature, his nervousness, and his frailty all contradict the inordinate power and sway he has over the community. Daniel kneels to nobody except Eli, who is the voice of the community, a position he has engineered through people's faith. It's a very good way of demonstrating that beast of capitalism is tall, violent, and bold, but other malicious forces (in this case the religious fundamentalism that governs the community) are small, strategic, and subtle.
@@emilyseal3207 I appreciate that people may not see it the same way as us but I really think that anybody would’ve been overshadowed by Daniel Day Lewis. It would’ve been half the film if Daniel was beaten into submission by someone bigger than him also.
I was just about to write a comment about the train. My son is just like little HW, he loves to just look at me and touch my face. He’s so pure and genuine. Having not watched the movie since my son was born, Seeing that clip now hits different. PTA was brilliant capturing that scene and I didn’t realize it until now.
I watched this and No Country For Old Men no less than 20 times that year. My local cinema had $1 Tuesdays, and I would go catch either film after class. Truly, a great year for film.
We need more years with movies like those two films. I gotta say that in my opinion, No Country For Old Men has a slight edge on There Will Be Blood. The tension in that movie is so good, and Javier Bardem is the most intense villain.
The clue to. understanding the difference between the two is religious/soteriological. No Country For Old Men is Jewish, where evil is an enduring, arbitrary and mysterious essence, whereas There Will be Blood is Catholic, where evil is the corruption of, or resistance to, the eternal good, the true & the beautiful.
Im sure you know that the fire in There will be blood shot plumes so far and wide that they impeded the shoot of No country for old men, just a few kilometers out.
I completely disagree that Daniel and Eli are supposed to be combative equals. Eli is a bug for Plainview to squash repeatedly, a punchbag to exorcise Daniel's competitive frustrations. It's a film centred on an individual constantly at war with all around him - by his own admission - and he loses to all of them, even to his adopted son. But Eli is the one person that Plainview knows he can consistently beat, in every sense of the word. Dano's slimy, spineless performance as Eli exceptionally captures these traits
Everyone is praising Paul Dano in the comments, but I kinda agree with Tarantino. He didn't provide any particular reason, but my reason is that he didn't act like a person I could see actually existing - his insane sermons and pleading with Daniel at his house in particular didn't seem realistic, even if they were "well acted" (and widely praised, probably). A ~40 year old adult saying "Daniel I need this I need this I need this" makes him sound like a child - hard to see an adult saying that.
I think Paul Dano was exactly who he needed to be, and was realistic to who could have existed then. He was still a child,he was an outlandish preacher, and there probably was preachers like that. I think it’s just that Daniel day Lewis is so great that any performance by comparison would seem weak.it’s genius that both are despicable in opposite ways,but the audience sides with Daniel plainview,who is a murderer and objectively more evil,simply because at least he is honest about being greedy and earned it,while Eli was just a con man that tried to lie about his greed and didn’t earn any of it.
@@CliffRoling In the scene I referenced at Daniel's house he wasn't a child though. This was after Daniel's son grew up and everything - Paul was probably over 40 years old and he still acted like a child, one throwing a temper tantrum. They're opposites, but supposed to be equals, something Dano doesn't quite pull off in my opinion. Also I don't even think Dano was meant to be evil. He was a con man in a way, but mostly just came across as a whiny preacher. He could have been so much more.
@@Nistacularpersonally speaking ive known a few fake religious people (whited sepulchers) and ive always thought Dano hit the nail on the head. I thought he was fantastic actually, everyone in that movie was imo.
@@NistacularEvangelism, especially for profit, makes a man act weird. Where do you think modern day prosperity evangelists originated? Hell, the time period of TWBB had a century of evangelicals honing their rhetoric. Grifters abound. I would respectfully say that your incredulity is ignorant of history.
Comment section is pretty bad at listening. He doesn't say that Dano is bad, just that he's not on the same level as DDL (which goes for almost every living actor on the planet today).
Right, I'm struggling to think of an actor the age of Dano who could meet Day Lewis one on one without getting crushed. He did pretty well. Also Boogie NIghts is a better film.
no we heard him just fine. “it’s not that it’s bad” - that’s hardly a compliment, is it? “it’s a compromise “. dani’s acting was no compromise, he was all in and it’s a subtle at times, larger than life at times performance. the character is designed to be flawed, self serving and self righteous. dano nailed it, gave an outstanding performance and tarantino is just annoyed dano didn’t say the n word enough.
well why even bring up that point then? of course nobody is at the same level as DDL. and the fact that he even mentions it makes it seem more like a backhanded dis
Amazing film. Some of the most classic scenes ever for a relatively "new" film. By that, I know it's 18 odd years old but it is up there with the "old" classics.
Hard to imagine either QT or PTA ever topping There Will Be Blood. It's just such a perfect blend of acting, score, cinematography that I can't see it being surpassed as the best film of the century.
IMHO There Will be Blood is such an original film visually and audibly that it has no peers within the space it occupies and therefore can not be measured or compared to any other film. Its greatness is in its uniqueness visually and its execution. It's like comparing Vincent van Gogh to Michelangelo one is great the other is genius.
