Hallo zusammen,
ich sah gestern -endlich- „There will be blood“, war auch sehr begeistert. Das Ende hat mich jedoch etwas ratlos zurückgelassen. Hat Daniel durch den Mord „gesiegt“? Was glaubt Ihr, meint er mit dem Schlusssatz „Ich bin jetzt (hier?)fertig“? Gibt es Foren, wo man so etwas nachschlagen kann?
Freue mich über Hinweise und Meinungen!
LG
ilka*
Hi Ilka,
wenn du Englisch verstehst, lohnt sich bei solchen Fragen immer ein Besuch in der IMDB (www.imdb.com). Dort gibt es seit einiger Zeit eine Rubrik namens FAQ, in der die am häufigsten gestellten Fragen zu Filmen beantwortet werden. Außerdem kann man seine Fragen in den (sehr gut besuchten) Foren zu den einzelnen Filmen diskutieren. Die FAQ-Seite zu „There Will Be Blood“ findest du hier:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/faq
Zu deiner Frage ist da folgender Text zu finden:
It’s rather obvious that Daniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Eli have had a feud ever since Daniel snubbed Eli publicly at the dedication of the Little Boston well, and the baptism didn’t help nor the payment. The fact that H.W. Plainview (Russell Harvard) was now going to be a rival to Daniel caused more fury and anger in him. When Eli visited & told Daniel about Mr. Bandy’s land, Daniel had already drained the areas with the wells he’d drilled surrounding that area. Daniel wanted nothing to do with Eli. He killed Eli out of greed and hate. The last line „I’m Finished“ meant he was finished with his guest along with his life. It could also mean that Daniel had eliminated the last possible source of competition. Another explanation lies in Daniel’s view of family. He accepted H.W. as his son, as he had control over the child. As H.W. became autonomous, he withdrew from Daniel, destroying Daniel’s attempt at family. Eli arrives, telling that he and Daniel are now brothers. As Daniel never sought this creation of family with Eli, he decided to destroy it. A popular explanation of Daniel’s killing of Eli and the meaning of the film’s final line is that throughout the movie, Daniel de-evolves into a purely evil human being. From the beginning where he is so poor that he is willing to crawl on his back for miles to claim a silver find to the end where he has become rich and is now almost completely insane, Daniel has descended into becoming truly demonic. Ultimately, he is so evil that the murder of Eli means absolutely nothing to him, and his final line, „I’m finished,“ cements the fact that he has „finished“ his descent into evil.