I only just watched this classic a few months ago. What a truly captivating and powerful performance by Daniel Day Lewis- spectacular. A great example of the never ending insatiable greed of man.
in answer to the final question. no. capitalism is based on individual greed. inevitably, there will be someone who wants what another has. and under capitalism, no holds are barred (a wrestling simile). indeed, cheating (using holds that are possibly deadly) is encouraged.
Technically, capitalism in its purest laissez faire form treats selfish materialism as a positive that allows the market to self regulate. In practice, a regulatory regime is needed to keep bad and reckless actors in check. Ironically, the optimal strategy for long term growth and success would be a collaboration, not a competition. The laws regulating anticompetitive behavior are supposed to keep any single entity from becoming too powerful. Lately, enforcement has been lacking and it will only get worse.
Back when things were better 😂. Pass a hotdog. Neoliberalism, NOT, capitalism of Adam Smith. You did remind of the religious element of this, poor catholic socialists vs the Protestants, or Calvin. Even to this day. Do we go back to feudalism? I’m always interested in this trading equally, my pile of stones for your gold. Not by the ton, that’s not fair .
There was also extensive gas and oil drilling in Southwest Michigan during that time period. Few traces of that remain today. One of the most interesting is the intersection of M-51 and Red Arrow Highway a few miles west of Paw Paw which bears the name Tea Pot Dome. A nearby restaurant called Tea Pot opened in 1925 and is still in business. Another restaurant called Tea Pot East opened on the same highway a couple of miles east of Paw Paw. Both are quite popular with locals for their reasonably priced meals. By the way, Red Arrow Highway is the former US 12 which was replaced by I-94 in the 1960's. It is roughly based on Michigan's oldest highway, the Territorial Road connecting Detroit and Chicago. According to a historical marker in Paw Paw there was so much traffic on this highway in the 1830's and '40's that travelers often could not find lodging along the way and had to sleep outdoors.
One of the things about Paul Thomas Anderson's films is that he usually chooses a number of complex subjects to serve as a basis for exploring human nature in terms of character and relationships. While there is so much to make out of the context of There Will Be Blood, still one of my favorite films and top-ranking masterpiece of Anderson's filmography so far, it happens to be just as much a film about oil and faith along the same lines as his prior film Boogie Nights was about the adult entertainment industry of the 1970's and 80's, and his later The Master was about scientology. While each film's subject provides a very rich canvas, highly detailed and mostly accurate and realistic (or surreal) in depiction, the subject usually takes a backseat to the characters, their individual characteristics, their relationships to the other characters and how they respond to characters and certain scenarios from which they are irrevocably bound. A lot of it has to do with the fact that Anderson is following in the path of his hero, the late Robert Altman, who established this particular storytelling and filmmaking structure in the 1970's with classics like M*A*S*H and Nashville. In fact, Anderson was actually 1st assistant director for the elderly Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and offered to take over as director proper should Altman's ailing health intrude during production. There Will Be Blood is in fact dedicated to Altman, who passed away prior to the film's release. In terms of the plot and its message, it's not really just about oil or religion, or even about the capitalist practices - it's more about the ambitions and relationship of its primary competing characters Daniel Plainview and Eli. As Plainview is misanthropic, he's all the more ambitious in seeing oil just as a way to accumulate enough wealth so that he can live on his own terms away from people, who he has very little reason to like (it's worth noting that a number of the supporting characters, with the possible exception of his adopted son and imposter brother, don't seem to make much of an impression on either him or the audience, and when your misanthropic character is played by Daniel Day-Lewis, it's not hard to see why). Only Eli seems to appeal to him because the degree of and commitment to his own ambitions as a preacher seem to match that of Plainview and are founded on the same greed, which Plainview seems to show respect and admiration for, much less so when his adopted son and young business partner H.W. becomes permanently deaf from the practice and Eli's apparent fraud becomes even more evident, their contest for success more openly becoming a battle of wills that reaches an intense, apocalyptic climax at the end with Eli's admittance of his failure and fraudulence, and Plainview's reasserting his dominance as the true champion of the fight with murderous results. While much of that ambition and heated conflict can be found in the fossil fuel industry and fundamentalist religion, it's not confined to those fields - it's evident in human nature as a whole.
He is one of my favorite directors. I almost can’t decide a favorite film because they’re all so amazing in their own right. Each one has stuck with me.
