Article: CITIZEN KANE SURPASSED; Force of nature: Daniel Day-Lewis.

Byline: Chris Tookey

There Will Be Blood (15) Verdict: There will be superlativesand why not?

HERE is the film that deserves to trounce all competition as Best Picture atthis year's Oscars. It's the most profoundly ironic, ragsto-riches story sinceCitizen Kane. In every way except technical innovation, it surpasses OrsonWelles's classic.

When we first meet Daniel Plainview (played in one of his too rare screenappearances by Daniel Day-Lewis) in 1898, he's digging for precious metals.

By luck, he discovers oil, which sets him on the path to becoming an oil man.

A mining accident leaves Daniel with an orphan to care for and he raises theboy, whom he calls ...

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