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Blood and guts; THERE WILL BE BLOOD (15, 158 mins) Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier, Kevin J O'Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Mary Elizabeth Barret. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.(Features)

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From: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)
Date: 20080217
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A DAPTED from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, There Will Be Blood is one of this year's Oscar frontrunners, nominated for eight statuettes.

Comparisons with Orson Welles' 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, Paul Anderson's film takes the breath away, establishing a ...

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