Really? Comparing Paul Dano to DDL? Paul was like what 19-20 when he played that part.. I always thought he is one of the better character type actors of the 2000's. I don't know if Dano pissed Taratino off at some point but he seems to really have it in for Dano here. And let's be real no one can size up to DDL. Although, i'd like to see Denzel and DDL work together in a Taratino film.. But Dano man his work after There will be blood... Cowboys & Aliens, Knight & Day, 12 Years, Prisoners, Love & Mercy, The Batman and The Fabelmans. I thought was all phenomenal work
Dano was playing a preacher, a snake oil salesman, a dishonest, egotistical character whose entire profession is an act. Dano was clearly acting, but that's because his character was acting. I think he played it perfectly. Plainview saw through his act, unlike the churchgoers, and chewed him up and spat him out.
This is where I will disagree with Tarantino. Paul put on an excellent performance and yes, while DDL is rightfully the center of attention, Dano was not that drastically outclassed by DDL. It definitely felt more like Joe Frazier vs Ali to me
Totally disagree about Dano. He was very convincing in the part. I don't think he was necessarily meant to be the equal of Plainview. Fate kind of dealt him an upper hand over Plainview for a while, though.
QT is maybe the best casting agent of the last 30 yrs. He is dead in abour Dano IMO. He just didn't have the chops or screen presence to go toe to toe with DDL.
@@DarthDoggoThen feet casting should be the new norm. Look at even the background manson girls in Once Upon Hollywood and their careers currently. Goated casting. My casting goat.
There is 3 movies with the most beautiful grade of any film of all time, two of them done by Paul. There Will Be Blood and Punch Drunk Love, the third is Brandos One Eyed Jacks. It´s so fresh and smells like soft new linen. How could you not love that grade
So true of DDL's performance 'that he did that!!'. He etched the character into our minds until we forget we are watching a fiction. Maybe there's a word that needs inventing to describe the effect of his acting.
Dano’s character is bad but it’s realistic that he was bad. Fits the narrative perfectly for the timeline. That said I agree with Tarantino on the fact that Dano wasn’t on the same caliber as lewis for an ‘optimal’ back and forth. (Who is) Still, one of the best movies ever made and imo will remain that way for a long long time.
There is something about this movie that gives me a feeling I seldom, if ever, have felt anywhere else. I may never be able to describe it or understand it, but it's there.
I honestly can't imagine anyone other than Paul Dano in that role, I thought he managed to perfectly portray someone who slowly but surely realizes he's dealing with a psychopathic megalomaniac.
Eli and Daniel were both businessmen competing for the towns business. I thought PTA set up that dichotomy perfectly when Eli asked Daniel if he could say a prayer before the ribbon cutting ceremony and Daniel agreed then ignored him. He didn't want to share the profits with anyone but himself, which is also why he's never shown pursuing women (like his fake brother) or building real relationships with people. Even H.W. was merely a prop to get people to sign their land over to him.
I think Eli actually realized almost immediately that Daniel is a psychopathic megalomaniac. He just thought he could use that to his advantage. Eli's true revelation is that he was never in control, and Daniel played him like a fiddle the entire time.
Tarantino loves Boogie Nights the most because it's closer to his own work. Full of pop culture references and music, little or no film score, and minimal set pieces. Not to mention Tarantino was close to the porn biz working in a porn theater during that late 70's/early 80's era. He knows just as much detail about those old porn movies as he does commercial films. After Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Paul really took a huge leap in terms of craft though, and all the actors Paul uses are top notch. I love both directors, but if I were forced to choose ones catalog over the other, I'd go with Andersons.
I feel like I have heard Quinton say "I will point oneeeee tinnny little thing" so many times over the years and I love the insights! Thought Dano was great though.
I love the opening scene: Dry, cracked earth. Hot, greasy, laborious, intense, focused, determined. He breaks his leg and still is so focused on scraping the inside of the cavern with his bare knuckles he seems to consider the fracture a minor inconvenience. Just .... whoa. People that did this kind of work were truly the backbone of the country.
I think I’ll take this as my que to make some time one night soon for my yearly viewing of this movie. One of my favorite movies, and like Quintin said, one of the greatest.
I completely disagree, Paul did such an amazing job for such younger actor. Not that I'm trying to justify anything by saying he was young, I'm just saying he is truly talented.
Inglorious Basterds is schlocky fun; to claim this film drove QT to reach new heights in its creation, to even mention both movies in the same sentence, is hubristic to say the least.
@@ayatollahlalalola you can dunk on tarantino all you want but not a single director in the world could have made kill bill except him. jackie brown would be anyone else's magnum opus. pulp fiction defined an entire generation of filmmaking. you can dislike him or prefer PTA to him, but his take here (which refers specifically to his contemporaries) is far from deluded.
"I prefer the exuberance of Boogie Nights, over the formalism of There Will be Blood" The way Tarantino absorbs, and describes movies, is unique. Its like every observation and measured critique, is simply above reproach. They are instantly, true. Listening to him breaking down any movie, is both enjoyable, and enlightening.
I bought this movie during my deployment. Had no idea what it was about, but only got to do trips to the PX once a month or so. The box didn't explain anything, was just a simple "There Will Be Blood" and I bought it not knowing if it was a sci movie, horror, action flick etc. just hoping it would be good, and it ended up being insanely good. Most random movies I got from the Liberty PX sucked. I actually brought this DVD home and my little sister watched it and it's her favorite movie to this day.
