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THICKER THAN WATER

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From: Santa Fe Reporter
Date: 20080123
Author:Mesh, Aaron

THICKER THAN WATER

Paul Thomas Anderson brings out the devil in Daniel Day-Lewis.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson band on the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair

With Daniel DayLewis, Paul Dane and David Willis

UA DeVargas

158 min.

BY AARON MESH

"Ladies and gentlemen, when I say I'm an oilman, you will agree."

These are some of the first words to come rumbling up from the throat of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood. The proclamation doesn't arrive until nearly 25 minutes into the picture, but it makes up for lost time, and says a lot about ...

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