These shadowy people who saved the film according to the director

This Monday, January 6 from 8:50 p.m., Arte broadcasts the American film There will be blood with Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. The director explained how the extras played a vital role in the film.

In the conquest of black gold. This Monday, January 6 from 8:50 p.m., Arte broadcasts the American film There will be blood with Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. Released in 2007, the feature film plunges the (tele)viewer into 1900 in California where Daniel Plainview, a former prospector, tries to make his fortune by installing oil wells. Throughout the film, he manages to convince several farmers to give him their land to start drilling. Intoxicated by his personal enrichment thanks to oil, Daniel Plainview goes to Little Boston, a town in Southern California, to draw oil from the land. But the former prospector must face resistance from Eli Sunday, a son of farmers, who intends to protect his village from the wishes of Daniel Plainview…

There will be blood : the director told the story of oil in the United States

Paul Thomas Anderson, director of There will be bloodtrusted Daniel Day-Lewis to carry the film and it was a real success since the actor received the award for Best Actor in a Drama at the 2008 Golden Globes. Strongly believing in the potential of his film, the director made extensive research on the history of oil in the United States. He even traveled to Silver City in New Mexico where there was a silver mine many years ago. On site, Paul Thomas Anderson went to the city museum to learn more about the black gold which contributed to the wealth of the United States in the 20th century.

There will be blood : the importance of extras

After collecting all the information he needed to write There will be bloodPaul Thomas Anderson focused on casting and emphasized the importance of extras in the film.“Without exaggeration, I am convinced that a film lives or dies by its extras. The local people we see in the image have this flavor of Texas that cannot be invented, that can only come from having lived there all their life. They are people who are generous with their time and their humanity. I am very proud of the work they have accomplished. You can have a huge actor like Daniel Day-Lewis, if the person in front of him ever seems fake, they become a distraction and the film is on the floor…”, he said.