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There will be blood stills12/2/2023 ![]() ![]() The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there’s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out. ![]() ![]() Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. An analysis of the mise en scne in Andersons There Will Be Blood, concentrating on the use of props, framing, color, and performance in the films final. The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. ![]()
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