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'There Will Be Blood'

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From: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Date: 20080118
Author:Michael Machosky

"There Will Be Blood," based loosely on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!," is about the early days of the oil boom in America, and a singular American character.

Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an up-from-the-dirt, self- made tycoon whose refusal to let himself be taken advantage of by others slowly metastasizes into unbridled greed and a contemptuous disregard for his fellow man.

"Blood" is yet another challenging, punishing triumph for director Paul Thomas Anderson ("Boogie Nights," "Magnolia").

Plainview is compelling from the start. Braving death and dismemberment, he survives a ...

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