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There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom. Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier co-star.
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This scene inspired me to abandon my child
can confirm, I am WhoDis's child
LMAO
Hahahaha
🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛
Lol
The way DDL delivers the “yes I do” as his head goes back kills me every time hahah
His tone is like, "Whatever, sure, if it means getting that pipeline"🤣
IKR?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:48 Sounds like, "C'mon, hit me more. It that all you got?"
Too funny 😂😂😂
I came here just to say this it’s fucking gold
I love this scene. DDL chose not to use tears here and, instead, chose to let Plainview's anger carry him through the scene.
do not overthink it
@@He.Who.Shall.Remain.Genderless do not underthink it
DDL sounds like a Star Wars droid lol
Actors like him relate the scene to a personal preexisting feeling, a memory of something that happened in their own personal life. It's not just about his "choise" to cry or not. But maybe he did, who knows... do you have a source?
His anger is more powerful in him than the brief moment of realization of what he had done because he is in public. He lies to himself because he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Paul Dano has Vulnerable Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They do not feel empathy, but know what it is and are a blackhole of greed, anger, arrogance and low self-esteem that will always lead to their own demise. They are their own worst enemy.
He only ever really feels something when says I've abandoned my child. The rest is an act. But that line really hurts him.
I think he is taken aback by the gall of the guy, and the extent of what he has forced him to say. Like, that one is really over the line.
I think he was very serious and feeling the pure emotion when he delivered the line at the end: “FFLURBHUBHURGHLBRGRLR”
@@gerarddearie It was only at my third viewing I realised this, the boy was warning him.
@@anarchistangler Remember, HW is Daniel's only family an Daniel chose him, that's why he resents him for choosing Mary Sunday over him...although it was actually Daniel's ambition that caused them to seek out the Sundays, his and hubris that caused HW injury.
@@anarchistangler Eli really pins him down with that statement. Daniel's face says he looks forward to returning the favor in the future.
I know everyone is talking about DDL, but God Paul Dano fucking killed this.
It was THIS alone i became a fan instantly!!!
23 years old and he was able to hold a candle to THE daniel day-lewis that's insane
Absolutely!
Everytime I see him in a role I know it's gonna be amazing
That's da riddler
DD-L is phenomenal, as per usual, but it's a crime Paul Dano didn't get a Best Supporting nomination at the Oscars that year
Agreed
He was mid
It’s a shame that idiots like you still have respect for that rigged clown show called the Oscar’s
@@projectx5154 *He is one of the most underrated actors of recent times.
He killed it in Batman also
"I abandoned my child", "You're a bastard in a basket" and the "Milk-shake" scene WAS INCREDIBLE
The whole 158 minutes are incredible, pure perfection.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE I DRINK IT UP!
"Daniel looks hard at Eli"...That look DDL gives Eli never ceases to chill. Such menace.
he got his vengeance too in the end
@@spiritofalaska Yep. That seed was probably planted at this moment too.
1:38 “where’s the lord, eli? have you found him? where is he? where is he? where is he?! oh, there he is.” 😂
Thank you, I always wondered what he's saying 😂
This guy drank my milkshake.
SLURP
Yes he did
Well, you did ask him to come to your yard.
That's because you are drainage.
He drank it up.
Idk why but the "yes I do" at the end makes me laugh so hard
Because it's full of cynicism
This is what we call as extraordinary acting
Both of them
That slap was hilarious. 🤣Nicely acted by the legend Daniel Day-Lewis.
Honestly, Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the actors of all time.
@@VG-fk6nk funi
So wow wow wow. Did ya'll catch that? DDL knew the character wasn't serious about the ceremony but he was taken aback by the mention of his adopted son, 'cause it's true! But ELI screwed up when he overdid things and became physical, which is Daniel's realm. DDL improvised by mocking him during the smackfest and ELI didn't know the wiser! Props to P.Dano too!
can you explain this a bit more
Such a perfect explanation, thank you. You are a wise man.
Such a good take thanks 🙏
False prophets are habitual line steppers.
Please don’t underestimate the audiences by over explaining
The most important thing here is the following line as DDL raises his head back up and says "There's a pipeline." He now has all he needs to take it all.
I actually came here to find out what daniel says to eli when he shakes his hand which was also cut off here
@@connortracey4536 I believe what he said was “I’ll eat you.” At the end of the film, Daniel says to Eli “I told you I’d eat you.” We never hear those words specifically said, so I always assumed it was what Daniel whispered to Eli.
