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31ª Mostra > 12/02/2008
Text: Leon Cakoff, from Berlim, to ‘Jornal da Mostra’
EPIC ABOUT GREED REMINDS OF ‘CITIZEN KANE’
There hasn’t probably been such a daranging film about greed in decades as THERE WILL BE BLOOD, by Paul Thomas Anderson. But CITIZEN KANE, by Orson Welles is still unbeatable. It doesn’t seem to be the motivation of the modern American director, but he knows of cinema very much. By embracing such an ambitious project, Anderson has also adapted to the Hollywood star system and built his impressive saga focusing his cameras precisely on the evolution of an absolute character, played by extraordinary Daniel Day-Lewis. With an actor like him nothing can be wrong. Even the length of the film (158 minutes) seems to be less with Day-Lewis evolution on screen.
It is unavoidable to compare THERE WILL BE BLOOD with the saga of Kane, the character created by Orson Welles in 1941, inspired by the real press tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Anderson got his epic, full of greed character out of the book OIL!, by Upton Sinclair. During decades CITIZEN KANE has been pointed out as the best film of all times. THERE WILL BE BLOOD won’t take its place, but it is another good reference about selfishness, blind ambition and stupid greed. Anderson makes earnest cinema, adding intelligence to his good services to entertainment. THERE WILL BE BLOOD is competing at the 58th Berlin Festival, where Anderson won the Golden Bear with MAGNOLIA in 2000.
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English version: Laura Rebessi