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Kiley 2022-03-22 09:01:05
In the early 20th century, a rough and cruel epic film set against the backdrop of the American West, depicting relationships between characters in grand scenes. The scheduling of the oil well was awesome. Epic films are really difficult to shoot. I often don’t experience the sense of time and reality (even the four-hour American past), and the film’s narrative is cold enough (like Kubrick) to present one thing without showing the consequences. For example, when a child burns his home, it stops abruptly as soon as he catches his son, and it flashes back to a new segment rather than what has already been shown; the depiction of death and blood is also indifferent, and the characters are also indifferent. There is basically no role arc; primitive capital accumulation, primitive nature, hypocrisy is the most powerful weapon to plunder and the biggest lie among peers, and capitalists and missionaries also have conflicts of interest. In that environment, of course, capital has the most strength. PTA was only 37 when this film was made, so old-fashioned, really genius.
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Destini 2022-03-25 09:01:05
What a great movie. The narrative poems are delicate and in-depth all the way through, 158 minutes without exception, every frame is a treasure, DDL is the most soulful performer, and PTA has only begun to work inwardly from this part. Advance, this is also his first masterpiece.
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Nico 2021-10-20 18:58:55
Greed and desire are the driving force, and money and success are our only faith
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Plainview: Mr. Bankside, I'm not going to waste your time; I'd certainly appreciate it if you didn't waste mine. Now, if you wish to sign with me, we can have a well drilling within ten days, but your lot is further north from the discovery well up here, and so... Well, that means we'll probably have to dig deeper. And if there's as much oil here as I think there is, it'll be harder to reach, but once we find it, we can take it right out. You have to act quickly, because very soon these fields will be dry. Now... I need you to know what you want to do. Now, because of the distance from the discovery well, I'll pay you a smaller royalty than you'd get down there, but I'm prepared to give you a thousand dollar bonus on your lot.
Mr. Bankside: What kind of royalty are you talking about?
Plainview: 1/6th, plus a guarantee to start drilling within ten days. Now, that's something you won't find anywhere else.
[long silence]
Plainview: What age your children, ma'am?
Mrs. Bankside: 10 and 12. Mr. Plainview, a question, sir. Where is your wife?
Plainview: She died in childbirth, Mrs. Bankside, so I... so... Well, it's just me and my son now.
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Paul Sunday: Mr. Plainview?
Plainview: Yes?
Paul Sunday: Are you Daniel Plainview?
Plainview: Yes. What can I do for you?
Paul Sunday: You look for oil.
Plainview: That's right.
Paul Sunday: What do you pay for a place that has it?
Plainview: Well, that depends.
Paul Sunday: What does it depend on?
Plainview: On a lot of things.
Paul Sunday: If I told you I knew a place that had oil, where land could be bought cheaply, what do you think that would be worth?
Plainview: Oh, I think that, uh... you should let me know what you know, and, uh, and then we'll try and work something out.
Paul Sunday: Can I sit down?
Plainview: Please.
Paul Sunday: [Paul sits] What church do you belong to?
Plainview: I, um... I enjoy all faiths. I don't belong to one church in particular. I... I like them all. I like everything. Where are you from?
Paul Sunday: That would be telling you. That's what I want to sell you.
Plainview: What are you doing in Signal Hill?
Paul Sunday: We have oil and it seeps through the ground. Do you want to pay me to know where it is...
Plainview: Well, just because there's something on the ground doesn't mean there's anything beneath it.
Paul Sunday: Why did Standard Oil buy up land?
Plainview: Is it in California?
Paul Sunday: Maybe.
Plainview: How much land they buy?
Paul Sunday: I'd like it better if you didn't think I was stupid.