The writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson, his favorite film is The Treasure of The Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. Thats also a classic about prospectors, greed and murder. For Daniel Plainview, Day-Lewis based him and his facial characteristics on Walter Huston's character Dobbs -- and the voice is basically an impression of Walter's brother, the director John Huston.

Smoke from this film could be seen from one of the sets of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, which was filming nearby at the same time. There are echoes of CITIZEN KANE in this film.

SHANDOR!! a great start to the day!! This is a whale of a character n performance! Those old “Miner-49er”s were hella tough as all our predecessors were! We stand on the shoulders of vicious giants!! And thankfully so! I contend the actor who plays Eli has the MOST PUNCHABLE FACE in movie history! So Daniel didn’t have to do toooo much method acting to pummel him! 😂😂😂

A masterpiece for sure. Everything. And that crazy atonal music at the start. Fantastic

This is a very strange sentence but: I really respect you as a reactor. love your thoughtful and calm way of doing this.

This is by far my favorite movie

Hey Shandor! Another great response - really enjoy your style Hope you saw my message about your wonderful vlog on the Lugosi Dracula Thanks for all you share Btw im half Romanian

DDL is/was 1 of, if not THEE best actor of his generation. His best performance IMO is My Left Foot

Add Pelican Brief to your list of fabulous older films!

No Country for Old Men