There Will Be Blood is the fifth film by writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson. Many compare it to timeless classics such as Citizen Kain and Treasure of the Sierra Madre, others see it as nothing more than an exercise of misery. Daniel Day Lewis gives viewers one of the most praised performances of the last twenty years, a dark and lonely oil man who cares for nothing more than to succeed. Or so it seems.
Some people have mistakenly classified Daniel Plainview as a flat character, nothing but an empty soul without any empathy for other humans. I respectfully disagree. He is damaged, he is a hurt man, but his resentment for humanity is something displayed only at face value. Follow me as I dig inside the head of Daniel Plainview.
