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movie review - There Will Be Blood

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.02.23

This is a movie of the early days of the oil industry, depicting a ruthless and power-mad man who effectively loses his humanity in his effort to make a vast fortune and exert his control over everyone and everything around him. It's naked "capitalism" (exploitation) at its finest, and while flawlessly made and acted, I found it hard to take. There are few characters in this thing that you'd ever want to know and certainly the lead character (who consumes the run time to a large extent) is just a monster.

Recommended. For the craft, not the content.

rand()m quote

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

—George Bernard Shaw