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With Natalie Marlin! Just like the earth he exploits, there’s something roiling under the surface of the wheel-and-dealing Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis): A devilish, almost cartoonishly villainous veneer conceals a deep self-hatred. And like all good capitalists, he uses it to fuel the next great pain he can inflict on the people and world around him, from the local preacher of a podunk town to his specious, long-lost brother to his own adopted son. THERE WILL BE BLOOD kicked off a hell of a run for Paul Thomas Anderson, so for our last episode on his films, we’re happily welcoming Natalie back to the mic for a bit of show-and-tell on when this movie entered our lives, the impact of seeing it as a teen film lover in the mid-aughts, and the crusty layers it reveals more than a decade later. Plus, why THERE WILL BE BLOOD would be a great 4DX movie, the inevitable porn parody jokes, and say doesn’t Jason’s moustache look a little familiar now? Find Natalie… On Twitter and Bluesky at @NataliesNotInIt On Letterboxd at @framingthepic In the byline for Noise Music, a forthcoming entry in Genre: A 33 ⅓ Series book about the noise genre and its influences on and intersections with culture On Trylove Episode 162: THE THIRD MAN (1949), Episode 182: CHESS OF THE WIND (1979), Episode 197: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), Episode 210: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015), Episode 239: MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001), Episode 249: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2018), ZARDOZ (1974), NOSTALGHIA (1987), SECONDS (1966) References: “Death Grips’ ‘The Powers That B’ Turns 10” by Natalie Marlin for Stereogum “Unsex Me Here” by Aurora Mattia at Night Boat Books, for which Trylove guest Abbie Phelps did design and layout work Give to the Trylon’s Film Forever Fund so they never have to increase ticket prices! Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheMasterworksofPaulThomasAnderson #35mm Follow us on Twit
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