It’s not a film that has to rely on set pieces, it is a set piece in its entirety. It is substantially more stylish than any Tarantino film, by necessity of what is being portrayed and how, but not least because style is a concept that is first and foremost designed to attract attention and sell something. This film doesn’t try and sell you a thing, but by Christ does it hold your attention
I was waiting for QT's 'if I have one criticism' and then have some half-baked nonsense alluding to how 'he would have done it better'. If it were a QT movie, Eli would have had just as much fire and brimstone and grandstanding as Daniel and it would have missed the point entirely: Eli needed to be snivelling and weak in his corruption to contrast with Plainview. They're just as repellent as each other, but Plainview is a new and stronger force.
Incredible to think that he hopped into the role while the film was already being shot. The first guy dropped out due to being a bastard from a basket.
Paul and Daniel Plainview are equally vicious, just on opposite sides. It's such a classic struggle of, what would you say, science vs. religion, dark vs. light, strong vs weak. idk. Just incredible.
Danial day Lewis is such a class act ,he carries the weight of any character given to him…and steps in to all rolls like a hand in glove…his performance in gangs of New York was exquisite….hopefully we get a few more movies from this legend
Despite announcing his retirement in 2017, he's acting in a movie co-written with his son, so you should be able to see him in something new in the near future.
I didn't think Paul Dano was in the same movie at all. IMO it wasn't just about Dano not being as good of an actor, but he didn't have the period look and presence that every other supporting actor in the film did.
It’s interesting that Tarantino doesn’t think Dano’s performance isn’t up there with Day-Lewis’. Whilst there are few who could be, the original actor cast in Dano’s role(s) was replaced during filming.
Maybe not, but it's absolutely Tarantino stepping up his game after the Kill Bill and Grindhouse era. Even though I like those movies, they were each kind of a mini QT Fest (meaning his curated marathons in Austin of favorite movies from other directors) and somehow, unlike the festivals, less than the sum of their parts. I won't put Inglourious Basterds on a level with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but it's Quentin returning to having a voice of his own.
My top 3 of PTA: 1. Boogie Nights 2. There Will Be Blood 3. Magnolia / The Master / Phantom Thread / Inherent Vice (sorry I cheated can't just make a top 3 he's too good of a director)
It’s interesting that Tarantino envisions Plainview crawling back…. Wouldn’t he need a horse (or two) to transport his tools, tent, wood, dynamite, etc… out to the site where he was digging? And I believe it was silver, not gold, that he brought back with him….
I don't understand the Taratino/Scorsese comparisons. There styles of filmmaking are widely different, even when approaching similar concepts. Tarantino is very Hollywood. Scorsese is very New York.
Daniel! I love what you’ve done on film and your personality during interviews seems sublime. “Holler” is a funny choice of word for someone as articulate as yourself. Have a great life.
Hey! I'm Jesus. Thank you for giving me someone to forgive, troll! I'll be in your last thoughts before you shuffle off this mortal coil. When you're ready to repent your evil ways, give me a holler.
I've seen a man crawl amazingly rough terrain (on the slopes of Mount Terrible no less), only because he wouldn't let me carry him, and carry loot with him in the form of a half nice tool kit. I don't know if they make them like they used to in South Australia, but I've got a feeling they do.
The film actually trumps the book, by Upton Sinclair as well (The Jungle -a must read). A monumental feat of film-making. Atmosphere like a pressure cooker waiting to go off, from the opening scene in that pit
Of course Tarantino prefers Boogie Nights over There Will Be Blood. I love the guy, but his style is still on the level of a promising young filmmaker. Bravado over understated substance.
Yeah. Paul dano is brilliant in this. Plus he was brought on to the job super late & had little time to prepare. Paul dano deserves high praise for this film 👍
Paul Dano’s performance fit the role. He’s supposed to be a bad actor, he’s a fake and pathetic character. Now whether it was intentional by Paul is beyond the point, it fits the character perfectly.
@@pizzaman11 Good point, but it's definitely hard to understand how fake he is on a first watch of the movie. In general that's probably really hard to convey. Sadly I don't think Dano nailed it because he comes across as quite serious for a lot of the movie. It's as if he's indecisive on whether to be pathetic or whether to be Plainview's equal.
@@NistacularGiven Dano’s character’s emotional similarity to Trump, I’d say he did a far greater job than Tarantino is suggesting here. Real narcissistic and sociopathic people really do behave erratically, childishly at times, while purporting to have serious and profound interests. Especially when their weakness is exposed. Dano’s character is an ideal counterpoint to Day Lewis’s relentless anti-hero.
its weird because when i first watched this film--after hearing so much about it-- I felt let down. But then it became this thing that I'd watch whenever it was on and there was just something about it. Now it's a film I consider solid.
@@MrGordonGartrelle He literally wrote period appropriate original string quartet and piano music in the style of Ravel for that one. His musical depth and breadth are continually mind boggling.
