The actor's role in Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread is haunting and brilliant, but a closer look reveals a masterful comedic performance.
The Big Picture Legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis has been renowned for his dramatic abilities and method approach to acting. His first collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, earned him an Academy Award for his portrayal of the ruthless oilman Daniel Plainview. In 2017, Day-Lewis teamed up with Anderson again for Phantom Thread, a twisted romance centered on Reynolds Woodcock, a master dressmaker, and Alma, a younger woman who becomes his muse, portrayed by Vicky Krieps.
Daniel Day-Lewis Makes 'Phantom Thread' a Comedy of Manners When Vicky Krieps comes into the story as Alma, a waitress who trips and blushes at her first time seeing Day-Lewis' Reynolds Woodcock sat in the dining room of her restaurant, there is an immediate class and lifestyle dynamic established in how the two interact. Reynolds is high-class, stuffy, and incredibly particular. Alma is interested in him, and he is drawn to her immediately.
Watching one of the greatest actors working today be prodded and needled by this woman who swings into his fancy lifestyle like a wrecking ball is inherently funny. All the reverence you tend to approach a Day-Lewis performance with is thrown out the window when Reynolds launches into a paranoid tirade about improperly prepared asparagus, eventually dramatically exclaiming that Alma must be a spy hired to infiltrate and sabotage his life after such a foul inconvenience has befallen him.
'Phantom Thread' Refuses To Box Itself Into a Particular Tone or Genre In a film that presents itself as a period drama on the surface, Phantom Thread consistently subverts the pretension that can come with a film of this kind by allowing moments of absurd human behavior to work as comedy as well as the underlying story works as a subversive romance.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kevin Stefanski awaiting ‘all results’ on Deshaun Watson’s shoulder exams; declines to say if IR is an optionDeshaun Watson will be day-to-day again leading up to the Seahawks game.
Read more »
Monday Night Football predictions and open thread: Vikings host 49ers!Can the 49ers recover on the road after an embarrassing loss?
Read more »
Allen R McConnell Ph.D.Allen R. McConnell, Ph.D., is the James and Beth Lewis Professor of Psychology at Miami University.
Read more »
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc disqualified after United States Grand PrixMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the United States Grand Prix for technical violations found after the conclusion of the race.
Read more »
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc disqualified after United States Grand PrixMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the United States Grand Prix for technical violations found after the conclusion of the race.
Read more »
Why Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were DQ'd from F1 U.S. Grand PrixSunday night ruling by the stewards took away Lewis Hamilton's second-place finish.
Read more »