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From: Bath Chronicle, The
Date: 20080214
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Adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, There Will Be Blood is one of this year's Oscar frontrunners, nominated for eight statuettes including Best Picture, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Actor In A Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Comparisons with Orson Welles's Citizen Kane are inevitable.

Both films dissect the lives of charismatic trailblazers, who are corrupted by power and greed; both films are galvanised by a visionary filmmaker at the helm.

Technically, Anderson's film takes the breath away, establishing a mood of grim foreboding with a ...

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