Sentences with phrase «oil prospector daniel»

It was the story of one tormented man — the lonely and driven oil prospector Daniel Plainview: a magnificent performance from Daniel Day - Lewis whose masterpiece this was, too.

Among the multiple lines of critical and cultural discourse surrounding the film, however, one particularly stands out: the notion of There Will Be Blood — with its central conflict between cutthroat oil prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day - Lewis) and zealous small - town preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) in 1911 California — as a kind of demonic origin tale for the state of contemporary American political culture, with narrow - minded religious fervor and bald - faced capitalistic excesses forming two sides of the same tarnished coin.

There Will Be Blood follows the story of oil prospector Daniel Plainview's (Daniel Day - Lewis) unquenchable ambition.

Biographie, he comes across like the demonic oil prospector Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood when he writes, «The struggle for victory is fun, but I can't celebrate something once it's been won.»

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Set at the turn of the previous century in the early days of oil exploration, the film shows grimy prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day - Lewis) climbing from dark shafts into the blinding desert sunlight.

, this epic tale of money, power and family cast an Oscar - winning Daniel Day - Lewis as prospector - turned - oil - baron Daniel Plainview, with explosive results.