Louis CK on There Will Be Blood
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More thoughts from Louis CK on Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 masterpiece There Will Be Blood.
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“This is my son and partner, H.W” Bet you can’t read that without hearing Daniel Plainview’s voice in your head
Dude.. Fuck
IMMMMMM FINNNNISHHHEEEEDDDDD
Points to him with his thumb because the rest of his fingers are holding a pipe.
"I don’t wanna talk about those things.“
Not a chance, it's Daniel Plainviews voice all the way
"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" - two masterpieces from the same year. 2007
Also they were filmed in almost the same location!
The assassination of….
@@ernestojmenendezyup! That famous oil scene caused the coen bros to stop production because the smoke was so THICK!
Great year for films, especially Cannes 2007. Silent Light, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Secret Sunshine, Import/Export, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. All Masterpieces. Then some rare, great American films like No Country and Zodiac.
Michael Clayton
He didn’t care about his bloodline/legacy when he adopted the boy. He got the boy to make him seem more trustworthy to potential customers.
Yeah that’s how I saw it too. He was just exploiting him for his own image.
there was some affection there, or at least some closeness. the accident changes everything though
I believe he loved his son. If he didn't have a falling out with his son he probably wouldn't have gotten depressed and kiIIed Eli
I read it as he owed it to his partner(or worker, or whoever died in that hole), and there was also this thought that it could have easily been him instead that died. He raised the kid out of a sense of duty, and maybe he did exploit it, but I don't think that was ever the root of it. He truly came to love him as a son, and he represented his humanity. That's why when he sends him off because he's damaged and too much to handle(alongside his work), that was his big turn into the darkness. He broke a promise in many aspects, and almost literally sold his soul in that moment
@@petepetroff946it’s more than that. He does love him, but it’s true he also uses HW for his own purposes to some degree. I mean, he raises him from a baby, you can’t say he would think to do that, for the years of effort it takes, to only have him as a prop
Maybe I'm misremembering but I don't believe his son comes back to ask Daniel for money - he returns to inform Daniel that he's setting up his own oil drilling company in Mexico. Daniel then disowns him for becoming his "competitor"
Getting aspects of a movie wrong is something Louis does a lot I’ve noticed. Multiple in just this video alone.
Louis also says at the start that Daniel was a billionaire at the start of the movie when he was in the hole mining for gold. I don't know how Louis could possibly misinterpret the fact that Daniel was a broke gold prospector at the start, found gold, then used that to set himself up in oil.
You’re right
Well to be fair, be was probably too busy jerking off to pay attention to the movie.
@@Spitsworthhe was a silver prospector, but close enough.
This and No Country came out in the same year. Honestly its hard to decide if one is better. What an amazing surprise 2007 was for cinema.
Honestly, I don't think I've seen such a perfectly made movie since.
Except for all of PTA’s other films made since
yorgos lanthimos
Movie is not even top 3 PTA
@@marinogod84 lol, always gotta be that one clown
It is next-level filmmaking, seldom seen in any year, but increasingly rare nowadays.
0:43 I got the sense he wasn’t a billionaire or even rich at that point.
He was rich. He wasnt a billionaire yet.
@gitzcrazyboy no, he wasn't. He was a struggling businessman about to go bankrupt.
He is saying that he is always in that hole…always in that mindset.
- I think Louis meant it in a " " Destined " " context . Such Was - The Singularity Of His Vision .
My impression was he wasn't rich yet.
Louie went OFF on this one. There Will Be Blood collapses on itself like an infinite Russian doll. Every viewing unveils a new level of complexity and richness. And after each viewing, I could be scrolling the front page of the NYT and see so many stories that remind me of this movie and how it’s deep commentary on current events that happen today are so accurate. Gets to the core of the dark side of humanity.👌🏿 Fucking brilliant!