@KidWithAKZhead wow good call, never thought of that!
I always thought he said "there will be blood"
@@connortracey4536 Upon listening to it more closely it sounds like he's saying "Where is the Lord Eli? Where is He?" Or something along those lines. Which is a pretty poignant line to deliver considering Daniel is faking it.
This scene is so terrifying because of the way the actors make it feel so authentic
Yeah it legit looks like real. I've experienced some sorta cult/brainwashing stuff and this particular scene made me uncomfortable as hell.
@@definitelyhuman4510 legit thou idk what Day Lewis did in order to act in this scene...i guess he really became Daniel Plainview
Which cult?@@definitelyhuman4510
@@definitelyhuman4510I have been on a college campus too.
You can see Paul Dano is his peer. They change and react to each other as one. This is perfection acting. Nothing more or less
Um, no.
@@TooleyPeter yes actually.
@@5593956 Persuasive.
@@TooleyPeter right back at you
@@5593956 Ker-plop.
Fun fact: The day before this they filmed the scene were Daniel slaps and pushes Eli into the mud over and over again, so they filmed this right after so Paul could have his revenge and slap Daniel back.
😂😂 was nice slap
Probably more for the actual scene than for the actor's "revenge." That's the point in the scene, this is the only time Daniel is vulnerable to Eli and he takes full advantage- a sneak peek into the hypocrisy of his character and further depth for us the audience. He's not just some zealot, he's a fallible man, and that weakness sets up the end scene and why Eli puts himself in that position in Daniel's bowling alley. Much easier to bring that energy to the acting when it's fresh in your memory from the day before.
Fun fact: bears without any fur just look like large cats.
HOW CAN THEY SLAP?
@@neglectfulsausage7689 nope they dont. Bears are related to dogs
I love how the scene shifts from it apparently exposing Daniel's flawed nature to the world to exposing Eli's. You see Daniel momentarily break his composure when his son is brought up, but once Eli crosses the line and oversteps, his entire attitude changes and he begins to smile and goad him on because he knows he's won. He says, "There it is!" as Eli finally breaks character and reveals the malice and narcissism beneath the surface motivating his prophetic performance. I think one power-hungry psychopath recognizes another and it sets up Daniel's instant recognition of the situation when Eli finally comes to him in the bowling ally, as if Daniel had, in a way, a prophetic understanding that one day it would come to this. He then proceeds to beat him to death with a bowling pin.
I love it when movies pay close attention to someone listening, rather than talking.
You cut out the most important part at the end where Daniel says “There’s a pipeline’.
And the sound he makes prior to that as he shakes his head, lol.
I love seeing the film as simple text on a page and then seeing it come to life with the visuals and sound
Its interesting when you understand the character, he doesn't yell out of pain that he's abandoned his son, he is yelling out of pure rage that he's being bested and humiliated.
@@gerarddearie oh you read it all wrong dude, he cares only for ambition. This is all set up at the beginning of the film when he drags himself across the wilderness with a broken leg just to cash in his gold. He will do whatever it takes to win. Maybe there was a time he loved his son, maybe at the very beginning, but he most certainly cared more about winning then he did that boy. When HW gets injured he leaves him to go check on the oil rig, he chooses in that scene money and success over his son, how did you not pick up on that. He spends hours outside looking at the oil, while his son suffers.
@@gerarddeariehe didn’t give a shit about HW. , you can see on his face he is furious because he was humiliated , it was all show …
@@Streetrocker28 He certainly did care about HW for many years, with the added benefit of him being around a net positive for the business. Daniel's vice of needing absolute victory and nothing short of that would satisfy him. I do agree he's furious because he was humiliated, but earlier in the movie while Daniel is talking to Henry he exposes the parts of himself he's insecure about. So with respect to Eli's sermon, Daniel knows its the only way to Bandy will allow him to build the pipeline. Eli had the upper hand and got to Daniel's core, but messed up when he brought violence (with the slaps) into the equation as a means to revenge for being bathed in the mud earlier in the movie. Had Eli kept the veil of how fraudulent his posturing was and allowed Daniel to actually FEEL his remorse for what he did to HW, we might have seen a different Daniel after the sermon. The slap brought the game back into Daniel's court.
