Wednesday
Not Sequels, details
I know Quentin is a pompous ass for describing himself as Marlon Brando. That braggart persona is Quentin's adaptive trait that has allowed him to enter into Hollywood, be accepted and survive the years.
One could argue that Montegomery Cliff is a more profound actor, if one wasn't the biggest Marlon Brando fan ever and dont want to hear that shit ! (Me)
The cinematic set piece debate was eye opening. It is not that Paul Anderson likes to use cinematic set pieces as Quentin put it but instead Paul Anderson knows how to place set pieces organically within a narrative that even Quentin isn't sure one was used.
On Daniel dragging himself back to town and temporarily abandoning his gold giving him the
heroic right" to be an ass the rest of movie, I agree firmly.
Furthermore, I want to see that movie that is just Daniel dragging himself through the roughest terrain imaginable with his elbows. I know I say this now and if it were to happen I would be disgusted. I do vote that instead of sequels there should be a new movement called Details. Instead of dragging out the plot for no reason but to make money, directors should instead do details. As supplementary material to develop the character more. In my 'Detail' Utopia that is what would happen, We would see an interesting movie that could stand in its own right using the character we know from" there will be blood" while simultaneously expanding the depth of Daniel. Perhaps adding not taking away our enjoyment of the original film.
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I'm not the biggest fan of QT in general and while I think he's on point for most of the commentary, I think the Dano criticism is far from valid. If you look at Dano as trying to achieve a similar authority/energy as Lewis, then you're going to see failure on all levels, however, if you look at Dano's character, Eli, as someone who aspires to that greatness, that iconic oration but who can't quite reach it, then his character achieves a different kind of depth, one borne from being so incredibly flawed. I see his character as wanting, rather than his performance, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree Eli is a perfect combatant because Dan uses intimdation and brute force but Eli in the uses the " high road" method. Eli has a kind of patience which the movie alludes to being spiritually based but I leave his strategic is to save face and bide time. He does have the upper hand when it comes to the original neogiation for the sunday ranch, when the first oil worker dies and when Dan is forced into Baptism. The problem with Quentin is he may be focusing on the last scene. Eli is not in battle with Dan in that scene, he is at his wits end, desperate, begging, pleading. And that he does perfectly true to character form.
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