I clicked after seeing a sweet cherub parting the clouds in front of me, beckoning me forth to the stratosphere. ‘No!’ I said, causing quite a scene… ‘Not before I’ve binge watched a Netflix show with Nicholas.’ (He means the world to me)
Great topic. I am so curious about any connections that can be drawn between the protestant work ethic, which American rural Pentecostalism really embraced, and domestic violence. When I type it out like that it seems like an obvious connection.
@@CynicalHistorian It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I believe it's mentioned in there at one point. I know that in that opening scene Plainview says that he had a well coming in in the Coyote Hills and he had to "see about it."
I decided to one day do a Daniel Day Lewis Marathon from first to final movie. There will be blood completely surprised me at how good it really was his acting was so well done. Makes me wonder if Clint Eastwood directed a movie staring himself and Daniel Day Lewis how awesome it would be.
I want to see a buddy cop action movie staring Clint Eastwood and his son Scott as father and son police partners. It could be a finale to the Dirty Harry series with Harry coming out of retirement to help his son solve a case.
I'm a wheelchair-bound Guatemalan American that can pass for white and I'm genuinely scared of a resurgence of eugenics with the gene editing capabilities which we have today. I know that people don't consider my life to worthy of living. I'm also very concerned about the popularity of eugenics within the youth, especially the various "pills", since it trickle down from in-els to popular culture. The black pill especifically is just scientific racism repackaged with modern internet lingo.
@@CynicalHistorian Don't know if you're going to read this or not but if you do, then could you please do some videos about the following topics: 1. More on the 3rd Great Awakening and the history of Pentecostalism. 2. The 4th Great Awakening. 3. A review of the movie Glory. 4. Reviews of the movie Gettysburg and it's prequel Gods & Generals. 5. The history of the Boxer Rebellion. 6. A video of you showing us the titles of all the books in your collection. 7. A review of the historic allegories in all 3 Star Wars movie trilogies. 8. A review of the 😊historic allegories in Tolkien's Middle Earth books and movies. 9. A video about how Hollywood stars, directors, writers, etc. served in World War II. 10. A review of the movie Trumbo.
This is an amazing video! But also I wanted to add that eli (at least in the book) is heavily based on Aimee McPherson. As far as i know the final straw that got Sinclair to write this book was her "disappearance" in 1927
Great analysis of one of my favorite films! The manbearpig episode is what turned me off from being a south park diehard fan. Their "the truth is always in the middle" shtick was quite poisonous for a lot of serious issues.
From a historian to another: yes, I love your video-essays. But that is not the point. You ask yourself: is there a connection between the ways of the american people in the late 18tth c. and the mass shootings of today? But then, you also say that ruthlessness was the only to survive in that jungle (as a reference to the predatory practices of most of the oil tycoons of the era)... yet... aren't those tycoons the "pillars of society", as Ibsen put it? They were the pillars of that society (i.e. the one of the late 18th c.), but they are also pillars of this society, the one we have today - they serve as role models. They are " success" stories etc And you are taught from your very young age that murderers and con-men and thieves are ... role models.... what do you think might be the consequences. in terms of society (axiological terms to be more precise)? But let's take it a step further: aren't those guys the ancestors (therefore, father-figures, educators, role-models etc) of the political elite the US (and the rest of the world, for that matter, for this madness is not exclusively american - quite the contrary. the american way has made it ... glamorous, that is all. The European ways simply acknowledged people like Rockefeller or Ford or their European counterparts - but did not preach their stories as "success stories". Why? because they were common people. It would take time to make counts & thieves out of just thieves, common and simple thieves).? Aren't people like that the very essence and origin of most of the power and wealth of the US political class (to which one should add the sons and daughters of slavers who are now in the US congress).? Conclusion - what kind of society one might get when their pillars are blatant stories of murders and corruption and thievery and childish predatory practices, undisguised by e.g. the European or the Asiatic facade of hypocrisy that covers-up such acts? Does this have something to do with school shootings? What is to be expected from a world where you are taught that a true american does the american thing, that taking your own fate in your own hands, together with a gun, for God has indeed created man but Colt has made him equal, isn't it?
I once woke my brother out of a dead sleep demanding to know what the color of our barn was. He answered correctly but flew into an instant rage. The thing is this happened many years before this movie came out or dare I say Daniel Day Lewis's career had reached the point it is today. I thought my brother was an impostor and had to find out for sure.