You're crazy if you think he didn't care about HW and that the questioning of his parenthood attacked one of the last vestiges of of what he considered to be genuinely good about himself. If he didn't care about HW it wouldn't have broken him at the end of the movie.
@@cherub3624 you really missed the entire point of the movie lol. Everything is explained about the character at the very Beginning of the film, dragging himself into town in order to sell his gold, it sets it up in the opening prologue, he is a man who has no good, he never has, everything you see about him when he’s acting good and charismatic is a lie, and the only person he opened himself up to was someone he thought was his genuine flesh and blood, you understand why right? Because he’s self absorbed, he cares for nothing but himself, and those of his blood is a reflection of that, not his adopted son, he took HW and wanted to shape him into what he was, and when that failed he disowned him. You can tell he never cared when HW lost his hearing, all he cared about was that oil, sitting out there all day long while his son suffered, yeah what a great loving person lol, you are delusional to think he ever loved him. He was born alone, and when asked what he wanted from someone he thought was his own brother, he said all he wanted was to be alone, to have know one succeed. I’m sure to some extent he cared, but only if it benefited him. This scene was purely about humiliation, and he despised every second of it. It’s honestly sad you can’t see the deeper meaning to the film, that you fell for the illusion that the film portrays, you believing he ever had love or cared is delusional and exactly what he wants you to think of him. Daniel only ever cried for his dead brother because he is a self absorbed ego maniac that is sad for himself, that a blood sibling of his which reflects himself is gone forever. He never wept for HW, he only showed he cared when others were around to see it, to keep up the illusion that it was his son. Or that he was capable of caring for others, which he wanted others to believe, like a true psychopath.
Paul Dano owning this scene with one of our generations greatest actors to play against. Epic
It’s odd how you don’t hear people talk about the true talent, the writers. Always the actors, if people only knew how much of a masterpiece that screenplay is. The detailed camera angels in the action to catch all the hidden Easter egg images, all the underline hidden biblical messages in the writing. Simply amazing
There generally aren't "detailed camera angles" in the screenplay. That's something the director and cinematographer work out later.
Actors are fake talent. makes sense.
Yea you are correct, it often goes hidden, everyone who is part of this movie is incredibly talented, but only certain actors could pull this film off.
Solid writing can salvage poor acting, but even the finest thespians cannot make poor writing work.
The music as well. When the oil rig blows and catches on fire and Eli loses his hearing, the way the music Just builds throughout that scene is amazing and from memory it’s one continuos shot for entire scene of roughly 5 mins or so
That subtle eye raise around 0:12 is everything great about this scene. Props to DDL the best of our time
notice how in the script there is almost no direction whatsoever. PTA is amazing at letting actors figure out characters for themselves
He directed them in real time like most directors. I'm sure they had some latitude but they were directed for sure. It's not like the Coens where every last detail of direction is on the page.
I think the direction was subtle in script and in real time PTA did the complete job.
You obviously have no idea. The detailed description in the screenplay is a masterpiece. The direction in this film was extremely important because of all the hidden Easter egg images in the film. Actors are only puppets being used by a master. Writers and directors are the true talent.
That’s how screen plays usually read
Well it's kind of a rule of screenplays that you don't direct in the script, not unless there's a good reason. Directing is a job for the director
This is peak Paul Thomas Anderson. I love a lot of his new stuff. But this is perfection
TWO BEST ACTORS IN ONE FILM. i honestly loved the film the first time I saw it but I didn't think of it deeply back then. But now, I had understood it, I realized how well it wanted me to realize that Daniel and Eli are just two sides of one coin
Honestly the screen going black as Daniel goes “BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBL!” Makes it twice as funny.
I love how his heart began to open to inside suffering (I abandoned my boy), and closed again when it's to circus (last yes I do). The hate took the place and revenge is set
I would say "I abandoned my boy" is the only thing that was real. As the congregation is clamoring and Dano is smacking him, DDL is saying "where is the Lord, Eli? Where is he? Oh! There he is!" in a really sarcastic way you can hear it if you focus on it hard enough.
This scene was such a pressure cooker that when he says 'yes I do' at the end, I almost burst out laughing because it broke the mountainous tension for me.
I have abandoned my child I have abandoned my child I have abandoned my boy Gives you the chill even before being a father.
