Phantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes ever present in his life as his muse and lover.
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A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Daniel day Lewis and Leslie manville were fantastic. But the movie itself is a bit slow and at a certain point you wait for it to end.
Most dreadful and endlessly boring movie made in the last century.
Fairly well executed, yet not enough story line. One does get the feeling it is going somewhere, only to be disappointed. The sets and clothes were magnificent, if that ticks your boxes, the attention to detail will not disappoint you. There is an element of perverseness within the whole film, this only intensifies as it moves along. It is a slow death to watch, but bear with , if it is your subject matter, and you might go away feeling your time was not wasted.
While I watched this film earlier in the year, I revisited it again last weekend, it had been on my mind for a while and the second viewing only made it occupy more mind space. PT Anderson enjoys showing power dynamics between the Master and the servant (see what I did there?). Phantom Thread is a similar film along those lines. Reynolds is a dressmaker played impeccably by Daniel Day Lewis in what may be his final role, who gives it his all in such a way we don't see a star or a bombastic performance as in PTA's There Will be blood but a far more nuanced performance. Vicky Krieps is the second lead playing his muse and sometimes lover who did an admirable job but in some scenes her accent starts to act up and a strong German accent hits the viewers which I don't think figures in the origin story of her character. Lesley Manville plays the overprotective sister who's also the business head for the venture while Reynolds' artist she's surprisingly the comic relief in the film as well because of her deadpan and dry delivery. The movie is gently directed with long shots and soft classical music which goes a long way in my books. The ending is however this movie's real strength lies, it was a lot of food for thought and talking more would give away the details. Would love to talk about it in the comment section though.