http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2008-12-04T00:32:57Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1738/there-might-be-blood--defining-what-shapes-america.html Everyone is saying <b>There Might Be Blood</b> is a great movie, but it's particularly important if you are trying to understand America, like most of us are on a daily basis.<br><br>It does a great job focusing in on the seductive powers of capitalism and religion and isolating them as the twin forces that help shape the country. <br><br>Interestingly, the movie's conclusion, is that in the end, there's very little to choose between them, they are identical twins. <br><br>Here's the first spoken scene where <span style="font-weight: bold;">Daniel Planview's (Daniel Day Lewis)</span> evolved character is introduced to us. <br><br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edcotton/2175653817/" title="There Will Be Blood by ed100, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/2175653817_effcca748e.jpg" alt="There Will Be Blood" height="404" width="500"></a><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2008-01-07T18:20:12Z