Paul Dano not winning an Oscar after this is sad
I love the side-by-side on this. These are just words that I and most people would lack the imagination to appreciate. It really speaks to the strength of acting.
Everyone raves about Daniel Day Lewis in this movie but Paul Dano was incredible too
he was literally smacked back into his reality. everything before that was absolutely genuine and truth.
He enjoyed getting slapped around. He just hated the part where he had to be sensitive and reflect on his shortcomings as a father
I love watching all his expressions and micro-expressions, camera dead set on his face for these long takes, it’s the closest to reading his thoughts. But Paul Dano is such an amazing actor too!! What a dream role 😂 We always expect DDL to be epic anyway, but Dano was such a highlight in this brilliant movie that he became just as huge on the screen. Such a great story, so cleverly done, plus perfect music. I’m sure I memorised half of it at least because it’s all so memorable 😁👌
Rare unbelievable synergy between two actors in a scene.
Not sure even film school can teach you this. You have to find inner pain like the character is supposed to be experiencing here
Undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of all time.
And that was the moment Plainview promised to bury Eli.
So crushing. DDL makes this scene come alive. There is nothing gentle or loving about the way this pastor handles this baptism, like watching the devil try to cast out a devil is really just stirring up even worse demons in the protagonist. The bloody conclusion of the story was appropriate. I hope people can find the kindness of Jesus in spite of all the wolves in sheep clothing out there - like the one depicted here.
Amen brother. Great comment!
Fucking brilliant acting, script and directing
Daniel ad-libbed that entire rambling dialogue while Eli was slapping him. Incredible!
It was fascinating to see the screenplay alongside the acting, when DDL was to fake it/ take it in/ and explode at Eli. The instruction ddl was given and what he turned it into. Amazing!!
You cut this a few seconds too early. The best part of the the scene is when Daniel whispers something to Paul and we see the change in Paul’s demeanor.
You don't need a full movie to prove those actors are amazing. Even Paul, who doesn't have much focus on his face, acts with his voice and his body enough to show he knows his shit
I remember Paul Dano saying he was scared he slapped DDL too hard here, so DDL ad-libbing "Oh I can feel that" as he gets slapped is even funnier here.
Daniel Day Lewis at his finest. Wonderful performances all around. The story is intriguing and this is one of the best time period pieces ever made. Lewis may be the best male actor of all time and in this movie he shows off his skill to his craft.
"I abandoned my child." - Daniel said calmly
Inconspicuous meme drop ftw
Moments later when Daniel whispers something into Eli’s ear, I believe Daniel is telling him he is going to eat him up. At the end during the bowling alley Daniel says “I told you I would eat you eli.” Or something to that effect. He never says that when you can hear it during the film.
I like how the second Daniel get's slapped by Eli he realises that he isn't a threat at all and goes back to faking it with a smile.
it was a magnificent performance. no matter how many times i watched it, it still gets me like the first time
This is a great example of Chekhov's gun -- setting up the slap which will be brought back by Daniel later (but of course, bigger and harder). We talk about this technique a lot. It's the bread and butter of great writing and a lot of writers forget that you can use it on micro stuff (like dialogue and little character behaviors) as well as macro stuff (like plot points, etc).
It actually was set up by Daniel even earlier. When he slaps Eli around and throws him in the mud.
Also "I am the third revelation" was mentioned here and then later in the milkshake monologue.
Checkov’s gun is a type of forshadowing, and this scene is forshadowing as you’ve described, but it’s not Checkov’s gun.
Chekhov 's gun isn't about setup/payoff or foreshadowing per se. It's, "a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed." IOW if you show a gun, it has to be used. It could be used immediately; it doesn't have to be foreshadowing. It's not a law, either. Many writers including Hemingway use inconsequential details to add color and texture. Checkov himself violated his own rule, having loaded firearms in one play go unfired. I suppose one could argue that they were used, as they reinforce the play's theme of incompetent action.
We know Lewis is brilliant, but can we get a hellyeah for Paul Dano
This scene is so over the top but feels so lived in and real. There's nothing that feels like acting at all, it feels like Lewis was reliving some traumatic event rather than reciting lines. And that the director and DP backed off and left this scene entirely in the hands of two incredible actors is what makes this pure art.
