[Cinema] Daniel Day Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson ' The Phantom Thread'

I haven't seen it........but I will. DDL just brings everything to life.

 

No, I'm actually serious. The portrayal of the character by Lewis so obsessed by his work was really amazing to watch. The fine details about when his wife is eating breakfast too loudly and other very small details really made this film outstanding. The conclusion at the end was also kind of masterful where Lewis understands that the only way him to have affection and stop focusing on his work is that he needs to be physically weak.

 

Is that an analogy for the movie? Lewis makes a week movie and thereby becoming less obsessed with being an actor and can focus on other aspects of his life?

 

This is definitely interesting stuff.

 

I feel you. Yes, the totally cranked-to-11 sound when she was disturbing his breakfast was amazing. I've never heard such noise from a fork versus toast encounter. The fact that it was completely unrealistic, in sound design, didn't bother me, because at least I had a break from the bombastic and completely uncorrelated music of the soundtrack.

 

Had to see this 3 times in theatres. It is very rare when something truly original comes out of Hollywood. The depth of the screenplay is remarkable. Sort of a Hitchcock tale with some delicious Barry Lyndon mixed in. Truly delightful, sumptuous Picture. PTA is The Master, and tops my list of Directors in the last 20 years.

 

It certainly was.

Was it meant to be "realistic"?

Throughout the film, you are seeing through DDL's eyes and hearing through his ears, the ghost of his Mother is an easy reference. My interpretation was that the sound was dialed up purposefully, to give you an insight into DDL's character. I found this to be very effective.

That said, I also thought the soundtrack was about the most fitting soundtrack I have ever heard in a film, short of some Ennio Morricone/The Goblins work.

 

I agree that the scene with his mother standing in the room was effective. And I agree that the movie often meant to put you in his perspective. For me, that would have worked better if it maintained that perspective. But we often hopped completely away from him, like into fireside chats with his young, dumb-as-a-rock squeeze and her male pal, or (and thank god for it) between same confusingly-accented young woman and the matronly senior advisor to DDL. (The latter was for me the only semblance of a sympathetic character and the actress nailed it. Wish we had more of her, TBH. Fascinating character and performance.)

Anyway, glad you enjoyed the soundtrack and the movie. If everyone shared my point of view, the studio would probably lie in ashen ruins and DDL would be in hiding. LOL.

 

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