Phantom Thread
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| Directed by | Paul Thomas Anderson |
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| Written by | Paul Thomas Anderson |
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| Music by | Jonny Greenwood |
| Edited by | Dylan Tichenor |
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Running time
| 130 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million[4] |
| Box office | $311,345[5] |
Phantom Thread is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in London's couture world in the 1950s. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Vicky Krieps;[6] it is reportedly Day-Lewis's final performance in a film before retiring after four decades of acting.[7]
The film is Anderson's first filmed outside the United States, with principal photography beginning in January 2017 in Lythe in England. It is also his second collaboration with Day-Lewis, following There Will Be Blood (2007) and his fourth with composer Jonny Greenwood.
The film premiered in New York City on December 11, 2017 and was released in the United States on December 25, 2017.[8]
Phantom Thread received acclaim from critics, who lauded Day-Lewis's performance, Anderson's screenplay and direction, Greenwood's score, and the film's production and costume design, and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2017.[9] The film received two nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor – Drama (Day-Lewis) and Best Original Score.[10]
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[hide]Plot[edit]
Amid the glamour of London in the 1950s, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril dress members of the royal family, film stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinctive style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across Alma, a strong-willed young woman who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.[11]
Cast[edit]
- Daniel Day-Lewis[12] as Reynolds Woodcock
- Lesley Manville[13] as Cyril Woodcock
- Vicky Krieps[13] as Alma Elson
- Richard Graham[14] as George Riley
- Camilla Rutherford as Johanna
- Harriet Sansom Harris as Barbara Rose
- Brian Gleeson as Dr. Robert Hardy
- Julia Davis as Lady Baltimore
- Nicholas Mander as Lord Baltimore
- Lujza Richter as Princess Mona Braganza
- Gina McKee as Countess Henrietta Harding
- Philip Franks as Peter Martin
- Phyllis MacMahon as Tippy
- Silas Carson as Rubio Gurrerro
- Martin Dew as John Evans
- Jane Perry as Mrs. Vaughan
Production[edit]
On June 2, 2016, it was announced that Paul Thomas Anderson would write and direct a fashion drama film set in 1950s, with Daniel Day-Lewis attached as star.[12]Megan Ellison would produce the film through Annapurna Pictures, along with JoAnne Sellar and Anderson.[12][15] On September 8, 2016, the film was picked up by Focus Features stateside and Universal Pictures internationally.[16] In late January 2017, Lesley Manville, Richard Graham, and Vicky Krieps were cast.[14][13]Anderson became interested in the fashion industry by reading about designer Cristóbal Balenciaga.[17]
Principal photography began in late January 2017 in Lythe, United Kingdom.[18][15] Filming also took place in 2017 in the London neighborhood of Fitzrovia, in Fitzroy Square, and Grafton Mews.[19] It was reported in June 2017 that Anderson would be serving as his own cinematographer on the film as Robert Elswit was unavailable during production.[20] However, Anderson refuted the claim in November, stating that there is no official credit for the cinematography and that it was a collaborative effort.[17]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 78 reviews and an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Phantom Thread's finely woven narrative is filled out nicely by humor, intoxicating romantic tension, and yet another impressively committed performance from Daniel Day-Lewis."[21] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 92 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[22]
Writing for The A. V. Club, A. A. Dowd gave the film an A−, calling it a "charitable and even poignantly hopeful take on the subject [of being in a relationship with an artist]" and said that "in the simple, refined timelessness of its technique, Phantom Thread is practically a love letter to classic aesthetic values—cinematic, sartorial, or otherwise."[23]
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