I love this scene because it's supposed to be a triumph over evil from the outside looking in. A sinner repenting for his sins, but it's Plainview playing everyone there like a fiddle and basically getting valuable land at the cost of one humiliating baptism. He ate his pride for the sake of profit, which only makes it sadder that he couldn't do the same for his son. The one thing he couldn't hold onto in life.
Missed that part where DDL shakes his head like a dog to get rid of the holy water 🐶🐶🐶
Unbelivable scene Really unbelivable You will be in my heart for ever daniel.
Incredible film with so many amazing scenes including this one.
“Yes I do” had me laughing so hard 😂🤣
"There's a pipeline."
Both are phenomenon ❤️❤️
Ivdem Malayalee😁
Everyone hypes up the “I’ve abandoned my child!” part but I think his best line delivery is the way he says “I will never backslide” not sure why I just think he delivers that perfectly.
"Well, that was intense. Fancy a quick game of 10-pin bowling?"
What a film. I actually came to watch it because Johnny Greenwood gave the score for the film, but my oh my is Daniel Day Lewis one of the greatest actors ever.
he is the greatest
This is me whenever I go to work and abandon my cats at home 💔
This movie is awesome , DDL delivered and Paul D aswell , both characters where petty toward each other till the end. 😂😂😂
pura magia tremenda escena y el talento de DDL para pasar de ese desesperado grito de arrepentimiento a la hilaridad de ese yes I do....y un Paul Dano a la medida de las circunstancias .............excelente pelicula
DDL and Paul Dano both completely disappear into their characters. I genuinely don’t ever want to meet DDL because of this performance because I cannot believe that none of that was real.
I only saw this movie as a drama about an oil baron who makes a fortune off the back of others but watching it again I realised this film was a revenge movie.
And a family drama too
that “yes i do” gold!
“Give the the blood Lord” why does that make me laugh 😂
This is pure bliss. I'm a filmmaker and you won't believe the dregs I encounter who wish to be actors and have no sense of acting only having a last name belonging to some industry bigshots. You cannot imagine how disappointing hollywood has become for me. It is these films and these gems that give me hope and courage to keep struggling for my dreams.
waaaah 😢
Maybe try making better films...
@@chrisbrady6687 Have you tried? It's fuckin' hard, man.
I’ll take “things that aren’t real” for 1000
@@chrisbrady6687 Goddarn it! Why hasn't anyone ever thought of that? I mean, it's such an easy solution. Homeless? Buy a house. Sick? Just get healthy. Dying? Just live. Falling off a cliff? Just stop falling.
1:48 he is almost laughing
Yes I do
“I abandoned my child” with his forehead veins popping out you know he really felt and that broke me as a father
Greatest performance by an actor ever! Paul Dano was outstanding too!
This scene is better and has more acting than anything disney/marvel have done in 20 years
Nothing but facts
What a silly comparison
@@BillyOcean336literally lol two different types of movies
Crazy how you can watch his rage build with the veins in his forehead bulging. And then they go away as he calms down a little
This film is on another scale of quality
What an incredible movie
I’ve abandoned my milkshake!!!
Its amazing that movies like this one, most of Cohen bro's movies, Reservoir Dogs or Silence of the lambs had all basic, spectacle effect when I watched it many years ago. Now, through my "mid-life", I comprehend and appreciate those movies so much more. And understand that sometimes, they really dont make them like that anymore. Hence the reason why Oppenheimer is my movie of the year followed by not perfect at all Flowers of the KM in 2023.
Everyone talks about D.D.L. but Paul Dano's performance is as always underrated
There will be blood is one of the greatest movie ever made
*Daniel Plainview will remember that*
DDL is such a great actor and becomes so much the character that he is playing, you would not actually know if you've met him in real life unless he assumes a character. Goat
Top 10 times actors weren’t acting
There will be bloodshed The man in the mirror nods his head The only one left Will ride upon the dragon’s back Because the mountains don’t give back what they take Oh, no, there will be blood- (blood) -shed (shed) It’s the only thing I’ve ever known
I am a sinner. I want the blood
The scene is chilling but so damn funny at the same time.
the most calm "yes I do" at the end of allll that
Άλλο επίπεδο, φανταστικοί και οι 2
the title is so funny
This is why he drank his milkshake!🤣
that such a casual "Yes, i do" after the exorcism
Paul Dano’s performance is not spoken about enough
Paul Dano is fucking amazing
he's mid, shouting doesn't equate good acting