2007 · 158 min · R

There Will Be Blood

Name: There Will Be Blood
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 158 min
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Drama

There Will Be Blood (2007) is a Drama film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson set in California during the 1900s–1920s. It runs 158 minutes and is rated R.

A con artist, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of greed & ambition, power & corruption, and isolation play out through episodic chapters.

Composer

Jonny Greenwood

Cinematography

Robert Elswit

Cast

Daniel Day-LewisPaul DanoKevin J. O'ConnorCiarán HindsDillon FreasierHope Elizabeth ReevesColleen FoyBarry Del Sherman

The world of this film

Setting

Where

California

Setting

Rural

When

1900s 1910s 1920s

Premise & themes

Premise

Con Artist

Themes

Greed & Ambition Power & Corruption Isolation

Structure

Episodic Chapters

Tone

BleakTense

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadAntihero

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Sparse Quiet

Based on

Inspired By Real Events

1997
Boogie Nights
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1982
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Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1999
Magnolia
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
2021
Nomadland
Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Oklahoma · California — 1930s
Ruraldir. John Ford

There Will Be Blood

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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