Vladimir Putin Plays Global Poker While Sitting On A Phallic Symbol Nuclear War - - Head // Elon Musk - - Colonies On Mars (( s u u u u u r r r e )) // Jeff Bezos // Steve Jobs // Mark Zuckerberg // E G O T I S T - - I C A L D E L U S I O N S Of Grandeur Everywhere . Y E T . . . I Contradict Myself . Yes . . . indeed . They Have - All - Achieved - Suprisingly Impressive Milestones . - Least I Forget . . . Trump . That " A - Hole " has // & // continues to cause me High Anx - - iety because I see him as being a V E R Y D A N G E R O U S Person To Ignore . Most Annoying People . . . I ignore . The Donald . . . h i m . . . I Watch With D I L I G E N C E - (( unfortunately )) .
Nice!
- " " F @ # $ I N G - B R I L L I A N T " " . . . - . . . Indeed ! ! ! -
I saw this at the Alamo ritz back in 2007. I was 18. It was one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. I also ran into Crispin Glover in the empty lobby which sealed the memory forever.
Louis was the Daniel Plainview of this conversation.
Well said!😄👍
Is this taken from Joe List’s podcast?
Couldn’t get a word in.
It's edited
Total bastard in a basket
"you have none of me in you" "I thank God I have none of you in me"
That's what I said to the priest that one time in sunday school
Basterd in a basket!
this is in my top 5 films of all time and I've been into films for over 30 years. Something about it went beyond explanation for me, I sat there mesmerized. The music was awe inspiring
"You're just a BASTARD in a BASKET! ........a BASTARD in a BASKET! Just a BASTARD in a BASKET!" 🖤
*They should've put you in a glass jar.*
*from
Brilliant score by the genius Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead
Lol the edit makes it sound like Louis won’t let the dude get 2 words in
Wouldn’t be far off from how he usually is.. no offense to him but he wants to be the one speaking.
I think that's on purpose 😅
This is my favorite movie 🍿/ film of all time. I saw it in the theater and it changed my life.
I drink your milk shake, I drink it up
☝️
*milk steak
@@Garrett1240 denim chicken?
DRRRAAAIINNNNAAGGGEEEEEE!
The character Daniel Plainview and the movie was based on Upton Sinclair's novel, Oil!, and in part on Edward Doheny's life, an early American oil tycoon. Without Lewis' performance, nobody would be talking about this movie.
If you want to really appreciate how diverse DDL is as an actor, watch Phantom Thread and remember this is the same human that plays Daniel Plainview.
And Gangs of New York, and My Left Foot, and the list goes on. He is a once in a generation acting talent.
I haven't seen Phantom Thread; but in The Age of Innocence it is also hard to believe that is the same human who played D. Plainview.
I would pay money to see Louis CK discuss this film with PTA. Lots of money
Same
I felt that the child was like a cog in the machine; if anything happened to the child, he knew it would be harder for him to gain the trust of the townspeople. He cared for the child as much as a man cares about the lights on his Rolls-Royce.
I think you're completely wrong. I think he definitely loved HW, but didn't have a real understanding of how to truly show or receive love and things just got worse as HW got older and Daniel didn't know what he should be doing or made choices to stay and tend to work rather than devote time to him-stuff that wouldn't have been too unusual in the time period anyway. Resentment then just progressively filled the space between. [SPOILER] I think there's a reason Daniel finally loses it and murders Sunday right after HW finally breaks ties with him, with Daniel's final line being "I'm finished."
@@Meladjustedexactly
I'm a recovering alcoholic, and I saw Plainview's character as one descending into the nightmare spiritual reality that takes the soul of many alcoholics and drug addicts when they don't or can't process their emotions properly and build nasty resentments that no human power can relieve. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but that's what I took away from the character. I actually felt bad for him. Kinda like the guy who gained the world at the expense of his soul...
My favorite part of this movie is the ambiguity of the final line. "I'm finished!" Was the implication that he wasn't going to be able to get away with the murder he just commited, or was he just informing his butler that he should clean the mess up so he could get back to his day. Just a complete sociopath you can't read.
I felt the same. Mesmerized from the very first moment of the very first sequence.
