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For the real film buffs among us, especially F2:

Saw this film last night. Paul Thomas Anderson wrote it and directed, even doing most of the cinematography himself because his cinematographer, Robert Elswit, whose shot all his other films, was unavailable. Paul writes his own films so to also be cinematographer, well don’t know how he does so much. You might know the name from his films, Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love with Adam Sandler, or his last film Inherent Vice. Phantom is the second time Paul and Daniel Day Lewis have paired up. Their last venture together was There Will Be Blood. All of Paul’s films are phenomenal, and this one is no exception. He is one of the best 2-3 directors alive in my opinion and I see some of Stanley Kubrick in his work. Boogie Nights and Magnolia are some of the best films I have ever seen. They had a party for the film recently in Hollyweird, shortly after the Globes. When reading up on the film it was amazing to learn of all the other directors that attended. Paul Thomas Anderson commands a lot of respect. He is no Kubrick, but his work is genius and the other directors know it. He doesn’t make a lot of films but when he does they pay attention.

In Phantom Thread, Daniel Day Lewis, per his usual, steals the show. He plays an extremely complicated individual. A fashion designer with his own fashion house in the 50’s. His clients are royalty and the famous. A very exhaustive occupation, coupled with a very unique upbringing makes a complicated and detailed man that only Daniel could play. A very irregular man who does not like his time wasted or anything in his day changed. I can’t think of another actor who could perform this role. Daniel’s acting was cold and calculating.

Vicky Krieps plays his love interest Alma. Never seen her before and this will be a breakout role for her leading to a lot of work. Her performance was without flaws and acted like she is 20 years older. She is also very beautiful. Same for Lesley Manville, playing Woodcock’s sister and co-owner of his business. She is as cold and calculating as her brother and really blew me away with her performance as well. She plays a stern, cold, and calculating woman who does not like compromises. Most of the film these two women and Lewis, and the acting was flawless by the trio. I can’t remember when I have seen a film of just a couple of actors carry the whole film and do it with this level of expertise. If I try to find anything wrong, I fail, almost a perfect film.

The cinematography was beautiful, the colors, lighting, capturing the 50’s in England. You feel right there, 1060’s England. The score was also absolutely brilliant and scored perfectly. Definitely one of the best films of 2017, top 3 of the year. It’s a near flawless film. Good story, extremely well written, beautifully directed, acted, and scored. 9/10 stars. This is a dialogue film, so expect slow but extremely steady pacing, with some humor at just the right time for breaks in the extreme intensity. Paul’s films are always intense, but relish and soak in any frame, because the man makes film frame by frame, every single frame, important, and detailed, and I mean every single detail. Paul writes books with his films. I will definitely be seeing this again when it hits disc.

Sadly, it may be Daniel Day Lewis’s last film. He is only 60, and in his prime, so if it’s his last I will not like it. Losing Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Heath Ledger, well I hate to see someone else leave the screens of this caliber because there numbers are getting fewer and fewer.
But if it is indeed his last he went out on the very top of his game and he could not have chosen a better project and director to work with for his last. Paul is his equal in the directing world. Up until I saw this, Oldman was a shoe in for best actor at the Oscars. After seeing this film, Lewis, imo, should get his 4th Oscar, and put him up with Streep as the goat or one of the goats. Daniel submerges himself into his work and becomes the person he is playing to the point you don’t know Daniel anymore and only know the character. Bill the Butcher, Daniel Plainview, Abraham Lincoln, Hawkeye, John Proctor, Danny Flynn, Newland Archer, Gerry Conlon, Christy Brown, and now Reynolds Woodcock. Thank Danny, your work will be remembered for centuries.



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Can't wait to see this. I'm holding out unitl Monday (or Wednesday) and $4.00 senior day (with casino player's card). The actress in the trailer intrigues me. Plus PTA - fughetaboutit.
 
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Plus PTA - fughetaboutit.


I knew you’d understand more than most. DDL is on point and as good as he’s ever been.

She will dazzle you to. Such a wicked find. We’ll see her in many things after her role in this.
Breakout performance but she is matched evenly with Manville. PTA & DDL brought the best out of them.



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Perfect. 10/10. Direction, cinematography, music, script, acting (DDL, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville). DDL was fantastic. Best 2017 film imho.
 
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Perfect. 10/10. Direction, cinematography, music, script, acting (DDL, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville). DDL was fantastic. Best 2017 film imho.


The lighting, camera work, costume work, etc, was about as perfect as it gets right? It’s slow/steady pacing that will irk some but geez DDL and PTA don’t F around. Another masterpiece from PTA.



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This film gets wonderful reviews as seen here but I saw the trailer for it when I went to see The Darkest Hour. My wife and I both thought "Well, there's one we can skip." Despite my warning, my sister in New York went to see it. You'd think women would like it. She said it was like watching grass grow.
 
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The lighting, camera work, costume work, etc, was about as perfect as it gets right? It’s slow/steady pacing that will irk some but geez DDL and PTA don’t F around. Another masterpiece from PTA.
That one shot in the alps - breathless. The work on the stairs during the opening scenes. And the laughs. Seriously funny. And that one shot of Manville as she walks sternly to the door straight into the camera to open the door. So many of those. And the mushroom cam (kind of a pulp fiction trunk cam). Even the shots of him driving, feeling the bumps in the twisty roads. You think, man that music is great, then you get a perfect close up of Krieps, and then you think, no way she's going to do that. And the ending has me thinking. Thimble? Omlette? Something's not right. Ambiguity. Genious (PTA).
 
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The lighting, camera work, costume work, etc, was about as perfect as it gets right? It’s slow/steady pacing that will irk some but geez DDL and PTA don’t F around. Another masterpiece from PTA.
That one shot in the alps - breathless. The work on the stairs during the opening scenes. And the laughs. Seriously funny. And that one shot of Manville as she walks sternly to the door straight into the camera to open the door. So many of those. And the mushroom cam (kind of a pulp fiction trunk cam). Even the shots of him driving, feeling the bumps in the twisty roads. You think, man that music is great, then you get a perfect close up of Krieps, and then you think, no way she's going to do that. And the ending has me thinking. Thimble? Omlette? Something's not right. Ambiguity. Genious (PTA).


The car or driving scenes were the best I have seen in years. The way he mounted the camera to the vehicle was excellent, pulsing up and down as the suspension compresses. It reminded me of Ronin, and Le Mans. Best driving shots I’ve seen in many years, and totally caught me off guard.



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The lighting, camera work, costume work, etc, was about as perfect as it gets right? It’s slow/steady pacing that will irk some but geez DDL and PTA don’t F around. Another masterpiece from PTA.
That one shot in the alps - breathless. The work on the stairs during the opening scenes. And the laughs. Seriously funny. And that one shot of Manville as she walks sternly to the door straight into the camera to open the door. So many of those. And the mushroom cam (kind of a pulp fiction trunk cam). Even the shots of him driving, feeling the bumps in the twisty roads. You think, man that music is great, then you get a perfect close up of Krieps, and then you think, no way she's going to do that. And the ending has me thinking. Thimble? Omlette? Something's not right. Ambiguity. Genious (PTA).
The car or driving scenes were the best I have seen in years. The way he mounted the camera to the vehicle was excellent, pulsing up and down as the suspension compresses. It reminded me of Ronin, and Le Mans. Best driving shots I’ve seen in many years, and totally caught me off guard.
Yup. Even the one shot looking into the windshield as he makes a sharp left turn and she slides into him (right hand drive of course).

I will be seeing this again.
 
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I don't see many movies in the theaters, but this will be one of them.




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