The scene with Eli forcing Daniel to repeat the phrase "I have abandoned my boy" is a great example of the power dynamic of revenge and competition in the movie. The ending scene in the bowling alley where Daniel makes Eli repeat the phrase "I am a false prophet, God is a superstition" is such a big motif of personal revenge against Eli.

It’s hard for an actor to keep with DDL but Paul Dano did a pretty good job in that movie.

"The voice is the fingerprint of the soul" - Daniel Day-Lewis

To this day, no performance grips me from beginning to end like Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood. In my opinion, it's the best performance ever captured on camera.

My mom came in during the cattle scene and said “John Wayne? I’d know that voice anywhere.”

"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." - John Wayne

There will be blood is a masterpiece. One of my all time favorite films.

I think Don Draper in Mad Men has a very similar vocal control. His motto is "If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation." But it's all a front and he's extremely unhappy. Also, Jon Hamm does a great job playing him.

I recall a quote from, I think, an Oscar Wilde character: "It's not enough that I should succeed, but that others should fail." That seems to match the Daniel Plainview character's drive.

“In the end plainview wins but he’s not in control” this is not only a great summation of the that final conversation, but the plot as a whole.

There Will Be Blood is one of those rare movies that you can watch again and again and still be able to find something new. Daniel Plainview is one of the most realistic characters in movie history, and Daniel Day Lewis one of the greatest actors.

Its interesting to see Daniel Day Lewis playing characters who are not only internally troubled but also have to partake in intense psychological battles with other characters. His vocal control and range is one skill that really sets him apart from other actors and enables him to do justice to playing such amazing characters over and over again.

But of course, Daniel Day-Lewis is in complete control when his voice spikes on "MILKSHAKE!"

Interesting fact: John Wayne modeled his walk, talk, and overall mannerisms in film after Wyatt Earp. He met the man once and, after that, knew that it was who he wanted to mimic on screen.

Daniel Plainview is my favorite character of all time So courageous, so tragic, so flawed, so doomed

DDL literally is the master of accents and characters. Gangs of New York! His portrayal of bill the butcher had me shook! The guy is incredible!

Please never stop making these. Every frame a painting isn't a thing anymore

2:34 - so THAT'S where Arnold Shwarzenegger's T-800 Terminator gets the one-handed shotgun reload from in Terminator 2 Judgement Day! He's doing a John Wayne! The Harley was a modern stand-in for a horse! Wow, cool.

The destruction of Eli was beautiful and highly satisfying.

Lol I should dislike this for the fact that you didn't show "I. DRINK. YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! SSSSSSSLLFFLLLLHHHHHHHH. I think that's how you spell that slurping sound.

Interestingly enough, John Wayne's signature drawl was by his own admittance an imitation of Wyatt Earp. Wayne had met Wyatt several times in his youth.

DDL. The best actor I’ve ever witnessed. His performance in TWBB is one of the best performances ever.

There Will be Blood is a masterpiece. All of the actors involved were no small part, and the writing and camera work sound, etc. all very very well executed.

I think Clint Eastwood has a total mastery of voice that rivals or exceeds John Waynes

I just watched this again on Netflix. Thanks, man! Loved finding this vein of storytelling and having you confirm their tug-of-war for control in each scene 👍

you know your christmas holiday is going to be constructive when you watch a video 3 minutes after it comes out

this is simply one of the finest video essays on film i have ever seen. congratulations, and thank you for it.

That was mind blowing. I'd be fascinated to know how you notice such subtle things/process of analyzing movies. You definitely have a talent

This is the first review I've seen on your channel. Well done, dude.

Great essay. I started thinking about that when Tom Hardy said that finding a voice was finding a character. Even Tatiana Maslany, who played different roles in Orphan Black, can embody the clones so distintive from each other even with voice. But I've never thought about voice control as a form of power. Wow. Something to reflect on.

One of the best videos I have seen on KZfaq. Congratulations from Portugal!

Exceptional video about my hands-down favourite movie of all time. Thanks for making this!

"That'll be the day"...That's from the movie "The Searchers" which Buddy Holly saw in the movie theater and that's how he got the idea for the song

I actually love your videos you ignited my passion for movies again and enabled me to watch them in a whole new light! I’d love it for you to analyse movies like Garden of Words or 5cm per Second I know they are anime but there’s a lot of deep meaning in them and they are very technical

This was an absolutely incredible breakdown, showing just how dense this movie is with subtext and symbolism. Subscribed!

