“I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"

“I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"

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This thesis explores the question of adaptation in relation to Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood and Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. I argue, the reason adaptation studies has not necessarily moved beyond its obsession with fidelity is because theorists have neglected to underst...

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Main Author: Hughes, Joel
Other Authors: Toles, George (English, Film, and Theatre)
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Film
Adaptation
Paul Thomas Anderson
Upton Sinclair
Literature
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4322
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-MWU.1993-43222014-03-29T03:43:18Z “I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood" Hughes, Joel Toles, George (English, Film, and Theatre) McIntyre, Faye (English, Film, and Theatre) Eyland, Cliff (School of Art) Film Adaptation Paul Thomas Anderson Upton Sinclair Literature This thesis explores the question of adaptation in relation to Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood and Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. I argue, the reason adaptation studies has not necessarily moved beyond its obsession with fidelity is because theorists have neglected to understand a larger, more general, film going audience does not participate in perpetuating the academic theories that would do so. I then examine There Will Be Blood and its self-awareness of its relation to literature and its use of Upton Sinclair's Oil!. Finally, this line of inquiry leads me to conclude that There Will Be Blood disavows a notion of authority that would always make the adapted book better than the film. 2011-01-05T21:21:14Z 2011-01-05T21:21:14Z 2011-01-05T21:21:14Z http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4322 en_US
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topic Film
Adaptation
Paul Thomas Anderson
Upton Sinclair
Literature
spellingShingle Film
Adaptation
Paul Thomas Anderson
Upton Sinclair
Literature
Hughes, Joel
“I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"
description This thesis explores the question of adaptation in relation to Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood and Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. I argue, the reason adaptation studies has not necessarily moved beyond its obsession with fidelity is because theorists have neglected to understand a larger, more general, film going audience does not participate in perpetuating the academic theories that would do so. I then examine There Will Be Blood and its self-awareness of its relation to literature and its use of Upton Sinclair's Oil!. Finally, this line of inquiry leads me to conclude that There Will Be Blood disavows a notion of authority that would always make the adapted book better than the film.
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title “I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"
title_short “I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"
title_full “I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"
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title_sort “i just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the face, it's no great mystery:” understanding authority in paul thomas anderson’s "there will be blood"
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