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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26575
    #1

    Paul Dano

    Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
    I was not convinced by Paul Dano at first [in War & Peace] but he grew into the character around whom the whole story rotated and I finished feeling that it was a tour de force performance, in a quiet modest way. I was then amazed to find out a week or two back that he played the young Brian Wilson in one of my favourite films of last year, 'Love and Mercy'. It hadn't occurred to me that he was American...great acting.
    Anyone who wishes to see another of Paul Dano's (imho great) performances could do much worse than watch the film to be broadcast at 23.15 this evening on BBC2, There Will Be Blood.

    He plays a dual rôle, twins Eli and Paul, to Daniel Day Lewis's mesmerising lead performance. I saw the film twice in the cinema, and a couple of times since. A great film in most (maybe, all) respects.


    BBC Two - There Will Be Blood
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tf1mv
    A businessman sets about building an empire after discovering oil in a small town.



    NB: it's 2½ hours long, so recording/catch up will no doubt be best for all but the most nocturnal of night owls...
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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  • Richard Tarleton
    #2
    Thanks for this, I'll record it. My problem with his casting was that Pierre is supposed to be physically imposing, which Dano isn't, particularly (e.g. facing up to Dolokhov) but he made up for that by acting.

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    • LeMartinPecheur
      Full Member
      • Apr 2007
      • 4717
      #3
      Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
      My problem with his casting was that Pierre is supposed to be physically imposing,,,
      As far as I've got with rereading the book, isn't big and clumsy closer than imposing?
      I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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      • Richard Tarleton
        #4
        Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
        As far as I've got with rereading the book, isn't big and clumsy closer than imposing?
        Let's go for big

        Can't decide whether to re-read. It was a long time ago....Trouble is I'd be seeing these actors in my head....

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        • Belgrove
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          • Nov 2010
          • 950
          #5
          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          A great film in most (maybe, all) respects.
          Indeed it is, having one of the best last lines in any film. Interesting score by Jonny Greenwood too.

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          • richardfinegold
            Full Member
            • Sep 2012
            • 7747
            #6
            Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
            As far as I've got with rereading the book, isn't big and clumsy closer than imposing?
            I brought War and Peace with me on my first Honeymoon and the wife complained the whole time about the space it occupied in our luggage.
            Marriage went downhill from there. Thanks, Tolstoy, and I wonder if I'd still be married to that witch if I had the whole thing on an e reader...

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            • vinteuil
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              • Nov 2010
              • 12953
              #7
              Originally posted by Belgrove View Post
              Indeed it is, having one of the best last lines in any film..
              ... better than those in 'Some Like It Hot' ?

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              • Belgrove
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                • Nov 2010
                • 950
                #8
                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                ... better than those in 'Some Like It Hot' ?
                Not quite, but two fewer syllables...

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26575
                  #9
                  Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post
                  I brought War and Peace with me on my first Honeymoon and the wife complained the whole time about the space it occupied in our luggage.
                  Marriage went downhill from there. Thanks, Tolstoy, and I wonder if I'd still be married to that witch if I had the whole thing on an e reader...


                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12953
                    #10
                    Originally posted by Belgrove View Post
                    one of the best last lines in any film..
                    ... I see it is the source of some discussion -

                    What is the final dialogue "I'm finished!" in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood supposed to mean?
                    https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-final-dialogue-Im-finished-in-Paul-Thomas-Andersons-There-Will-Be-Blood-supposed-to-mean
                    Answer (1 of 20): Firstly, the plan from the moment Eli arrived was to kill him. This was the veiled substance of the statement, revealed only at movie's end, he made out of earshot after the baptism scene. The butler was informed previously about the expected visit from Eli, foresight was Daniel...

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                    • Conchis
                      Banned
                      • Jun 2014
                      • 2396
                      #11
                      Originally posted by Belgrove View Post
                      Indeed it is, having one of the best last lines in any film. Interesting score by Jonny Greenwood too.
                      I love that line. It just fits so perfectly.

                      Don't be alarmed, but I actually identified with Daniel Plainview - and I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

                      I had an interesting experience in seeing TWBB at the cinema - I enjoyed it, but my companion absolutely loathed it.

                      I'd forgotten that Dano played the brothers.

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