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first viewing.
I read the February thread. I searched to see if anyone picked up on an homage to 2001:A Space Odyssey and saw no mention.
Did anyone who saw this film see what I did? It the beginning no dialog and DDL is working with rudimentary drilling equipment which suggested effortlessly the opening chapter of Kubrick's Film with the Ape Man fumbling with the Bones. Lewis advances, learns and evolves his understanding of his world and develops..then of course the final scene in TWBB with Lewis bashing Eli with the Bowling Pin was plainly recalling the Attack scene in 2001 even to the point of Lewis squatting on the Alley like an Ape... Just a curiosity. I have to imagine the director was a big fan of Kubrick or at least that movie. Anyone?Edit: Believe it or not I posted here before Googling the topic and I am apparently not the only one to see this... oh well ,LOL..
Edits: 09/17/08Follow Ups:
When I saw the movie, I was not that impressed with the narrative elements. It seemed that Lewis' character was just a mono-maniacal beast. But, then I got to thinking (usually a bad thing). What if that character is really the hero, a Nietzschean superman? He, through force of will and willingness to do whatever it takes, gets the oil out of the ground. None of the sheeplike townfolk would ever be able to do this. He transforms the piss-poor land into something productive. That is also the reason why the wannabe preacher is his mortal enemy -- someone engaged in herding the flock of sheep -- is totally anathema to such supermen.
With this take on the movie, at least the story becomes a bit more interesting. Particularly so because it would be a total perversion of the novel "Oil," upon which the movie is supposedly based.
For me, it was one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. The close made sense to me, in that it's a logical extension of the ruthlessness of DDl's character. And throughout, DDL walked a fine line between charming and repulsive - you're interested in him, starting to like him, and then, more than once, he does something dreadful.
...I didn't care for the film, although I appreciated DD Lewis' over the top acting.
The film, and the music, were too edgy and made me uncomfortable through most of it.
Perhaps that was the idea, but it wasn't a very pleasant experience.
but it got worse towards the end. The ending seemed tacked on.
favorite quote: I'VE ABANDONDED MY BOY!!!!!!!!!!
DDL is still awesome in my book though...
thanks
Phil
I need to see it again some day, but DDL performance seemed to go off the rails at the end...unless that's what the director wanted, of course.
Great beginning, however.
Anyone know if this was the director's intent or are viewers seeing things that aren't there?
I was disappointed in the film's pacing and Day-Lewis' over the top performance. I don't understand why he won the Oscar but I tend to be mystified by many of the winners.
-Wendell
I thought it was two hours of DDL doing Burt Lancaster.
As the guy who jumped off the 20-story building shouted as he passed the 10th Floor "So far..so good!"
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