
Written & Directed by Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt
MPAA: R – For Strong Violence, Language, Some Sexuality/Nudity, and Drug Content]
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The Paul Thoms Anderson Retrospective concludes! Last time, I splurged about the stream-of-consciousness filmmaking techniques employed in Punch-Drunk Love. Now, we’ll see Anderson, once again, going on a wildly different direction with his period-piece about oil tycoon Daniel Plainview: There Will Be Blood.
There will be spoilers in this There Will Be Blood analysis (heh), and I will go into some detail on the film’s wild finale, so it’s better suited if you’ve already seen the film (Which you should). If you haven’t read the previous three installments of the retrospectives, you can do so by clicking these links for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
Also, a variety of clips will be employed, so be sure to have a good connection to see them all. And fair warning to the squeamish: There is some violence in one of the clips. It’s off-screen, yet somehow remains brutal due to the sound-effects and the terrifying look on Daniel Day-Lewis’s face.
With all that being said, let’s drink some milkshakes as we dive right into There Will Be Blood.
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The Paul Thomas Anderson Retrospective continues! Last time, we looked at the interlinking narratives that connected in Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson’s biggest, most ambitious film. Today, though, we’ll see him scale back to make the quirky, surrealist “rom-com” (If you can call it that) Punch-Drunk Love.
As usual, there will be spoilers in this analysis. Nothing major, like in the Magnolia and Boogie Nights pieces, but it’s still recommended that you see the film first. So if you haven’t seen it yet, you can easily do so because it’s the only Paul Thoms Anderson movie that’s on Netflix Instant Watch, as of this writing.
Also, much like the last installment, I’m going to be employing several clips as examples for the filmmaking techniques that Anderson uses throughout the film, so make sure your connection is good enough to be buffering plenty of videos. Plus, some of the clips contain some strong language, so if that’s not your thing, you’ve been warned.
With all that being said, let’s buy some pudding and take a closer look at Punch-Drunk Love.
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