Agree. Boogie Nights is a better film. The Dano overacting was a bit hard to watch, Dano’s best performance was Escape from Dannemora. He was brilliant. Didn’t even realize it was him,
Interesting point about the heroic nature of the opening giving the character a sort of heroic license for the rest of the film… Dead wrong about Paul Dano, though… Brilliant counterweight to DDL
I like Dano's performance but I definitely see what Tarantino is talking about. If he could have matched Plainview in his desperation for Power, while maintaining his lack of masculinity, you'd almost certainly have a better movie. That's Insane considering "as is" this is easily one of the best movies ever made.
It would be the best movie in the last decade, except it came out in 2007. It’s an amazing movie. Based on a classic novel also, which takes a much different turn plot wise.
You are an absolute simpleton. He says we see Daniel, long view, as in the terminology of the filming style, it's far away, called a "long view." He didn't call him "Daniel Longview." What he meant, you absolute stooge, was We see Daniel, in a long view, running.
For loving this movie, I thought his review was incredibly uninspiring for anyone who wanted to watch the movie. I’m not saying it should’ve been all rainbow and butterflies but when I listen to him talk about his own movies, there’s a love and a joy that was not even remotely present in this review.
Something about Daniel’s facial countenance in this character reminds me a little bit of Stalin. Weird right? Maybe it’s just the mustache and squinty eyes. Too bad he couldn’t play him also that would probably be amazing. Imagine Lincoln AND Stalin immortalized by the same actor.
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One of the things that makes this movie so effective is the music. It is more akin to horror movie music. I didn’t even realize it until I rewatched it. Such a good fucking movie.
Jonny Greenwood nailed it
At about 9:50 in this video, those strings start playing and I’m immediately drawn back into the horrors of this film. I am haunted to this day by parts of this soundtrack.
The opening drone on the strings as it fades into the desolate landscape is BURNED into my brain. It's so hauntingly beautiful.
I was stoned watching it and didnt know what to expect. Was freaked out and on the edge of my seat the whole time.
It is a horror movie. The horror is what greed can turn a man into.
Its so satisfying hearing great artists talk about how other great artists doing awesome things.
You’re an idiot
I think the Paul Dano casting choice is one of the things that makes this film work. His stature, his nervousness, and his frailty all contradict the inordinate power and sway he has over the community. Daniel kneels to nobody except Eli, who is the voice of the community, a position he has engineered through people's faith. It's a very good way of demonstrating that beast of capitalism is tall, violent, and bold, but other malicious forces (in this case the religious fundamentalism that governs the community) are small, strategic, and subtle.
Paul Dano is fucking phenomenal. Try and watch "The Extra Man." SO GOOD
Brilliantly put. I didnt see anything wrong with Dano's performance at all.
@@emilyseal3207 I appreciate that people may not see it the same way as us but I really think that anybody would’ve been overshadowed by Daniel Day Lewis. It would’ve been half the film if Daniel was beaten into submission by someone bigger than him also.
Tarantino is fascinating. He’s one of the directors that I can listen to talk about movies for hours .
he's a fan of movies, who got to make his own.
Fiona Apple would disagree, but I agree.
The shot of Daniel and Little HW on the train is heartwarming and at the same time heartbreaking when you know how the movie progresses.
I was just about to write a comment about the train. My son is just like little HW, he loves to just look at me and touch my face. He’s so pure and genuine. Having not watched the movie since my son was born, Seeing that clip now hits different. PTA was brilliant capturing that scene and I didn’t realize it until now.
I watched this and No Country For Old Men no less than 20 times that year. My local cinema had $1 Tuesdays, and I would go catch either film after class. Truly, a great year for film.
What a year huh
Wow. Get a life
We need more years with movies like those two films. I gotta say that in my opinion, No Country For Old Men has a slight edge on There Will Be Blood. The tension in that movie is so good, and Javier Bardem is the most intense villain.
The clue to. understanding the difference between the two is religious/soteriological. No Country For Old Men is Jewish, where evil is an enduring, arbitrary and mysterious essence, whereas There Will be Blood is Catholic, where evil is the corruption of, or resistance to, the eternal good, the true & the beautiful.
Im sure you know that the fire in There will be blood shot plumes so far and wide that they impeded the shoot of No country for old men, just a few kilometers out.
I completely disagree that Daniel and Eli are supposed to be combative equals. Eli is a bug for Plainview to squash repeatedly, a punchbag to exorcise Daniel's competitive frustrations. It's a film centred on an individual constantly at war with all around him - by his own admission - and he loses to all of them, even to his adopted son. But Eli is the one person that Plainview knows he can consistently beat, in every sense of the word. Dano's slimy, spineless performance as Eli exceptionally captures these traits
I took it to be about a tragic hero in Plainview. He constantly tries to do good and help others and they keep betraying him
Ruthless Capitalist vs Sideshow Charlatan
@@stealthtowealth2167 I think this takes the cake for the worst understanding of a movie I've ever encountered
Eli got the better of Daniel during the church scene
I see Eli as pathetic and kidding himself, a la Justine from the Marquis de Sade.
Completely disagree about Paul Dano's performance, I thought he was great.