Sadly, I think Propaganda films can often have the opposite effect that their messages convey. The whole point is to convince someone who needs convincing but I personally think they cause people to double down instead. It's like challenging someone's convictions, it's hard to do. I often use a graph that shows global temperatures during the later years of WWII which saw a noticeable increase, and then the sharp decline in those temperatures after the war ended. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand why. And being it was so far back in history that you can not call it "Manipulated" or "Propaganda" I think it's a great piece of evidence to show mankind's effect on global temperatures.
It's so sad seeing this character because sign language can be a little easier to pick up than one might think. Working in factories with more than two or three languages being spoken taught me whole languages of impromptu signs lol
Is it bad that I can’t read this title without thinking of it as “there will be blood and history,” as in “you may be bleeding, but at least now you get to know all about Napoleon’s Russia campaign?”
I love this movie and it's certainly in my top 10 since 2000. Also loved Downfall, Snatch, No Country for Old Men, City of God, Fury Road, LOTR Trilogy, and most of QT's movies.
Great video! What you said about presentism, and how it's not necessarily a bad thing in a historical movie, reminded me about one of mine favorite historical movies, which hardly anyone heard about. It's the Polish movie _Szwadron_ (Squadron) released in 1993. It's about the January Uprising of 1863-1864 against the Russian Empire, told from the perspective of a young Russian officer becoming disillusioned. I recently rewatched it and it seemed to me way more relevant to the present, than it was when I frist watched it. Unfortunately. Edit: Sorry for going so far off topic.
Cypher I just want to say that I’m very appreciative of your channel. Even though my historical interests lay more with the Roman republic, late antiquity, and the French high Middle Ages I’m very pleased at how you’ve explained what makes a good historian and how to conduct research. This is definitely one of the best channels in YT and I hope you have success in your field.
Regarding the environmentalist point. Even though it cam be interpreted it that way it really isnt the film's intention which in truth is obviously a more literal interpretation which you clarified prior. They ARE purely allegorical and I personally like to keep it that way and remain within strictly within the film's intentional meaning. However your comments about Pentecostalism relative to the film were gold since I knew nothing about that stuff. Also this "new historism" you mentioned at the end sounds almost heretical. I'm ok with people using the current events of a time to further garher more interpretation from a movie/series/piece of art etc. But there is always a vision that the artists and writers set forth for you to see and it should be appreciated as it's intentional objective meaning. It's King. Anthing else like your environmentalism point and the iraq war is just extra.
And yet lots of people seem to make sport of completely missing the basic meanings imbued by the artist. It can't be helped, so artists shouldn't be too hung up on it. Movies particularly are a collaborative effort. Messaging can be altered without direct intent or anyone's notice.
@@LawlessChemistry even if they missed the point it doesn't mean the point isn't there or that other points that you've thought up are superior. While a movie is a collaborative effort, the original vision is birthed from the writer and given form via the director who hires actors instructs how things go etc etc.
He's a he. Afterall, he's King Richard I, reincarnated (though I've removed his ability to procreate, much like previous Richard did to himself). He gets exactly as much coverage as he wants, since he chooses to interrupt
Great analysis, I personally found myself not enjoying the movie. There is some fault in its deliberate pacing, which demands patience from the audience. While Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an exceptional performance as Daniel Plainview, the film's character complexity leaves some viewers like me craving more insight into the protagonist's psyche. Nevertheless, the film's exploration of greed and morality, coupled with its stunning cinematography, makes it a compelling and thought-provoking experience overall.
Is saying DDL is a GOAT acceptable? Either way, I want to experience his process. He turned down Hanks role in Philadelphia, then lost an Oscar to Hanks in that role. He turns down epic roles regularly, simply because he respects the craft so much.
Great breakdown. The parallels to capitalism and environmentalism is very evident, but the discussion on how Calvinism begot Capitalism is even greater. I'm not sure that that was explicitly the desired intent of the story by showing the corruption of the preacher, but it is clearly something that comes through in the narrative almost innately. Calvinism is still ever present in the televangelists who preach prosperity gospels; that God blessed those that gain wealth and the more the greater His love, then asks for sizably disproportionate donations to prove their devotion so He bestows it back 10 fold upon them.