Watching this as a kid when it came out: “this is boooooooring!” Watching it again as an adult: “This might be the best movie I’ve ever seen.”
This was a great clip.
I need more videos of Louis ck talking about movies!!
Daniel day Lewis is the greatest actor the human race will ever know
I always took it that Daniel Plainview wanted to have a son/family, but didn’t know how to do so because of how he was wired. I think it explains the deep affection after the injury, and the total disappointment when his own son wants to compete with him.
I believe the scene with him and his son signifies loss more than it depicts love between the characters
I think this movie is the greatest film of all time. I just can't get enough. I must have seen it 12 times and I love it every single time. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is almost as good.
You have good taste
100%
I add Wind River to this list, I completely agree though.
Stalker, Barry Lyndon, Post Tenebres Lux
Louis is such an incredible critic. I could listen to him talk about pretty much anything
Der
I loved the music in the film what a great score.
Not a word is spoken for 30 minutes. So fantastic.
First , very little dialogue comes at 15 minutes
I think the scene where he is showing love to the son is one of the only parts in the film where he allows himself to show true emotion. The other scene being where Paul Dano compells him to admit to abandoning his son. The emotion is there underneath but he has so much personal discipline that he almost never cracks. He thinks maintaining personal discipline is the most important thing in his life.
Its loosely based on Edward Doheny. If you've ever been to LA, Doheny Dr & Doheny Rd, Greystone Mansion that he donated to the city of Beverly Hills. Its not a dream, its an exploration. I love Louis CK, he has the mind to write these types of stories.
Right...Right...I think th--....right
the guy literally didn't say any other word. Wtf lol
@@digitalsmithySometimes you gotta let the guest go on and on
I think this has been edited, just saying so Louis doesn’t sound like a total prick 😂
It’s almos …. It almost like the feeling … OR… so young … really… hmm … RIGHT RIGHT… RIGHT … RIGHT … RIGHT RIGHT… NO yeah righht…right…right…right…
Undoubtedly the best acting in a movie i have ever seen. By DDL and by Dano. And prob top 5 movie of all time.
Louis CK is also one of my top favorite stand up comedians, he is amazing
This is a cinematic masterpiece. Acting, story, musical score, cinematography, directing all masterful. "I look at people and see nothing worth liking"
1:45 SO WELL DESCRIBED, exactly 💯
It is a tremendous film, and I only slightly give the edge to No Country in a fight over best film of the 21st century. I can re-watch both at any time, and catch just a single scene and be transported by just that scene. That was the end of great filmmaking, but we got two amazing treasures.
I was floored when I saw this movie in theaters. You could not take your eyes off of Daniel Day Lewis.
I always looked at DDL as the hero of this movie and Dano as the villain. Dano's character Eli has no real moral base and uses religion as a smoke screen for his cowardice greed and wrath. DDL's character is equally dispicable but makes no attempt to hide it, so you find yourself rooting for him in the end because at there's honesty in him.
I have two copies of this movie...one to watch and one just for show...fkn ❤️ it
I'm so happy that Louis CK was able to pivot after what happened. He should do movie analysis full time and I'd listen to them all.
I have a bit more empathy for the main character. I don't know if it's greed so much as purpose. He is hell bent on accomplishing something truly and singularly great, and something he has done completely on his own merit, guile, labor or craftiness. I don't think he hates women so much as he feels he doesn't have time for them. He only has the child because his partner dies, and he didn't want the baby to starve to death. It was after taking care of the baby that he thought he could use the child to his advantage. Funnily enough, despite not being blood related, the child proved to have similar tendencies, such as when he tried to light the cabin his "father" was sleeping in on fire and kill him in cold blood. It was only then did he send the child away to a boarding school, as he was afraid of him.
Grampa told me stories of 'oil men' he knew, the Wildcatters. It made me think of the California Gold Rush, the feral nature of it all. History books make light of it but it was brutal, both era...
This video, I DRINK IT UP
One of my favorite movies of all time.
CK louis, the comedian.
Pretty much, yeah. Anderson is a master. The film knocks me out for all the reasons Louis said.