Wow, I recently watched this movie and was amazed, this video brings a whole new depth to it that I didn't realize before. This movie is even higher in my favorites list now. Very informative, thank you!

This is a masterful video. I have seen a LOT of videos on There Will Be Blood. There's a lot to say about it. But this is the first time I've seen a lot of these insights. Thank you. The intro reminds me of the word Laconic. Which means saying much in as few words as possible. The spartans, or Lacedaemonians were so refined at this art that today we call such speech Laconic, which is very John Wayne/Clint Eastwood. When Philip of Mastedon wrote to the king of Sparta "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground," The Spartans simply responded "If."

"Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"

Amazing video, It gave me tons of ideas about directing actors/actresses for the scene development! Brilliant and Thanks!

The title of your channel is genius in tune with its content. Great stuff

I fully approve of the birdcage used in this video

Just some back story related to your thesis. Wayne's opening shot in "Stagecoach" was all about John Ford, the director of that film. Ford created the look, the sound and Wayne's total demeanor down to the smallest detail. He wanted Wayne to have a memorable entrance so to speak and Ford succeeded. That moment is fair more Ford's creation than Wayne's. And in a way, so is the Wayne persona more of Ford's creation than Wayne's. His best films early in his path to stardom were his collaborations with Ford. Through Ford, Wayne eventually found what worked and could bring it in varying degrees to different roles with other directors. As per his voice control, I doubt that Wayne ever gave it much thoight except in terms if the sound man could hear him. In your description of Wayne's performance you speak of it as if he were doing this all on his own, when it was totally a creation of Ford, who exercised great control over his films and was as I stated earlier creating the very impressions you note. Not Wayne but Ford. An actor like Wayne was in far less control of his instrument than a master actor like Day-Lewis. If you hear him in interviews he sounds much the same. Vocal training has really been an extremely important part of acting for hundreds of years. It existed well before the time of Stanislavky, considered the father of the method. Actors like Daniel Day Lewis are a rare example of the ghold school of acting where voice, diction, projection etc are just as important as the inner life. It was also a big part of the early talking films where many stage actors right out of that period where vocal skill was used to simulate an emotion. Excellent actors like George Arliss and later Olivier right through to Burton, Branagh and Day-Lewis have made use of this among others. I think you should shift the emphasis of control over the director. Film is a director's medium. The voice doesn't control the shot, the director allows the actor to do what they want. Altho an actor like Day-Lewis brings more to the party in invention, talent, etc. it is still the director's choices and all are under his control, unless the director is inexperienced and or new. Also, ironically Day-Lewis did an imitation of the great film director, John Huston. For some reason this was on purpose.

This video is great. I always come back here every now and then.

One of the best movies ever made. Daniel Day Lewis is freaking amazing in this film and also the music in this film just sets the tone so well.

So good. Great work.

Wow, I never caught Eli's method. Paul Dano did a vow of silence in Little Miss Sunshine, so this makes it extraordinary.

Wow such an informational video. Props, you just got a new sub

Instant subscribe. Such a cool video! Great work dude. I can't wait to dig much deeper into this channel!

I drink your milk shake! *SHHHLLLLUUUUURRRRPP*

I still love this film so much. It deserves more praise and awareness. Long, well written films just don't sell with people's low attention span, sadly. Daniel Day Lewis is excellent.

Thanks for this video! What a magnificent analysis! Plainview is truly one of the great cinema characters of all time! Endless respect to DDL

Awesome work, i enjoyed this.

Your starting too really get into unique video essay topics, continue the great work!

Bane in DKR is a pretty good example of this as well. Considering we never see his mouth move when he speaks, it makes it even more of a "god-like" quality over the scene/other characters.

What an incredible and on point analysis on vocal control in movies! Well done 👍

Daniel Lewis was fucking amazing in there will be blood. As good as it gets. People rate his performance as Lincoln but his performance as Daniel Plainview was the peak of his career imo and I cant see anyone topping it. The man is a genius at his art form.

My favourite movie of all time

I can't hear John Wayne's voice without laughing. I'll always associate it with his role as Genghis Khan and his voice was hilarious when he was playing a Mongol.

This video brings up an interesting point about how voices command attention in film, but I think a more interesting thing is how this same method works in real life. It's a huge simplification to just say 'talk with confidence', but there are ways I've found with how you use inflection and timing with what you say to make people listen.

This is phenomenally well put together

the "vocal" part was very confusing but i enjoyed the thematic/story breakdown. that was good.

