Woah!  That Dolly track looks intense!  The lateral tracking shot definitely brings to mind Godard's "Weekend".  Wonder if there's a car crash in the novel?  Better finish reading it and find out what this could possibly be for.  Saw another shot of Anderson with a shoulder rig; seems like his french style of…

Uhhhh, you do know that "There Will Be Blood" was based on Upton Sinclair's muckracking novel "Oil!" right?  It's not so much Anderson's critique on America, as much as it is Sinclair's.  Sinclair being a Socialist was against Capitalism(Daniel Plainview), and he was also vehemently against religion, as illustrated by…