I've only read an excerpt, from an Upton Sinclair anthology I
reviewed. And I've heard that a lot of liberties were taken
with the book. The section I read had Dad and his son driving
around trying to buy up leases.
Sinclair was a very interesting man. He ran for governor of
California in 1934 on the EPIC platform (end poverty in
California) and was too radical for FDR to endorse. He lost,
in part, due to the manipulation of news in newsreels by big
Hollywood studio execs. This is all documented in a book
called "Campaign of the Century."
But back on topic... the character Daniel Day-Lewis plays is
certainly an American type, and reminded me of the John
Huston character Noah Cross in "Chinatown." So there's a noir
connection.
Lawrence
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>Date: 27-May-2008 16:28:42 -0400
>From: "Dave Zeltserman" <
dave@hardluckstories.com>
>Reply-To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
>To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: There Will Be Blood
>
>I caught this the other night on DVD and it could be
the best movie
>I've seen in years, and while not a crime move, it
certainly has a
>noirish inevitibility about it, as well as other
noirish aspects. Also
>an amazing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis--his
winning best actor
>oscar was well deserved.
>
>Anyone read the Upton Sinclair novel this eas based
on, and if so, how
>closely does the movie follow it?
>
>--Dave Z.
>
>
>
>
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Lawrence Coates Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Bowling Green State University
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