Everyone is praising Paul Dano in the comments, but I kinda agree with Tarantino. He didn't provide any particular reason, but my reason is that he didn't act like a person I could see actually existing - his insane sermons and pleading with Daniel at his house in particular didn't seem realistic, even if they were "well acted" (and widely praised, probably). A ~40 year old adult saying "Daniel I need this I need this I need this" makes him sound like a child - hard to see an adult saying that.
I think Paul Dano was exactly who he needed to be, and was realistic to who could have existed then. He was still a child,he was an outlandish preacher, and there probably was preachers like that. I think it’s just that Daniel day Lewis is so great that any performance by comparison would seem weak.it’s genius that both are despicable in opposite ways,but the audience sides with Daniel plainview,who is a murderer and objectively more evil,simply because at least he is honest about being greedy and earned it,while Eli was just a con man that tried to lie about his greed and didn’t earn any of it.
@@CliffRoling In the scene I referenced at Daniel's house he wasn't a child though. This was after Daniel's son grew up and everything - Paul was probably over 40 years old and he still acted like a child, one throwing a temper tantrum.
They're opposites, but supposed to be equals, something Dano doesn't quite pull off in my opinion. Also I don't even think Dano was meant to be evil. He was a con man in a way, but mostly just came across as a whiny preacher. He could have been so much more.
@@Nistacularpersonally speaking ive known a few fake religious people (whited sepulchers) and ive always thought Dano hit the nail on the head. I thought he was fantastic actually, everyone in that movie was imo.
@@NistacularEvangelism, especially for profit, makes a man act weird. Where do you think modern day prosperity evangelists originated? Hell, the time period of TWBB had a century of evangelicals honing their rhetoric. Grifters abound. I would respectfully say that your incredulity is ignorant of history.
The entire movie was incredible! Paul Dano was amazing too! One of the best ever made
Agreed, Dano was perfect. Couldn't stand the character, perfect 10/10. Not easy.
Definitely one of my all time favourite movies
Daniel day Lewis is next level brilliant, he’s the greatest actor of all time imo
Only man with THREE best actor Oscar’s
He is the best but also because he have integrity and stopped at his peak. He didn't take shit roles for a buck.
Definitely top 5 all time
totally overrated actor, even Ciaran Hinds is a superior thespian
Comment section is pretty bad at listening. He doesn't say that Dano is bad, just that he's not on the same level as DDL (which goes for almost every living actor on the planet today).
Right, I'm struggling to think of an actor the age of Dano who could meet Day Lewis one on one without getting crushed. He did pretty well. Also Boogie NIghts is a better film.
no we heard him just fine. “it’s not that it’s bad” - that’s hardly a compliment, is it? “it’s a compromise “. dani’s acting was no compromise, he was all in and it’s a subtle at times, larger than life at times performance. the character is designed to be flawed, self serving and self righteous. dano nailed it, gave an outstanding performance and tarantino is just annoyed dano didn’t say the n word enough.
well why even bring up that point then? of course nobody is at the same level as DDL. and the fact that he even mentions it makes it seem more like a backhanded dis
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They should have implemented the Eddie Murphy thing and had DDL play everyone. #Nevercompromise
Absolutely in my top 5 films of all time! A masterpiece
Amazing film. Some of the most classic scenes ever for a relatively "new" film. By that, I know it's 18 odd years old but it is up there with the "old" classics.
Nice him talking about his friendship and rivalry, your lucky to have a friendship like that
Hard to imagine either QT or PTA ever topping There Will Be Blood. It's just such a perfect blend of acting, score, cinematography that I can't see it being surpassed as the best film of the century.
IMHO There Will be Blood is such an original film visually and audibly that it has no peers within the space it occupies and therefore can not be measured or compared to any other film. Its greatness is in its uniqueness visually and its execution. It's like comparing Vincent van Gogh to Michelangelo one is great the other is genius.
Really? Comparing Paul Dano to DDL? Paul was like what 19-20 when he played that part.. I always thought he is one of the better character type actors of the 2000's. I don't know if Dano pissed Taratino off at some point but he seems to really have it in for Dano here. And let's be real no one can size up to DDL. Although, i'd like to see Denzel and DDL work together in a Taratino film.. But Dano man his work after There will be blood... Cowboys & Aliens, Knight & Day, 12 Years, Prisoners, Love & Mercy, The Batman and The Fabelmans. I thought was all phenomenal work
Dano was playing a preacher, a snake oil salesman, a dishonest, egotistical character whose entire profession is an act.
Dano was clearly acting, but that's because his character was acting.
I think he played it perfectly.
Plainview saw through his act, unlike the churchgoers, and chewed him up and spat him out.
I think that is a perfect synopsis of his character and of DDL's. Paul Dano was brilliant in the role he played.
Jerry Quarry was a real good fighter in case anybody forgets.
This is where I will disagree with Tarantino. Paul put on an excellent performance and yes, while DDL is rightfully the center of attention, Dano was not that drastically outclassed by DDL. It definitely felt more like Joe Frazier vs Ali to me
Totally disagree about Dano. He was very convincing in the part. I don't think he was necessarily meant to be the equal of Plainview. Fate kind of dealt him an upper hand over Plainview for a while, though.
QT is maybe the best casting agent of the last 30 yrs. He is dead in abour Dano IMO. He just didn't have the chops or screen presence to go toe to toe with DDL.