I once woke my brother in a similar fashion to Mr. Plainview accusing him of being an imposter. He guessed the right color of our barn and then flew into an Instant Rage and was not happy at all. What else are brothers for?
"An Inconvenient Truth" was a film by Larry David's wife about talks that Al Gore was giving about a real and growing issue. It wasn't really "Al Gore's movie"-
This movie is so boring, yet gripping, a bit like Silence, a slow burn or whatever the term is for that. Suppose its to make you feel what the characters feel.
some of it filmed here in Marfa. brother was an extra in scene cut out. actors families liked his rock shop. several other ol west movies filmed here. giant,gud ol boys, dead men walk, . once knew a kid who was penticostal.or maybe last name. in grade school on visit to old homestead, he/family ignored me so walked cross town home.1st grade?
@@CynicalHistorianyou're own meaning in saying Eli Sunday fails at being charismatic in context could be taken to mean that you felt the character and by extension Dano's performance failed at being compelling. I don't why you're insulting someone for not knowing what a word means when their use is in line with the primary definition and usage of that word.
are you referring to charismatic christianity? admittedly never heard of that but eli sunday seemed to have left a pretty good impression on his congregation as a preacher
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One of my favorite films. You did a great job adding context to it. Btw I'm making a video about the Teapot Dome Scandal!
I only just watched this classic a few months ago. What a truly captivating and powerful performance by Daniel Day Lewis- spectacular. A great example of the never ending insatiable greed of man.
Well said, I love Daniel Day-Lewis but man I surely hate Plainview and somewhat kinda wish he gotten some sort of comeuppance.
in answer to the final question.
no.
capitalism is based on individual greed.
inevitably, there will be someone who wants what another has.
and under capitalism, no holds are barred (a wrestling simile).
indeed, cheating (using holds that are possibly deadly) is encouraged.
I disagree the answer is yes
Technically, capitalism in its purest laissez faire form treats selfish materialism as a positive that allows the market to self regulate. In practice, a regulatory regime is needed to keep bad and reckless actors in check. Ironically, the optimal strategy for long term growth and success would be a collaboration, not a competition. The laws regulating anticompetitive behavior are supposed to keep any single entity from becoming too powerful. Lately, enforcement has been lacking and it will only get worse.
@@LawlessChemistry I have only one quibble.
and that is the word "technically".
@@highcouncil1302 you disagree the answer is yes?
or
you disagree, the answer is yes?
either way...
no.
is still my answer.
@@kidmohair8151 capitalism allows for better community in my mind
"South Park is that shitty relative that you have good memories of".
Wow, that hit home... But accurately sums up what I feel about South Park.
19112-1921 1:46
2:37 💀
Back when things were better 😂. Pass a hotdog. Neoliberalism, NOT, capitalism of Adam Smith. You did remind of the religious element of this, poor catholic socialists vs the Protestants, or Calvin. Even to this day. Do we go back to feudalism? I’m always interested in this trading equally, my pile of stones for your gold. Not by the ton, that’s not fair .
But the real question: Did he drink his Milkshake?
I drink it up
What flavor was it btw
Hoped someone brought this up as soon as I saw the title. I am not disappointed.
He drank it up
DRAINAGE
There was also extensive gas and oil drilling in Southwest Michigan during that time period. Few traces of that remain today. One of the most interesting is the intersection of M-51 and Red Arrow Highway a few miles west of Paw Paw which bears the name Tea Pot Dome. A nearby restaurant called Tea Pot opened in 1925 and is still in business. Another restaurant called Tea Pot East opened on the same highway a couple of miles east of Paw Paw. Both are quite popular with locals for their reasonably priced meals. By the way, Red Arrow Highway is the former US 12 which was replaced by I-94 in the 1960's. It is roughly based on Michigan's oldest highway, the Territorial Road connecting Detroit and Chicago. According to a historical marker in Paw Paw there was so much traffic on this highway in the 1830's and '40's that travelers often could not find lodging along the way and had to sleep outdoors.
Not to be confused with Teapot Dome, Wyoming of course.
