TV Guide: Online Video Guide Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

A sprawling epic about family, greed, corruption, and the pursuit of the American dream. Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, There Will Be Blood follows the rise of rugged prospector Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) who becomes an independent oilman after hitting it rich with the strike of a lifetime. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film is inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!"

Circumference

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:28:05 -0500

Circumference presents a well rounded glimpse at the ups and downs of a couple s divorce, told in one 10 minute shot that unfolds in non-linear time. cj - "holiday's over. found 8 great minutes to sit and watch your film. i'm still not quite sure how the hell that was done.....it's wonderful and a better than that, it's an amazing short film which is to my mind an impossible format to do........great job. thanks for sharing it. i'll watch it again to try to see how you did it." - Paul Thomas Anderson, director

The Henry Rollins Show: Paul Thomas Anderson/Aimee Mann

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:52:43 -0500

The opinionated musician, actor and author gives his unique take on the current state of pop culture and politics. Director PT Anderson visits and Aimee Mann performs.

'There Will Be Blood' Trailer No. 1: 'There Will Be Blood'-Trailer No. 1

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:21:02 -0500

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equaled only by his murderous ambition. There Will Be Blood is Anderson's loose adaptation of the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair, and it focuses its attentions on Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a miner who happens upon black gold during a disastrous excavation that ends in a broken leg. Pulling himself up from the bowels of the earth, both literally and metaphorically, Plainview embarks on a systematic and steadfast approach to mastering the oil business. Using plain-spoken and straightforward language, Plainview launches a campaign to convince small-town property owners they should let him drill their land. Without him, they won't have the equipment to access the profit beneath their feet. He builds an empire this way -- and gradually becomes obsessed with the intrinsic value of power, grow

'There Will Be Blood' Trailer No. 1: 'There Will Be Blood' - DVD Clip No. 1

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:21:02 -0500