@@jackbauer4186 oh yes the same guy who casts women based on how attractive their feet are to him…
@@DarthDoggoThen feet casting should be the new norm. Look at even the background manson girls in Once Upon Hollywood and their careers currently. Goated casting. My casting goat.
It's great to hear Tarantino talk about modern masterpieces. I hope he does the Barbie film next;
😂 lol
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would love to hear his take on more art films directors like gaspar noé, or harmony korine. wonder what he thinks of them as creators
@@sebastianfjorn Tarantino turned next level garbage with his latest, Once Upon a time in Hollywood.
@@Kitties-of-Doom I haven't got into any of his films since death proof
of course he likes boogie nights more lol
Why ofc?
@@reptilelicks9796it’s the most similar movie to his own work
But why, The Master is pretty awesome imo. Not There will be but it’s his movie and journey but I have to say I’ve not watched magnolia yet.
@@jarodandrews7425 Ahh ok.
@@joethepope3the master was boring imo
Dano's character was as much a prick as lewis's just in a different way...........great performance from both!!!
Plainview was never a prick, he didn't con per/se.
EDIT: He killed the conners.
There is 3 movies with the most beautiful grade of any film of all time, two of them done by Paul. There Will Be Blood and Punch Drunk Love, the third is Brandos One Eyed Jacks. It´s so fresh and smells like soft new linen. How could you not love that grade
One Eyed Jacks , an uneven but great film, eclipses anything by this director
So true of DDL's performance 'that he did that!!'. He etched the character into our minds until we forget we are watching a fiction. Maybe there's a word that needs inventing to describe the effect of his acting.
I don’t think T would have assigned Dano but his frailties were a perfect juxtapose with DDL imo I think he’s brilliant 🤩
Dano’s character is bad but it’s realistic that he was bad. Fits the narrative perfectly for the timeline. That said I agree with Tarantino on the fact that Dano wasn’t on the same caliber as lewis for an ‘optimal’ back and forth. (Who is) Still, one of the best movies ever made and imo will remain that way for a long long time.
Just read today that Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement 🎉
There is something about this movie that gives me a feeling I seldom, if ever, have felt anywhere else. I may never be able to describe it or understand it, but it's there.
Awe
I feel you man
I honestly can't imagine anyone other than Paul Dano in that role, I thought he managed to perfectly portray someone who slowly but surely realizes he's dealing with a psychopathic megalomaniac.
I think Adam Driver could have done it, maybe even better. If you've seen him in Silence, the Scorsese film, you can see what I'm talking about.
Philip Seymore Hoffman
Eli and Daniel were both businessmen competing for the towns business. I thought PTA set up that dichotomy perfectly when Eli asked Daniel if he could say a prayer before the ribbon cutting ceremony and Daniel agreed then ignored him. He didn't want to share the profits with anyone but himself, which is also why he's never shown pursuing women (like his fake brother) or building real relationships with people. Even H.W. was merely a prop to get people to sign their land over to him.
I think Eli actually realized almost immediately that Daniel is a psychopathic megalomaniac. He just thought he could use that to his advantage. Eli's true revelation is that he was never in control, and Daniel played him like a fiddle the entire time.
Why would you not edit the scenes that Q was talking about while he was talking about them?
Was thinking the same thing.
@@podex1153 Might be because A.I. edited this video? Hmmm....
goat movie and acting performance. i saw it in the theater in 2008 and it took over my mind. it has had a major direct impact on my life to this day.
I'm not one to rewatch a lot of films but There Will Be Blood is one I've been happy to watch well over ten times.
Tarantino loves Boogie Nights the most because it's closer to his own work. Full of pop culture references and music, little or no film score, and minimal set pieces. Not to mention Tarantino was close to the porn biz working in a porn theater during that late 70's/early 80's era. He knows just as much detail about those old porn movies as he does commercial films. After Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Paul really took a huge leap in terms of craft though, and all the actors Paul uses are top notch. I love both directors, but if I were forced to choose ones catalog over the other, I'd go with Andersons.
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I feel like I have heard Quinton say "I will point oneeeee tinnny little thing" so many times over the years and I love the insights! Thought Dano was great though.
This movie has always been top 3 since I first saw it. I just love everything about it.
I love the opening scene: Dry, cracked earth. Hot, greasy, laborious, intense, focused, determined. He breaks his leg and still is so focused on scraping the inside of the cavern with his bare knuckles he seems to consider the fracture a minor inconvenience. Just .... whoa. People that did this kind of work were truly the backbone of the country.
Leave it to Tarantino to show me something NEW in my FAVORITE film after 15 years!
Like what? That was just rambling...
Something NEW in your FAVOURITE film? After 15 YEARS you say?? You are truly truly blessed.
Had to watch it three times to fully embrace it!
Just a humble fan. DONT KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MOVIE BETTER
It is an absolute masterpiece
I've memorized entire bits of dialogue from this movie. It's an absolute masterpiece.
I think I’ll take this as my que to make some time one night soon for my yearly viewing of this movie. One of my favorite movies, and like Quintin said, one of the greatest.
I completely disagree, Paul did such an amazing job for such younger actor. Not that I'm trying to justify anything by saying he was young, I'm just saying he is truly talented.