Thank a RepubliCON
One of the things about Paul Thomas Anderson's films is that he usually chooses a number of complex subjects to serve as a basis for exploring human nature in terms of character and relationships. While there is so much to make out of the context of There Will Be Blood, still one of my favorite films and top-ranking masterpiece of Anderson's filmography so far, it happens to be just as much a film about oil and faith along the same lines as his prior film Boogie Nights was about the adult entertainment industry of the 1970's and 80's, and his later The Master was about scientology. While each film's subject provides a very rich canvas, highly detailed and mostly accurate and realistic (or surreal) in depiction, the subject usually takes a backseat to the characters, their individual characteristics, their relationships to the other characters and how they respond to characters and certain scenarios from which they are irrevocably bound.
A lot of it has to do with the fact that Anderson is following in the path of his hero, the late Robert Altman, who established this particular storytelling and filmmaking structure in the 1970's with classics like M*A*S*H and Nashville. In fact, Anderson was actually 1st assistant director for the elderly Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and offered to take over as director proper should Altman's ailing health intrude during production. There Will Be Blood is in fact dedicated to Altman, who passed away prior to the film's release.
In terms of the plot and its message, it's not really just about oil or religion, or even about the capitalist practices - it's more about the ambitions and relationship of its primary competing characters Daniel Plainview and Eli. As Plainview is misanthropic, he's all the more ambitious in seeing oil just as a way to accumulate enough wealth so that he can live on his own terms away from people, who he has very little reason to like (it's worth noting that a number of the supporting characters, with the possible exception of his adopted son and imposter brother, don't seem to make much of an impression on either him or the audience, and when your misanthropic character is played by Daniel Day-Lewis, it's not hard to see why). Only Eli seems to appeal to him because the degree of and commitment to his own ambitions as a preacher seem to match that of Plainview and are founded on the same greed, which Plainview seems to show respect and admiration for, much less so when his adopted son and young business partner H.W. becomes permanently deaf from the practice and Eli's apparent fraud becomes even more evident, their contest for success more openly becoming a battle of wills that reaches an intense, apocalyptic climax at the end with Eli's admittance of his failure and fraudulence, and Plainview's reasserting his dominance as the true champion of the fight with murderous results. While much of that ambition and heated conflict can be found in the fossil fuel industry and fundamentalist religion, it's not confined to those fields - it's evident in human nature as a whole.
He is one of my favorite directors. I almost can’t decide a favorite film because they’re all so amazing in their own right. Each one has stuck with me.
As soon as I saw there Will be blood I clicked
I clicked after seeing a sweet cherub parting the clouds in front of me, beckoning me forth to the stratosphere. ‘No!’ I said, causing quite a scene… ‘Not before I’ve binge watched a Netflix show with Nicholas.’ (He means the world to me)
4:46 Bob La Follette was the Bernie Sanders of the 20’s and I appreciate his service greatly
Edit SO MANY OIL PUNS!!!!
Another exciting video, happy New Year in advance Cypher.
Wow! I never made the connections. Incredible lecture, as always! ❤
I bet Paul Dano was genuinely afraid because as we all know Daniel Day-Lewis is a method actor.
They already had worked together before TWBB so I don't know if that made him more confident or more scared to work with Daniel again lol
Great topic. I am so curious about any connections that can be drawn between the protestant work ethic, which American rural Pentecostalism really embraced, and domestic violence.
When I type it out like that it seems like an obvious connection.
Thought you were going to mention the growth of prosperity gospel within the modern Christian church when you talked about Max Weber.
what gay undertones ??
Answer : no.
Just followed you on Twitch which I never use but I'll try and watch the VOD's you have on your channel. Looks like great stuff!
You blew it by trying to tie in “global warming”. Stay away from politics. You alienate a whole portion of your audience.
You forgot about manbearpig.
Nevermind.
Allegory... Al Gore...? Is there a new conspiracy theory here?
The Coyote Hills near La Habra were also mentioned and I believe the film's opening scene takes place in what's supposed to be Signal Hill.
I haven't noticed anything to indicate that. How do you know?
@@CynicalHistorian It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I believe it's mentioned in there at one point. I know that in that opening scene Plainview says that he had a well coming in in the Coyote Hills and he had to "see about it."
I decided to one day do a Daniel Day Lewis Marathon from first to final movie. There will be blood completely surprised me at how good it really was his acting was so well done. Makes me wonder if Clint Eastwood directed a movie staring himself and Daniel Day Lewis how awesome it would be.
I want to see a buddy cop action movie staring Clint Eastwood and his son Scott as father and son police partners. It could be a finale to the Dirty Harry series with Harry coming out of retirement to help his son solve a case.
