tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691416.post133208354259782610..comments2023-08-21T09:54:44.260-05:00Comments on wrestling entropy: There Will Be Blood and At Least Two Rabbit Referencesallisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11306695897219837503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691416.post-2674420908798719822008-02-09T11:47:00.000-06:002008-02-09T11:47:00.000-06:00I can't wait for you to see *Blood* again and writ...I can't wait for you to see *Blood* again and write an in-depth review. The missus and I saw it last night and were utterly blown away. I haven't thought of PTA as an overtly political filmmaker; his ambition and genius seem centered around his own personal obsessions (gambling, porn, broken families, more porn). But here he takes on a particular moment in American history that explores how we have gotten where we are today. The frightening links among energy, commerce, religion, and manifest destiny were handled so gracefully that we never lost sight of the complex characters who engages these tropes. Also, I'll vouch for Sinclair's novel *Oil!* which is masterful in its own way. --ctlaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691416.post-65218691870897339202008-01-15T20:28:00.000-06:002008-01-15T20:28:00.000-06:00I love your enthusiasm. And I love that the Rabbi...I love your enthusiasm. <BR/><BR/>And I love that the Rabbit has posted yet another piece of deliciousness. She makes me smile, as do you. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Hugs.Jonesalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266248502817713731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691416.post-42432346238652303012008-01-15T15:38:00.000-06:002008-01-15T15:38:00.000-06:00A hearty second about There Will Be Blood. It's s...A hearty second about There Will Be Blood. It's striking to compare it with Gangs of New York: another movie by a great director starring a brilliant DDL as a savage monster, but a movie that somehow left something lacking. (Too conventional?) Even though I definitely agree that DDL owns There Will Be Blood, he does so, like you say, because of Paul Thomas Anderson--because he's an actor who has something to work with, and, more particularly, because he's got a destination to reach at the end. I feel lucky to be alive in a time when you can go to the theater and see a new DDL movie--lucky like Beatles fans going to pick up the new album.<BR/><BR/>P.S. You and I have discussed Anderson's nod to Goodfellas in the long tracking shot in Boogie Nights. I thought I detected a similar homage to the Godfather (Michael Corleone at the restaurant before committing murder) in the scene in There Will Be Blood when DDL and his son were having a steak dinner and the gents from Standard Oil came in. That face he pulled after downing his whiskey was like 800 shades of crazy.michael o'dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505281866696132211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691416.post-6544713831638447542008-01-15T11:38:00.000-06:002008-01-15T11:38:00.000-06:00I can't tell you how excited I am to see someone o...I can't tell you how excited I am to see someone other than myself write about James Rabbit! Seriously, these guys should be everywhere.Matthew Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384820943617118584noreply@blogger.com