Inglorious Basterds is schlocky fun; to claim this film drove QT to reach new heights in its creation, to even mention both movies in the same sentence, is hubristic to say the least.
he says in this interview PTA is the one contemporary director that he sees reaching his level. he's very full of himself lol.
@@ayatollahlalalola you can dunk on tarantino all you want but not a single director in the world could have made kill bill except him. jackie brown would be anyone else's magnum opus. pulp fiction defined an entire generation of filmmaking. you can dislike him or prefer PTA to him, but his take here (which refers specifically to his contemporaries) is far from deluded.
What a great commentary! ❤
"I prefer the exuberance of Boogie Nights, over the formalism of There Will be Blood"
The way Tarantino absorbs, and describes movies, is unique. Its like every observation and measured critique, is simply above reproach. They are instantly, true.
Listening to him breaking down any movie, is both enjoyable, and enlightening.
This movie, I’ve shown to as many people as I could. It’s one of my favorites. “I drink your milkshake” 😆
I bought this movie during my deployment. Had no idea what it was about, but only got to do trips to the PX once a month or so. The box didn't explain anything, was just a simple "There Will Be Blood" and I bought it not knowing if it was a sci movie, horror, action flick etc. just hoping it would be good, and it ended up being insanely good. Most random movies I got from the Liberty PX sucked. I actually brought this DVD home and my little sister watched it and it's her favorite movie to this day.
The key is after the leg breaking journey he only starts talking because he knows he has to be a salesman and not a fighter anymore.
It’s not a film that has to rely on set pieces, it is a set piece in its entirety. It is substantially more stylish than any Tarantino film, by necessity of what is being portrayed and how, but not least because style is a concept that is first and foremost designed to attract attention and sell something. This film doesn’t try and sell you a thing, but by Christ does it hold your attention
Great movie
Paul Dano was fuckin incredible. Tarantino was secretly mad the role wasn't played by Tim Roth, I bet. Smh..
I was waiting for QT's 'if I have one criticism' and then have some half-baked nonsense alluding to how 'he would have done it better'. If it were a QT movie, Eli would have had just as much fire and brimstone and grandstanding as Daniel and it would have missed the point entirely: Eli needed to be snivelling and weak in his corruption to contrast with Plainview. They're just as repellent as each other, but Plainview is a new and stronger force.
Incredible to think that he hopped into the role while the film was already being shot. The first guy dropped out due to being a bastard from a basket.
Serves him right. Basket bastards are the worst kind of bastard
Dano is a hack.
the score was amazing and groundbreaking
Plainview, not Longview.
Paul and Daniel Plainview are equally vicious, just on opposite sides. It's such a classic struggle of, what would you say, science vs. religion, dark vs. light, strong vs weak. idk. Just incredible.
Cool. Great to hear.
Danial day Lewis is such a class act ,he carries the weight of any character given to him…and steps in to all rolls like a hand in glove…his performance in gangs of New York was exquisite….hopefully we get a few more movies from this legend
Despite announcing his retirement in 2017, he's acting in a movie co-written with his son, so you should be able to see him in something new in the near future.
I didn't think Paul Dano was in the same movie at all. IMO it wasn't just about Dano not being as good of an actor, but he didn't have the period look and presence that every other supporting actor in the film did.
It’s interesting that Tarantino doesn’t think Dano’s performance isn’t up there with Day-Lewis’. Whilst there are few who could be, the original actor cast in Dano’s role(s) was replaced during filming.
Inglorious bastards didn't even come close.
Maybe not, but it's absolutely Tarantino stepping up his game after the Kill Bill and Grindhouse era. Even though I like those movies, they were each kind of a mini QT Fest (meaning his curated marathons in Austin of favorite movies from other directors) and somehow, unlike the festivals, less than the sum of their parts. I won't put Inglourious Basterds on a level with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but it's Quentin returning to having a voice of his own.
My top 3 of PTA:
1. Boogie Nights
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Magnolia / The Master / Phantom Thread / Inherent Vice (sorry I cheated can't just make a top 3 he's too good of a director)
It’s interesting that Tarantino envisions Plainview crawling back…. Wouldn’t he need a horse (or two) to transport his tools, tent, wood, dynamite, etc… out to the site where he was digging?
And I believe it was silver, not gold, that he brought back with him….
Love Tarantino’s films, they are very fun, but PTA is on a diferent level… Tarantino is more Scorsese while PTA is more Kubrick.
I don't understand the Taratino/Scorsese comparisons. There styles of filmmaking are widely different, even when approaching similar concepts. Tarantino is very Hollywood. Scorsese is very New York.
Magnolia constantly overlooked
1:32 100%
i walked out of the theater like 😵😵💫
no film has ever come close to what it did to me for days.
7:52 POV: you're at work and miss your cat...
Hey! I’m Daniel Day Lewis. Thank you for the compliments, QT! I’ll be in your last movie. Give me a holler.
I'm a big fan of your work Daniel. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Daniel! I love what you’ve done on film and your personality during interviews seems sublime. “Holler” is a funny choice of word for someone as articulate as yourself. Have a great life.