Man-Bear-Pig drank the milkshake.
I'm a wheelchair-bound Guatemalan American that can pass for white and I'm genuinely scared of a resurgence of eugenics with the gene editing capabilities which we have today. I know that people don't consider my life to worthy of living.
I'm also very concerned about the popularity of eugenics within the youth, especially the various "pills", since it trickle down from in-els to popular culture. The black pill especifically is just scientific racism repackaged with modern internet lingo.
I think you meant this comment for my previous video on racialization
@@CynicalHistorian Don't know if you're going to read this or not but if you do, then could you please do some videos about the following topics:
1. More on the 3rd Great Awakening and the history of Pentecostalism.
2. The 4th Great Awakening.
3. A review of the movie Glory.
4. Reviews of the movie Gettysburg and it's prequel Gods & Generals.
5. The history of the Boxer Rebellion.
6. A video of you showing us the titles of all the books in your collection.
7. A review of the historic allegories in all 3 Star Wars movie trilogies.
8. A review of the 😊historic allegories in Tolkien's Middle Earth books and movies.
9. A video about how Hollywood stars, directors, writers, etc. served in World War II.
10. A review of the movie Trumbo.
no i think that was just blood, no history
Just discovered your channel so hello from a new subscriber!
P.S there's something about your cat that my dog finds very attractive 🤣🤣🤣
I read oil back in 2022 and suffice to say it’s right up there with the jungle
Ugh...global warming.....
King Richard has black and pink toe beans
He does indeed. One is even both!
This is an amazing video!
But also I wanted to add that eli (at least in the book) is heavily based on Aimee McPherson. As far as i know the final straw that got Sinclair to write this book was her "disappearance" in 1927
Great analysis of one of my favorite films! The manbearpig episode is what turned me off from being a south park diehard fan. Their "the truth is always in the middle" shtick was quite poisonous for a lot of serious issues.
From a historian to another: yes, I love your video-essays. But that is not the point. You ask yourself: is there a connection between the ways of the american people in the late 18tth c. and the mass shootings of today? But then, you also say that ruthlessness was the only to survive in that jungle (as a reference to the predatory practices of most of the oil tycoons of the era)... yet... aren't those tycoons the "pillars of society", as Ibsen put it? They were the pillars of that society (i.e. the one of the late 18th c.), but they are also pillars of this society, the one we have today - they serve as role models. They are " success" stories etc And you are taught from your very young age that murderers and con-men and thieves are ... role models.... what do you think might be the consequences. in terms of society (axiological terms to be more precise)? But let's take it a step further: aren't those guys the ancestors (therefore, father-figures, educators, role-models etc) of the political elite the US (and the rest of the world, for that matter, for this madness is not exclusively american - quite the contrary. the american way has made it ... glamorous, that is all. The European ways simply acknowledged people like Rockefeller or Ford or their European counterparts - but did not preach their stories as "success stories". Why? because they were common people. It would take time to make counts & thieves out of just thieves, common and simple thieves).? Aren't people like that the very essence and origin of most of the power and wealth of the US political class (to which one should add the sons and daughters of slavers who are now in the US congress).? Conclusion - what kind of society one might get when their pillars are blatant stories of murders and corruption and thievery and childish predatory practices, undisguised by e.g. the European or the Asiatic facade of hypocrisy that covers-up such acts? Does this have something to do with school shootings? What is to be expected from a world where you are taught that a true american does the american thing, that taking your own fate in your own hands, together with a gun, for God has indeed created man but Colt has made him equal, isn't it?
I once woke my brother out of a dead sleep demanding to know what the color of our barn was. He answered correctly but flew into an instant rage. The thing is this happened many years before this movie came out or dare I say Daniel Day Lewis's career had reached the point it is today. I thought my brother was an impostor and had to find out for sure.
No, I definitely did not see any queer undertones in this movie. Was that confirmed by the screenwriters and director?
Sadly, I think Propaganda films can often have the opposite effect that their messages convey. The whole point is to convince someone who needs convincing but I personally think they cause people to double down instead. It's like challenging someone's convictions, it's hard to do. I often use a graph that shows global temperatures during the later years of WWII which saw a noticeable increase, and then the sharp decline in those temperatures after the war ended. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand why. And being it was so far back in history that you can not call it "Manipulated" or "Propaganda" I think it's a great piece of evidence to show mankind's effect on global temperatures.
