Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Watch Daniel Day-Lewis In The Trailer For Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Phantom Thread'
The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film just dropped, and it features Daniel Day-Lewis as a smooth but damaged tailor and dress-maker in the 1950s. The film, titled Phantom Thread, is Anderson's first feature since 2014's Inherent Vice and is rumored to be Day-Lewis' final role. The last time the director and actor collaborated was for 2007's There Will Be Blood (arguably Anderson''s best), so we already know what the two are capable of accomplishing together. Plus, this movie will feature Anderson behind the camera for the first time as cinematographer, and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is back to compose the score. Basically, Christmas can't come soon enough.
The official synopsis is as follows:
“Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Leslie Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.”
Support for LAist comes from
Phantom Thread was announced a year ago but the title was kept under wraps until recently. Day-Lewis' character is reportedly based on Charles James, a British fashion designer who was known as "America's first couturier," according to Indiewire.
Anderson usually makes movies about Los Angeles and the West (Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love, and Magnolia all take place in the Valley; The Master is loosely based on L. Ron Hubbard and the rise of Scientology; There Will Be Blood is based on Upton Sinclair's Oil!, which is loosely based on Edward L. Doheny's life), so it is with reluctance that we loosen our grip on Anderson's geography of choice. The movie is sure to be a stunner, though, so we will forgive and forget.
We hope he returns to the Valley. Until then, get excited for Phantom Thread, and wonder to what degree Day-Lewis' character is a projection of PTA himself. The movie comes out on December 25.
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
Best of LAist