PHANTOM THREAD - Daniel Day Lewis

The first trailer for Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis’s final film before retirement, has been unveiled.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film stars the acclaimed actor as Reynolds Woodcock, a renowned dressmaker who enters into a complex relationship with a strong-willed woman (Vicky Krieps) in 1950s post-war London. It’s the second collaboration between Day-Lewis and Anderson, following 2008’s oil-boom drama There Will Be Blood. As with that film, the music for Phantom Thread has been composed by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, who also provided the score for Anderson’s films The Master and Inherent Vice.

Despite the presence of Day-Lewis and Greenwood, Phantom Thread marks a departure for Anderson, whose filmography to date, which also includes Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love, has been set almost entirely on the west coast of the US.

The film is expected to be in the running for awards-season glory, with Day-Lewis tipped for the best actor Oscar at next year’s Academy Awards. Should he win, it will be the fourth time the actor has taken home the gong, after winning for his performances in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012). Anderson, conversely, has never won an Academy Award, despite being nominated multiple times during his career.

Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting earlier this year, in a move that surprised many in the industry. “He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject,” a statement from his spokeswoman read.

Phantom Thread is released on 25 December in the US, and 2 February in the UK.

(via The Guardian)