This is exactly why I think there’s a good case to be made that Harding was our third worst president.
I didn’t really see any homoeroticism in this movie. I feel that’s something you’d have to go actively looking for.
Watching this made me glad that I'm unintelligent enough to enjoy a movie at face value, without delving into the director's deeper meaning 🤔
It's so sad seeing this character because sign language can be a little easier to pick up than one might think. Working in factories with more than two or three languages being spoken taught me whole languages of impromptu signs lol
Great movie, Oil! I think was still more humorous and enlightening
Is it bad that I can’t read this title without thinking of it as “there will be blood and history,” as in “you may be bleeding, but at least now you get to know all about Napoleon’s Russia campaign?”
That's intentional
Let us not forget "There Will Be Brawl" the smash bros fan film.
Can you do this for Boardwalk Empire?
We have since legalized this behavior
What happened to the " bastard in The basket"?
Youre from San Jouquin County?! We grew up in the same neighborhood basically lol Stockton has a way of sticking on people like that
I was born in San Luis Obispo, but mostly grew up in Henderson, NV
OMG I LOVE James Burke! I've watched his Connections series again and again and again. They're so good!
Yeah. For some reason, Connections isn't viewed as the historian equivalent of Cosmos. The only explanation to me is the Opti ignorance of history
The best movie of the 21st century so far!!
I love this movie and it's certainly in my top 10 since 2000. Also loved Downfall, Snatch, No Country for Old Men, City of God, Fury Road, LOTR Trilogy, and most of QT's movies.
Great video!
What you said about presentism, and how it's not necessarily a bad thing in a historical movie, reminded me about one of mine favorite historical movies, which hardly anyone heard about. It's the Polish movie _Szwadron_ (Squadron) released in 1993. It's about the January Uprising of 1863-1864 against the Russian Empire, told from the perspective of a young Russian officer becoming disillusioned. I recently rewatched it and it seemed to me way more relevant to the present, than it was when I frist watched it. Unfortunately.
Edit: Sorry for going so far off topic.
Great video!! And adorable kitty
Cypher I just want to say that I’m very appreciative of your channel. Even though my historical interests lay more with the Roman republic, late antiquity, and the French high Middle Ages I’m very pleased at how you’ve explained what makes a good historian and how to conduct research. This is definitely one of the best channels in YT and I hope you have success in your field.
There will be fur balls!
11:52 where can i find vods for these?
To answer your final question: hell naw.
You should watch a RUclips channel called forgotten history. Love to get your take on his videos
It's despicable
Will Durant on the bookshelf...
HA!!!! Clamper shirt! I love it.
One of the best movies from one of the best years for film
One of my favorites, love ❤️ Daniel Day Lewis
He did do a lot of good acting roles such as Lincoln.
@@itsblitz4437don’t forget gangs of New York
@@itsblitz4437 He's one of the best, I've loved his work since "Last of the Mochians"
Dude I was just rewatching some of your videos and this popped up. One of my favorite films. Thanks.
This was fantastic. Great video. I’m also from SLO by the way!
Regarding the environmentalist point. Even though it cam be interpreted it that way it really isnt the film's intention which in truth is obviously a more literal interpretation which you clarified prior. They ARE purely allegorical and I personally like to keep it that way and remain within strictly within the film's intentional meaning. However your comments about Pentecostalism relative to the film were gold since I knew nothing about that stuff. Also this "new historism" you mentioned at the end sounds almost heretical. I'm ok with people using the current events of a time to further garher more interpretation from a movie/series/piece of art etc. But there is always a vision that the artists and writers set forth for you to see and it should be appreciated as it's intentional objective meaning. It's King. Anthing else like your environmentalism point and the iraq war is just extra.
And yet lots of people seem to make sport of completely missing the basic meanings imbued by the artist. It can't be helped, so artists shouldn't be too hung up on it. Movies particularly are a collaborative effort. Messaging can be altered without direct intent or anyone's notice.
@@LawlessChemistry even if they missed the point it doesn't mean the point isn't there or that other points that you've thought up are superior. While a movie is a collaborative effort, the original vision is birthed from the writer and given form via the director who hires actors instructs how things go etc etc.
Love the James Burke shoutout!
