Top Ten of the decade. Number 1.
1. There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007.
US
When compiling this list there was only one dead cert for inclusion. And this was it. There was literally no other contender for the top of this list, it really was that clear cut. There Will Be Blood is the single greatest film produced in my lifetime. At its (dark, dark) heart There Will Be Blood is the story of the formation of society. The manner in which religion seeps in to this society charts the structural formation of the film, before the narrative is distracted and wholly consumed by greed. En-route religion breeds superstition, which in turn adds to the overtly protectively insular attitude taken on by our protagonist. There Will Be Blood is a film that stands without question alongside the true greats of cinema history. Be it listed alongside Citizen Kane, or The Godfather, Paul Thomas Anderson has created a film that is everything the cinema professes to represent. We see struggle, we see hope, and we are rewarded with success, only not necessarily in that order, and not necessarily singularly.
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[...] years on from There Will Be Blood (Hope Lies’ film of the decade) Anderson teams up with regular cohort Philip Seymour Hoffman and newcomer to the repertoire [...]
Great list (and blog). I love the poster art you get, where is it all from? They’re all brilliant.
Thanks for the kind words. I get most most of my art from http://www.deviantart.com/.
Ah, well that explains it. I’ll keep checking out your blog, it’s really good.
And you’re on my links page too.
Thank you! Whats your site address? For some reason it doesnt show up on your posts.
It’s here.
http://sleepysamco.wordpress.com/
Glad to see this top. I’d go so far as to say its the best film I’ve see released during my years on this planet. How PTA manages to follow this up I’ll never know, but expectantly wait.