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hallawayjoe Andyland 2008-02-26 1:26 PM blood Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) |
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There will be blood, based on Sinclair's Oil, can be dismissed as a film that rejects and indicts capitalism, but rather, it is a film that invites a critique of the "self-made-man," and hearkens back to the naturalist novels of the turn of the century such as McTeague. Plainview makes the mistake of exploiting Eli's family, and Eli, of course, lets the dollar signs interfere with any real spirituality he seemed to have. From the beginning, Eli's negotiating a business deal. Meanwhile, Plainview chooses his business over the raising of his son. The movie's flaw in that it turns to the naturalistic, and the symbolic... showing Plainview to be a monster, ruthless and conniving, and Lewis gives him any humanity we see in him. Also, the other corporate reps that plainview either scoffs at, threatens or trys to dominate are viewed as moral, reasonable for the most part. Plainview is the early 20th century version of Gordon Gecko. |
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