Very informative and
Yaaaa, OK.....you right
another great episode but can we gat a special cat episeode? she seems cute :)
He's a he. Afterall, he's King Richard I, reincarnated (though I've removed his ability to procreate, much like previous Richard did to himself). He gets exactly as much coverage as he wants, since he chooses to interrupt
Great videos btw.
Interesting new conceptual ideas. Maybe I should have continued my education after all.
I read the title and briefly panicked as it seemed like you were announcing a spree of violence yourself
Who says I wasn't!? Mwahaha. Bigots shall be banned in a reign of blood and history, hahaha. HAHAHA. WHA-HA-HA-HA
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GOOD MOVIE
I'd like to read his dissertation.
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I like the word "portentous" also. Thank you for using it.
As long as it doesn't get confused for pretentious, lol
I'm kind of disappointed that Red Dead Redemption only included a cameo of Plainview, he would have been an awesome side character.
Great analysis, I personally found myself not enjoying the movie. There is some fault in its deliberate pacing, which demands patience from the audience. While Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an exceptional performance as Daniel Plainview, the film's character complexity leaves some viewers like me craving more insight into the protagonist's psyche. Nevertheless, the film's exploration of greed and morality, coupled with its stunning cinematography, makes it a compelling and thought-provoking experience overall.
Is saying DDL is a GOAT acceptable? Either way, I want to experience his process. He turned down Hanks role in Philadelphia, then lost an Oscar to Hanks in that role. He turns down epic roles regularly, simply because he respects the craft so much.
Thanks for this video. Never saw the movie, probably never will, but I loved learning about the history! Also: HI KITTY!!!!
absolute banger!
Good analysis...Love this film.
Love ya man, you're always great.
Great breakdown. The parallels to capitalism and environmentalism is very evident, but the discussion on how Calvinism begot Capitalism is even greater. I'm not sure that that was explicitly the desired intent of the story by showing the corruption of the preacher, but it is clearly something that comes through in the narrative almost innately. Calvinism is still ever present in the televangelists who preach prosperity gospels; that God blessed those that gain wealth and the more the greater His love, then asks for sizably disproportionate donations to prove their devotion so He bestows it back 10 fold upon them.
What?
Who?
I once woke my brother in a similar fashion to Mr. Plainview accusing him of being an imposter. He guessed the right color of our barn and then flew into an Instant Rage and was not happy at all. What else are brothers for?
"An Inconvenient Truth" was a film by Larry David's wife about talks that Al Gore was giving about a real and growing issue. It wasn't really "Al Gore's movie"-
This movie is so boring, yet gripping, a bit like Silence, a slow burn or whatever the term is for that. Suppose its to make you feel what the characters feel.
I've used that milkshake metaphor numerous times and never knew where it came from. Now I remember.
In my opinion the idea of the Protestant Work Ethic has been used as a way to blame the poor for not succeeding materially.
some of it filmed here in Marfa. brother was an extra in scene cut out. actors families liked his rock shop. several other ol west movies filmed here. giant,gud ol boys, dead men walk, . once knew a kid who was penticostal.or maybe last name. in grade school on visit to old homestead, he/family ignored me so walked cross town home.1st grade?
When the first 10 guys joined together for mutual benefit, at least one of them was that guy.
Will there be a "Based on a true story" review of "There will be blood?"
what do you mean he wasnt charismatic? paul dano sold the hell out of that role!!
I don't think you know what "charismatic" means. Look it up
@@CynicalHistorianyou're own meaning in saying Eli Sunday fails at being charismatic in context could be taken to mean that you felt the character and by extension Dano's performance failed at being compelling. I don't why you're insulting someone for not knowing what a word means when their use is in line with the primary definition and usage of that word.
are you referring to charismatic christianity? admittedly never heard of that but eli sunday seemed to have left a pretty good impression on his congregation as a preacher
"I will teach you how to spill oil, with my knife!"
Gore before Moore!
Not chronologically
Just poorly paraphrasing Emperor Tigerstar @14:02
There Will Be Blood was one hell of a strange 🤔 ride of a movie with a lot of dark elements.
2:43 just so you know… this is the same as the current uk government
This is the best analysis of this movie on RUclips
Dang, now I kind of wanna know what you think about the series M*A*S*H...
It's the only sitcom that genuinely like, though All In the Family and That 70s are fun sometimes