LMAO😅😂
I think youre telling fibs.😂
Hey! I'm Jesus. Thank you for giving me someone to forgive, troll! I'll be in your last thoughts before you shuffle off this mortal coil. When you're ready to repent your evil ways, give me a holler.
It's in my top 20 must see movies! Best soundtrack after the 2001 of Kubrick, in my opinion
I've seen a man crawl amazingly rough terrain (on the slopes of Mount Terrible no less), only because he wouldn't let me carry him, and carry loot with him in the form of a half nice tool kit.
I don't know if they make them like they used to in South Australia, but I've got a feeling they do.
The film actually trumps the book, by Upton Sinclair as well (The Jungle -a must read). A monumental feat of film-making. Atmosphere like a pressure cooker waiting to go off, from the opening scene in that pit
to clarify the book it's based on is called Oil, but don't read that, read The Jungle first
Of course Tarantino prefers Boogie Nights over There Will Be Blood. I love the guy, but his style is still on the level of a promising young filmmaker. Bravado over understated substance.
Please what is the music behind the voice in the beginning???
THE MASTER is Anderson’s finest hour so far (IMO). I was happy to read it’s his favorite too.
Great imagery and I'll never forget the naked scene. The interview and basically all scenes with Joaquin and PSH were breathtaking
Crushing critique on Paul Dano's performance. Oof.
Yeah. Paul dano is brilliant in this. Plus he was brought on to the job super late & had little time to prepare. Paul dano deserves high praise for this film 👍
Paul Dano’s performance fit the role. He’s supposed to be a bad actor, he’s a fake and pathetic character. Now whether it was intentional by Paul is beyond the point, it fits the character perfectly.
No doubt. I thought Dano was quite good, but it is true that he is acting alongside a titan of actors which will dampen a great performance.
@@pizzaman11 Good point, but it's definitely hard to understand how fake he is on a first watch of the movie. In general that's probably really hard to convey. Sadly I don't think Dano nailed it because he comes across as quite serious for a lot of the movie. It's as if he's indecisive on whether to be pathetic or whether to be Plainview's equal.
@@NistacularGiven Dano’s character’s emotional similarity to Trump, I’d say he did a far greater job than Tarantino is suggesting here. Real narcissistic and sociopathic people really do behave erratically, childishly at times, while purporting to have serious and profound interests. Especially when their weakness is exposed. Dano’s character is an ideal counterpoint to Day Lewis’s relentless anti-hero.
Glad Tarantino got that Inglorious Basterds plug in at the end...
That's my favorite film my buddies used to talk about Boogie Nights I've never watched that movie
Never watched boogie nights. I guess I'll check it out now.
its weird because when i first watched this film--after hearing so much about it-- I felt let down. But then it became this thing that I'd watch whenever it was on and there was just something about it. Now it's a film I consider solid.
This is one of the greatest films ever made...
Paul Dano seemed like a polar opposite to the character portrayed by DDL, created a perfect balance
Tarantino made a couple good ones in the 90's. Everything else has been self indulgent back slapping. Basically America since 2001.
Right on this is very cool 🎉~
Fun fact: the film score was written by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead's multi-instrumentalist genius.
Have you seen/heard his score for "Phantom Thread"? Wow.
@@MrGordonGartrelle He literally wrote period appropriate original string quartet and piano music in the style of Ravel for that one. His musical depth and breadth are continually mind boggling.
Agree. Boogie Nights is a better film. The Dano overacting was a bit hard to watch, Dano’s best performance was Escape from Dannemora. He was brilliant. Didn’t even realize it was him,
Interesting point about the heroic nature of the opening giving the character a sort of heroic license for the rest of the film…
Dead wrong about Paul Dano, though… Brilliant counterweight to DDL
gunna have to watch this again now
I like Dano's performance but I definitely see what Tarantino is talking about. If he could have matched Plainview in his desperation for Power, while maintaining his lack of masculinity, you'd almost certainly have a better movie. That's Insane considering "as is" this is easily one of the best movies ever made.
I could listen to Tarantino talk about movies all day.
It would be the best movie in the last decade, except it came out in 2007. It’s an amazing movie. Based on a classic novel also, which takes a much different turn plot wise.
Hey Q! What was the name of the movie, again?
My favorite film ever
3:20 He calls him Daniel Longview lol
You are an absolute simpleton. He says we see Daniel, long view, as in the terminology of the filming style, it's far away, called a "long view."
He didn't call him "Daniel Longview." What he meant, you absolute stooge, was We see Daniel, in a long view, running.
2:36 Tarantino's PTA impression proves Tarantino could've been a great actor.
For loving this movie, I thought his review was incredibly uninspiring for anyone who wanted to watch the movie.
I’m not saying it should’ve been all rainbow and butterflies but when I listen to him talk about his own movies, there’s a love and a joy that was not even remotely present in this review.
There Will Be Blood is the best film of this century. You have to go back to the mid nineties to find anything close.
Heat?
@@Eric12682 Independence Day
I could listen to Tarantino review every film ever made.
Something about Daniel’s facial countenance in this character reminds me a little bit of Stalin. Weird right? Maybe it’s just the mustache and squinty eyes. Too bad he couldn’t play him also that would probably be amazing. Imagine Lincoln AND Stalin immortalized by the same actor.
This movie is so good it makes me weep