Monday, April 07, 2008

On the theme of this year's Oscars, watched No Country For Old Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/) and, much later, There Will Be Blood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/). Both are great movies. In my order of things the second takes precedence by far. It is far less contextual and abstruse. That of course may be my personal bias. What, however, is not, is Daniel Day Lewis in the latter. I cannot remember a man acting like that. This was consummate, sublime, perfect. The angst of the bounty hunter and early oilman with his all too evident vulnerability was all his. This is a movie that I recommend for all those who are interested in perfectionism per se. Once in a while an actor finds a role and they blend in perfect harmony. There Will Be Blood is just that

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