Plainview

American  

[pleyn-vyoo] / ˈpleɪnˌvyu /

noun

1. a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.

2. a city in N Texas.

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Example Sentences

And how: Playing an angry hermit living off the grid somewhere in Britain, the older Mr. Day-Lewis once again commands the screen in a combustible performance that contains traces of his most malignant creations—Bill the Butcher in “Gangs of New York” and Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”—yet with a poignant appreciation for how the passage of time dissolves the crust of even the hardest men.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lean and athletic, with a wildness in his eyes, Ray displays the same antagonism as Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher from “Gangs of New York” or Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.”

From Los Angeles Times

Transforming the settling of California into a revisionist allegory for American expansionism, the film features a ferocious, for-the-ages performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, who goes from a lone man literally crawling his way out of a hole in the ground to a ruthless oil baron, willing to sacrifice anything to claim a little more for himself.

From Los Angeles Times

Which is not to say the film lacks Anderson’s typical wit or humor, as in the infamous “I drink your milkshake!” scene during a final showdown between Plainview and his nemesis, a scheming evangelist played by Paul Dano.

From Los Angeles Times

You can tell because unlike Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview or Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Lancaster Dodd, he and Penn refuse to give the creep any charisma.

From Los Angeles Times