My favorite movie
God, I love this film!
My number one film. Its perfect
DDL and PTA ought to work together on an adaptation of Blood Meridian.
Once again, Louie casually shits out one of the purest analyses of a movie ever
My favourite movie.
7:04 Has anyone here who's seen There Will Be Blood read its putative source material, Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!"??
Yes. It’s enjoyable. Very much of its time so that may affect your opinion on it.
Its a little more commy
Would love to, but never been translated to my first language. As far as I know.
Love CK’s honest take.
No. It wasnt about change in the modern sense. It was simply about losing ones humanity in pursuit of success. The more successful he became the more he literally had to defend it from others in pursuit of their own success. After so much success there will be blood. And despair.
Everyone should listen to Louis’s two appearances on a movie podcast with comedians Joe List and Ranaan Hirschberg. He has a wealth of insight and a very open mind.
Louis true self was revealed, a typical lefty pervert.
What's the title of the podcast?
@@Pitcard Pervs on Film
@@Pitcard Joe and Ranaan talk movies
This movie corresponds to the story of the early Industrialist, the Expansionist VS. Anti-expansionist academics that go along with Gilded Age America and the Spanish American War. They couldn't stop these men with new surveying and scientific ability. They weren't going to respect religion because these men were reading "On The Origin Of Species" and religion was identifiable as someone who was uneducated. It was time for the sciences to send the country into an economic windfall. If you notice, Daniel Plainview worked in Kansas for Geological Survey before 1898. A real pioneer and they weren't going to put up with your religions and "False Profits". Paul Sunday was running from his brother Eli. And Daniel beats Eli publicly and says "I going to bury you underground". Why haven't you been to our house to heal my son's hearing yet, you're a vessel for the Holy Spirit? As he whips him and smothers Eli in oil and soil. He murders Henry his fake half brother and William Bandy catches him in the act. Next scene "Gimme the blood lord and let me get away! - - - Yes I do. (BAPTISM) Brrrrrrr, that's a pipeline". Daniel never says it, but he doesn't think much of people who are religious. He doesn't trample on their religions either. He knew not to do that. He was trying to make a community and that religion and the blessings turned into a conflict. A conflict America has had since this moment in scientific history. The theme of families breaking up is an excellent theme running through this film too. Daniel lost his family and was never able to create that warmth in his life. With all his money he could not get away from people he hated and have a loving family. He turns deeply alcoholic and somewhat disturbed at the end. His greed kills the relationship with his deafened son. Daniel saw HW as "Competition" going to Mexico. Mexico out produced the US for a few years after 1900.
You might have thought that was insightful but you literally just babbled about plots from the movie, while sounding incoherent.
This is probably my favorite movie, but I had no idea that other people loved it so deeply until reading these comments. And now I’m confused because people are arguing about what their different interpretations of the movie are, which is making me second guess my own interpretation😵💫.
Question: are Paul and Eli twins or are they both Eli? Hmmmm…
only artists can talk about art like that. louis ck is a very intelligent artist.
Read the book "Oil" by Upton Sinclair. It was used as the basis for this movie.
This might be the best short analysis of this film I’ve heard yet.
This is my second favorite movie after Taxi Driver. De Niro as Travis Bickle is the standard for me as method acting before the new millennium. Daniel Plainview blew my mind away. It's just amazing acting, flawless.
Da best!!
Can anyone enlighten me on the significance of Paul Dano playing twins? Added nothing but confusion for me bc we never see them at the same time. Haven’t seen it but one time a while ago so I definitely forgot a lot
There wasn't any significance to it. Paul Dano was casted to play the first brother. The original actor meant to play the second brother/the preacher dropped out of the film because he thought Daniel Day Lewis' acting was too intense. Daniel Day Lewis recommended Paul Dano just play both parts because they had worked together on another film and he thought Paul Dano would be good for the role. Paul Dano then got casted for both roles. I am pretty sure that was the story. Then they slightly rewrote a scene having Daniel Plainview also being slightly confused when meeting the twin.
