©-DR-THERE WILL BE BLOOD de Paul.T.Anderson (2007) p7
04/03/2014 10:11 par tellurikwaves
Le mot a jailli, tel le pétrole de la terre : « chef-d'oeuvre ».
L'avis de la presse semble unanime (seul Les Inrockuptibles dénoncent le « buzz critique qui précède ce faux chef-d'oeuvre »). There Will Be Blood, fresque épique du génial Paul Thomas Anderson, retraçant en plus de 2h30 une page de l'histoire américaine - celle de la ruée vers l'or noir à la fin du XIXe siècle – à travers l'ascension de Daniel Paintview, prospecteur mégalomane dévoré par l'ambition.
«La fresque est grandiose, et explore le mythe du capitalisme américain à travers la figure de son personnage principal » (Libération). Figure « méphistophélique » digne du personnage culte de Citizen Kane d'Orson Welles, interprété par un Daniel Day-Lewis (tout auréolé de son Oscar du Meilleur acteur) au-dessus de tout qualificatif : sa composition "littéralement démente " (Première) est « une des plus extraordinaire que l'ont ait jamais vue sur un écran » (Le Nouvel Observateur), mais aussi « cabotinée et dénuée d'émotions », toujours selon les (Inrockuptibles).ha ha eux y z'en loupe pas une ces gros connards !!!
Si elle doit beaucoup à l'interprétation habitée de son acteur principal, la grandeur de l'œuvre à la fois classique et moderne, est saluée. « There Will Be Blood est l'un des films les plus impressionnants du XXIe siècle » (L'Express), une métaphore dantesque « tout en contrastes : espace et confinement, lumière et ténèbres, grandeur et décadence », (Studio) décrivant « l'affrontement fondateur de la société américaine», tiraillée entre l'appât du gain et la religion, représenté par un Paul Dano qui réussit l'exploit d'exister face à son illustre partenaire.
Une lutte « entre deux formes de convoitise » qui « donne... une puissante colonne vertébrale » (Le Monde) à une œuvre d'une beauté plastique à couper le souffle" "les lumières et les couleurs sont somptueuses » (Le Nouvel Observateur), et à travers laquelle le réalisateur se pose en digne héritier de Griffith, Ford, Hawks, Walsh, Cimino, Scorsese et autre Stroheim. Bref, cette « fresque intimiste où s'affrontent l'or et la foi » (Télérama) est incontournable pour tout amateur de cinéma qui se respecte.
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Bande originale
Fan de la musique du groupe Radiohead et particulièrement marqué par la performance de Jonny Greenwood dans la bande-originale de Bodysong (documentaire réalisé en 2003 par le britannique Simon Pummel), Anderson fait appel à ce dernier pour travailler avec lui sur There Will Be Blood après avoir entendu son morceau Popcorn Superhet Receiver. Après quelques hésitations de la part de Greenwood rapidement rassuré par Anderson, Greenwood accepte de s'occuper de l'enregistrement de la bande-originale, travail qui l'occupera trois semaines dans les Studios Abbey Road à Londres.
Outre les titres contenus dans l'album There Will Be Blood, le film utilise également Fratres d'Arvo Pärt et le troisième mouvement (Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Tropppo Vivace - Poco Piu Prest) du Concerto pour violon et orchestre en D majeur, op. 77 de Johannes Brahms. L'interprétation de ce dernier est celle de la violoniste Anne-Sophie Mutter et de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin dirigé par Herbert von Karajan.
C'est ce passage du concerto qu'on entend à plusieurs reprises au cours du film et qui le conclut en accompagnant le générique. Le violoncelliste Antônio Meneses y est crédité à tort (l'erreur provient du fait que sur le disque du Concerto pour violon figure également le Double concerto de Brahms, également avec Anne-Sophie Mutter et Herbert von Karajan.)
Sites Externes
There Will Be Blood est un drame historique américain réalisé par Paul Thomas Anderson en 2007, sorti en France le 27 février 2008. Le film est tiré du roman Pétrole!(Oil!) écrit par Upton Sinclair en 1927.There Will Be Blood traite les thèmes de la famille, de la religion et du pétrole.Il est dédié à Robert Altman.
Résumé
Au début du XXè siècle, Daniel Plainview, prospecteur misanthrope à la recherche de pétrole, apprend que le sous-sol californien en regorgerait. Il s'y rend donc, accompagné de son fils, et cherche à faire fortune en achetant à bas prix les droits d'exploitation des puits situés sur les terres de fermiers de la Californie de Sud,à commencer par celle de la famille Sunday .
C'est à Little Boston, une petite ville perdue uniquement animée par le charismatique prêtre Eli Sunday,qui se prétend inspiré par Dieu. que la chance va sourire à Plainview et à son fils, H.W. Rapidement, le pétrole jaillit mais les relations deviennent de plus en plus tendues entre Daniel Plainview et le jeune prophète Eli,de l'église de la «troisième révélation », qui n'a pas reçu l'argent promis par le prospecteur. Leur itinéraire va interroger le mode de vie américain dans son rapport à l'argent, au pouvoir, à la famille, et à la foi.
Le réalisateur Mateo Gil
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A beautifully made crepuscular western
Author: Fotodude
2 July 2011
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil has been constantly collaborating with Alejandro Amenábar since his first film; Tesis (1996), the latter subsequently putting the former in the shade. Thus this is only Gil's second feature film.
I haven't seen his first work, and apart from Amenábar's films and little projects of his own, he also spent his time trying to adapt the novel Pedro Páramo, which proved to be unmanageable. And that brings us to Blackthorn, a film that must have been on Gil's mind for quite some time, whether directly or indirectly. In any case, it is a great film, so it makes me hope it's not too late for Mateo Gil to develop a fruitful career as a full-length film director.