Daniel Day Lewis' acting is far superior to John Wayne's. I remember watching "The greatest story ever told" on TV as a child and Wayne is playing a roman soldier and at the point where Jesus is crucified and huge thunderstorm starts and Wayne Wayne points his sword up at Jesus and says with his awful voice/accent "Truly this man was the son of god" and it wrecks the whole scene! I'm surprised he had a sword in his hand - it could have just as easily been a shotgun and probably no one would have noticed.

Super well done! I love this channel

First video of yours I've watched, great stuff

So, it seems there is a clear shift in meaning of the word "vocal control" throughout this video. It starts out sounding like "vocal control" refers to the ability to control one's vocal range and tenor, while later in the analysis of There will be Blood vocal control basicall means "having the floor" or "steering the narrative or flow of conversation". It's as if the notion of vocal control, which to me seems to be relatively specific regarding vocal range and tone, breathiness or not, etc., is touched on briefly only to turn the topic of the video into something else, which really is not about vocal control at all. While the remarks about the camera are astute, they seem to subtly undermine the importance of "vocal" control. Seemed like an interesting video but all in all it seemed really confused about what it was trying to say. At the very end, "vocal control" means "not losing one's temper". Just feels like a cheap usage of the word vocal control in three ways without even distinguishing. Controlling your vocal range, tone, accent, etc. Using your voice to control things Controlling your voice by controlling your temper Quite disappointed. Postmodern reference in the first few minutes but has no commitment to defining its own terms :(

Paul Dano is one of my favorite underrated actors ever. There will be blood, prisoners, and little miss sunshine are all fantastic performances by him.

Awesome video essay. lets get you to 1 mil!!!

I like how you explained John Wane as the fantasy version of the male control narrative and then contrasted it with TWBB as the more realistic version of that narrative. I wasn't sure if it was going to tie together, but it totally did!

Too little is credited John Wayne's script writers. Talking like John was probably a lot of hard work for the writers.

This is an absolutely fantastic video essay; interesting and entertaining and Illuminating. And it simultaneously addresses techniques of film *and* the sociological concepts of masculinity and control. One of the best videos I’ve seen on KZfaq ever - thank you.

Second time watching this, there is a lot you didn't touch on, because you, of course, have a time limit and also need to stick to one topic, but while thinking about this essay I realized so many hidden dimensions of There Will Be Blood. An all-time favorite of mine, and now in maybe even higher on the list.

Wow, this is a fantastic piece, good work.

Good Job :) and happy holidays

Jesus, there is so much stuff in here that I would've never considered. I've seen There Will Be Blood like 3 times but I never really noticed the importance of Day-Lewis' use of vocals in the film. Fantastic video as usual, good sir.

Nice commentary, well done

I love your videos! theyre so interesting and well thought out

there will be blood: favorite movie of all time

I watched There Will Be Blood recently and thought it was a great piece of cinema. Day-Lewis and Dano both put on exceptional performances.

Great analysis and approach to the characters. Thank you!

Everything Daniel has done? is just the maximum effort by the artist to portray his character in every aspect. Who else holds a candle to this man? Very few actors come close.

Fun Fact: John Wayne's line "That'll be the day." from The Searchers (Great movie!) was the inspiration for the 1950's song "That'll Be The Day When I Die".

Not to take anything away from DDL, but PTA specifically told him to ‘watch John Huston interviews’ to get the voice down for Daniel Plainview in pre-production. Now go watch a John Huston interview and get your mind blown. It’s to a tee.

This is a beautiful expo. Thank you for this work.

This is a great video, subscribed.

Great analysis, and excellent selection of clips. But I wish you didn't stretch the 4x3 aspect of the older movies to fit the 16x9 KZfaq viewer. It makes John Wayne look weird.

Analysis on Cliché in movies?

great analysis, great video

that was fantastic analysis, thank you

"Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness" *rolls eyes so hard, they fall into the back of my head and rattle around like in a pachinko machine*

i think that in 15 years, this movie will get the actual attention it deserves

These are some great observations. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent video!

There Will Be Blood is a commentary on power and dominance. Vocal control is just a means of extending your sphere of influence; TV framing and techniques merely manipulate the audience's perception of its subjects.

That second John Wayne scene was similar to the shining scene on the stairs.

Great analysis and well executed. I studied film and even for me this was fresh and interesting to watch

Man, this is really neat. I love this!

2:07 - 2:13 I laughed out loud seeing that death stare out of context

Awesome video, there will be blood is amazing

This has to be my favorite analysis of a movie I've ever heard.

Love this. Recently watched THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Thank you.