The Emergence of Capitalism: THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Paul Thomas Anderson has asserted in various interviews that his great film "There Will Be Blood" is not a story about capitalism, but is instead about archaic forces, about man against man. The film is also not to be understood politically. Of course, if you watch the film, this is all nonsense. Either the director has not understood his film or he is using this misdirection to weaken the film's criticism of capitalism after the fact. "There Will Be Blood" not only harks back to the era of Classical Hollywood, but also films the 24th chapter of Marx's "Capital", in which the emergence of capitalism is explained. The "original accumulation" was by no means as idyllic as bourgeois economists thought; instead, blood, fire and violence ensured that the economic system could develop. At the same time, however, this also ensured the relative freedom of individuals. The film by Paul Thomas Anderson is also about such individualisation processes - because it is first and foremost a work about two entrepreneurs: an oil baron and a preacher. With his leading actors Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano, Anderson also creates great acting cinema. Find out more from Wolfgang M. Schmitt in the video.


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