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 When Daniel
Day-Lewis takes on a job, he takes it wholeheartedly, and the
end result is recognition from his peers via nominations for
awards. Not only
that, this actor is just plain talented.
You can believe his American accent.
His
character in There Will Be Blood very much dislikes
hypocrites and he shows it in the last scene with his brother
and the end scene. The
irony is that, he, too, is somewhat of a hypocrite, but at least
he admits it as shown in his last scene with his son.
He
tells Eli, the young minister he despises, that Paul, Eli’s
brother is the smart one, like Daniel Plainview, Daniel-Lewis’
character. And it
is the smart ones, the ones that have a lot of money, that have
the power, even the power to murder, thus the title, “There
Will Be Blood.”
This
drive to be rich and powerful is shown in the beginning scene.
If you have ever visited Death Valley National Park, and
read about the stories of the mines and prospectors, the
character of Daniel Plainview gives you a glimpse into the kind
of men who went venturing into Death Valley in search of wealth.
In
this movie, instead of gold, it is instead, oil.
It’s a very clear, and loud statement:
oil is power. It
is so powerful it can go and kill whenever it pleases.
This rage in Daniel Plainview comes out when his
“brother” and the young minister go to him to live off of
his work. Thus, to become a Daniel Plainview, you must be smart,
succeed, make lots of money and thus have power, become a
murderer, do things for show only—hypocrite, use people,
lonely. Still, one
wonders, did the blood that was spilled have to be spilled?
Even if Daniel Plainview feels they deserve it?
Plainview could have chosen not to commit the murders,
but because he feels he has so much power, he can, at whim.
When
he says, "I'm finished," there seems to be a double
meaning--i.e., the person he kills is finished and at the same
time, Daniel Plainview is also finished.
Daniel
Day-Lewis and his views on Fatherhood on Oprah interview: http://www.oprah.com/presents/2008/oscars/stars/20080124/stars_20080124_103.jhtml
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