Someone please explain this movie to me, because as far as I know it was just a biography of an insane oil baron
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>>69676410
dude
capitalism
BAD
lmao
Greed n obsession n shit
>>69676410
>The relationship/competition between materialist self-centeredness and spiritual "populism."
>A character study of a man whose sole motivation is to out-compete everyone out of sheer, seething spite.
>A true "western" in the sense of the American conquest of the West.
I know you noticed some of this.
>>69676410
The answers so far are correct, but if you wanna get all homosexual about it you can look at it as literally the story of the 20th century.
>No women
>one man vs the world
>achieve profit at all costs
>murder those who try and stop you
>use religious when it suits you
>literally murder it once you have achieved your goals
>those whom you once protected are now your competitors
Plainview is 20th Century USA.
What was the guy impersonating his brother supposed to represent?
white america is evil
>>69676580
Some of it. But even still even though he claimed his son was just a bastard in a basket at the end he came across as caring way too much for him to have just been a simple tool to soften the hearts of people whose land he wanted. Or at least I didnt see why he beat Eli and mocked the Standard Oil guys for not knowing how to raise his son long after he had o prove he was a family man in business with his son.Though maye I too was deceived.
>>69676748
He wanted to spite the standard oil guys because they said he couldn't raise his kid.
>>69676410
>biography of an insane oil baron
yeah, pretty much. I fucking love this movie.
>>69676723
I really didn't understand why they did that.
Pretty much. The man was driven purely by competition and hate. There are obviously some other things that you could draw out about religion power that corrupts, but a bio pic about a crazy oil baron is good enough.
>>69676723
Betrayal. Paranoia.
It didn't even occur to him that this man needed help, or that he knew someone once close to Plainview. "WHO FUCKING SENT YOU?"
Sounds like America, to me.
>i drink your milkshake
I don't remember any drinking milkshakes in the movie? Also, why was he so upset over the milkshake? Couldn't he just get another one.
>>69677011
but why would he even care
i mean i know he was an intensely prideful and spiteful guy who probably wouldnt want his anything being questioned but i never got why he had so much issue with being challenged oj his treatment of what was just a pretty face to him, or why it was framed so intently as him being a good parent even when it wasnt necessary
>>69677338
I feel like as the movie goes on his facade starts to crumble (he goes from what appears to be a loving father to a bastard in a basket). Much like capitalism which tries to disguise itself as wholesome (trying to help provide for your family) it really is just trying to conquer anybody who opposes you. He hated that the standard oil guys had a thing they could lord over him about. While plainview is a sociopath who doesn't care about family it hurts his image that has allowed him to be successful
>>69676410
pretty much
I never got any hippy anti-capitalism vibe from the movie. only that almost all charecters were immoral to the point of discomfort.
/tv/ takes everything as a political statement for some reason
>>69677603
we get it you're a socialist
>>69679588
All movies are political.
Yet, I feel like it's not that much of an anti-capitalist movie. More like a portrait of it, its paranoia, its crazy obsession for money and shit.
>>69679588
Its not anti-capitalism. Its just showing what true capitalism is.
>>69676410
>biography of an insane oil baron
That's ROBBER baron and you say that like it's a bad thing
LOL I'M ACTING the movie
>>69677270
No.
He was always looking for a semblance of family. He only found acquaintances that shared his goals.
In the imposter, he finally found blood family and let down his guard.
Its not "le America is bad."
>>69676410
>biography of an insane oil baron
Why does it need to be anything else?
>>69676723
>What was the guy impersonating his brother supposed to represent?
It's the last straw that totally destroys his trust in people. He killed that man and with it, he killed a lot of himself. He becomes much darker and psycho after that.
>One night I'm going to come to you inside of your house wherever you're sleeping and I'm going to cut your throat.
What was his problem?
My favourite film.
If there was an anti-capitalist, anti-christian, anti-patriarchy, anti-etc. message it was effective because I am still a cis-scum bigot.
>>69677291
he also said "i eat your pudding"
it's about milkshakes
>science and capitalism are good
>religion is bad and slows down progress
there you go
