There Will Be Blood
02/22/2008 Posted by RWGraham
The Daniel Day-Lewis character is capitalism personified, as told through the eyes of socialist Upton Sinclair. He starts out hard-working, taciturn, honest and ruggedly individualistic, just like early capitalism. You like him, just like you like early Americans. But then he gradually devolves into madness. His final chapter is the same as that of capitalism, or of a 21st century America. The tension between the two competitive characters, the Holy Roller preacher (religion) and the Day-Lewis character (capitalism), is palpable throughout. It's about control: who's gonna have it and who's not. It's only logical that the the conclusion to the film is what it is.
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