This movie is one of my favorites in a long long time. I'm still thinking about it. The characters are fascinating and a little bit haunting. It comes from a novel, and is loosely based on that story. The lead character is Daniel Plainview, a man driven toward and against his own future. We meet him as he is digging a hole, a mine, something all alone. He finds a hunk of gold, just as he falls and injures his leg. We get the idea very quickly that this man is hard as nails. He drags himself to the exchange office and from there I got a clear view of who he is. He's one of those people pushed by his past, forged in hard times, and now will focus so completely on his goals that something will be lost in his wake....



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