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There Will Be Blood: Religion and Capitalism in America

Feb 15th, 2008 | By Rick | Category: Analysis and Comment

Warning: There be spoilers ahead!
Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood explores themes that include the dynamics between fathers and sons, the corrosive effects of greed, and the role of religion in the rise of industrial capitalism. This last is perhaps the most striking, but it’s also the most misunderstood. It’s been [...]