@@passiveincomeband8984 Dano being a twin plays heavily into the dialogue of the finale too.
I feel like maybe Paul could be Eli’s alter ego
This movie feels like black silk with the sensation of watching a house fire , listening to an entire symphony.
I love the way louis’ mind works
Did Louis ck just start a random channel to review movies? I'm here for it
he should be alone in it as the way he cuts off people constantly is annoying
@@hotdog9262 these appear to be edits to show louie's thoughts specifically, from "Joe & Raanan Talk Movies"
@@hotdog9262 I think this video was edited to remove the other guy's part of the conversation.
@@RednaZela okay
The audio is from Joe and Ranaan Talk Movies: PT Anderson on KZhead
TWBB is right up there with godfather in terms of perfection and quality in every aspect of film craft
PTA films mostly stories about Los Angeles. Very much how M. Night films mostly stories about Pennsylvania. The story about 'There will be blood' is off of the Doheny's in La. Greystone Mansion, which fun fact is where the bowling alley scene takes place. The bowling alley is in the basement. The Doheny's were an oil family and came to La early on, drilled for oil, prospered but the family started falling apart when the money started flowing. One family member killed the other and staged it in the Greystone Mansion trying to blame someone else so they can be sol aire to the fortune. It's a crazy story, but it's mostly about a family in the late twentieth century becoming one of the richest families in the world because they were the first to drill for oil in Los Angeles.
What a great review. So spot on. I love this film. One thing I disagree with here. In the beginning of a film, Daniel Plainview is not rich or successful when he is down in that hole. He is just starting out...a diligent, hard working man obsessed with becoming successful and rich.
A real meeting of the mind
Easily the most believable period film ever made.
If I had access to some weird kind of Make-a-Wish Foundation, I'd ask for a bunch of weekends with Louis CK to watch movies & hang 💞
It’s loosely based on the first third of Upton Sinclair’s, “Oil!.”
Perfect movie
This movie really should be watched in conjunction with Andrei Rublev. A similar character in Andrei but Andrei sought and found love after years of wandering without it.
I happened to find a reprint of "Oil!", The Upton Sinclair book that 'There Will Be Blood' was allegedly based on, in a bargain bin @ Barnes N Noble. It only has the faintest resemblance to the film, I wouldn't recommend it, 'The Jungle" was a much (much) better piece of social commentary, and an engaging novel. 'Oil' was an attempt at shedding light on the many injustices of unregulated Capitalism, but the melodramatic story isn't all that interesting, and some of Sinclar's notions about Socialism are hopelessly naive (which is somewhat mitigated by the fact that this was published in 1926, years before Stalin or Mao.)
I am the biggest Louie fan but he doesn’t let the other guy speak at all. Crazy haha
I'm glad the host agrees
Number 1 movie of all time but with The Phantom Thread it took. Me a bit to get into I had to start and stop and rewatch But eventually I did get a bit mesmerized and the set pieces were amazing . That being another movie of PTA’s& DDL’s it deserves a rewatch .
i just like to watch
5:26 bro just let Louis spit.
I don't think Plainview was a billionaire when he was mining by himself. The next scene he finally has enough money to hire out. Minor nitpick, but it's great to hear his thoughts
Give me the blood, Eli, and let me get out of here.
"and let me get away" is what he says.
@@Isojokibrother
the greatest film of all time
Right.
John Houston's 'The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre' is Paul Thomas Anderson's all time favourite film, and TWBB shares a lot of it's dna. Day-Lewis is literally doing an impression of Huston's voice and Plainview's facial expressions are based on Walter Huston's.
I see a lot of similarities of that character with dutch van der linde. A person who can't stop fighting. But that also can't fight his own nature. A person that can't stop fighting. That's the paradox, you see?
God damn Louie knows his shit
HW is so adorable
At least part of the story is based on the beginning of Oil! by Upton Sinclair.
There Will Be Blood is fvcking awesome.
5:48 so young yeah
The mad beautiful head of Paul Thomas Anderson
❤