There Will Be Blood poster
There Will Be Blood

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

The beach two-shot with Henry’s face partly in sun leads a field including the dynamited well, mine fall, falling well debris, burning derrick silhouette, and vintage-lens train image.

In the discussion (3)
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  • The favored beach framing mirrors a famous painting and visually anticipates Daniel seeing through Henry.
  • Fletcher and Daniel in shadow before the burning derrick turn destruction into triumph.
  • A modified 1910 Pathé lens created the unusual train image of Daniel and infant H.W.