another epic kinda film. won daniel-day lewis an oscar, which he was pretty obviously gunning for, and also deserved. the film felt quite old and slow in general but i guess the surprising thing is how many memorable scenes there were. the eli character was quite genius, as was his son. great acting, great cinematography. but the best thing about the film was still the final 15 minutes, with the scene in the study with hw and in the bowling alley with eli. a strangely brilliant film in so many ways.
one disconcerting thing though is how daniel conned the town into buying his dig-oil-for-better-economy line. its like all of us are little abels and all the little elis are in church or in prison.
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