On the surface, Blackthorn doesn't tell anything new; it brings back the crepuscular atmosphere of the likes of Sam Peckinpah's westerns, with an iconic but worn-down figure as the main character. The man is getting old and wants to go back home; he's saved enough money for that, but he loses it when he runs into an adventurous and foolish Spaniard.
So the two of them must now work together to get the money so that the old man can leave. The most original aspect of the film, again only at first sight, comes from the setting; this western takes place in the barren landscapes of Bolivia, the country where supposedly Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid got killed (see the last shot of George Roy Hill's 1969 movie). The film starts off from there, imagining that in fact Butch Cassidy never died.
So Sam Shepard plays a 50 or 60 something Butch Cassidy, now going by the name of Blackthorn. Shepard brings the right amount of wisdom, melancholia and roughness to the character. His performance is somewhat reminiscent, without going very far back in this comparison, of Jeff Bridges' in True Grit. They also have in common that they are both worthy of award recognition. Sam Shepard should pick up at least a handful of nominations for his touching, restrained yet aggressive turn, but considering the kind of film we're talking about, it probably won't happen. Shame.
As for the rest of the cast, everybody's all right. Eduardo Noriega does an OK job at keeping up with Shepard's performance, and the other relatively fleshed-out character; Mackinley, is played by Stephen Rea with skill, despite the character in question being quite underused.
That brings me to the first and main flaw of the film; the way the flashbacks are structured is questionable, at least for the first few of them. Unless I'm wrong, there are six flashbacks throughout the movie, showing us the younger years of Butch Cassidy and his teaming up with the Sundance Kid and their lady friend Etta Place.
The flashbacks have potential, and it's hard for me to say anything against flashbacks being used in film narrative (in my eyes they usually improve a film a lot), but said potential is not exploited that well, thus achieving sometimes confusing transitions between the present and the flashbacks (which is reinforced by the fact that these are not clearly differentiated, tonally speaking, from the present scenes) and lacking the lyricism (except for the last ones) they could've had. Regarding Mackinley, he only shows up in one of these flashbacks.
So when we see him in the present, supposedly as a character with great relevance in the film and in Butch Cassidy's life, it doesn't work very well because we've only seen him for about a minute before that. Blackthorn has a few other flaws, mostly in the form of missed opportunities, not to mention a somewhat unsatisfactory ending, but its qualities easily outshine them. Apart from Sam Shepard's terrific personification, the cinematography is a strong highlight (which isn't that surprising given the genre and setting), as well as the score, making a risky move by alternating between some epic music and country-like songs.
Some of the dialogue is also memorable, and as far as the progression of the story goes, every plot detail is worked out competently. But what I liked most about the film was the nostalgia surrounding it, those letters Blackthorn writes to his kid, the mountains and the deserts where he quietly rides his horse, his memories, and his determination to go back home. In his words (approximately), "there are only two significant moments in a man's life; when he leaves home, and when he finally comes back."
Very good ¨Chorizo¨ Western with engaging acting , breathtaking cinematography and good direction
Author: ma-cortes
12 August 2012
This Spanish picture is an enjoyable drama Western with an interesting characterizing about the celebrated leader of the ¨Wild Bunch gang¨ of train robbers , Butch Cassidy who along with Sundance Kid were one of the last old-style bandits of the West and they had the quick wit and strength of character to dominate more desperate men .
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy who left long time ago his criminal activity and now calling himself James Blackthorne (Sam Shepard) , pines for one last sight of home , an adventure that aligns him with a young robber (Eduardo Noriega) and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike . It's narrated by means of a relentless pursuit by a posse which leads to the two protagonists through wonderful Bolivian landscapes .
Furthermore , it deals with young Butch Cassidy (Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau as James joven) , Sundance Kid (Padraic Delaney) and Etta Place (Dominique McElligott) , whose scenes are developed in flashbacks , both of them when the Pinkerton and railroad agents (Stephen Rea) hot on their trail , the Wild Bunch broke up and both sailed to South America after the turn of century and disappeared there , possibly dying in a shoot-out in 1909 near La Paz , though the story here narrated is quite different .
The film contains human drama , thrills , violence , riding pursuits and action Western complemented with moving tension and intrigue , including some twists and turns . These elements provide the setting for this piece of dramatic Western , giving it its own special quality and ambient . Butch is described as a tired veteran though a crack shot, he never murdered anybody and disliked gratuitous violence , he only wishes returning to US and know his son .
Top-notch acting by Sam Shepard as the old bandit who becomes drawn into a spiraling tangle of danger , deceit and confusion . Acceptable interpretation by Eduardo Noriega as a young mine engineer who holds a dark secret . Colorful and evocative cinematography by Juan Ruiz Anchia who has been making a prestigious career in Hollywood , such as Close range , House of game and River runs black , here he shows splendidly the wonderful outdoors filmed on location in La Paz , Potosí , Uyuni,Bolivia .
Sensitive as well as thrilling musical score by Lucio Godoy .This exciting motion picture was well directed by Mateo Gil . Mateo is a notorious screenwriter , he wrote various films for Amenabar as ¨Agora¨ , ¨Mar Adentro¨ , ¨Abre Los Ojos¨ and ¨Tesis¨ . He only has directed ¨Nobody knows anybody¨ or ¨Nadie Conoce Nadie¨ and recently this Western titled ¨Blackthorn¨ . Rating : Above average movie for its intrigue , memorable performance , plottwits , atmospheric mood piece and impressive photography . Well worth watching .