Phantom Thread

Writer/Producer/Director/Cinematographer Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is a strangely haunting film that is both maudlin, yet extremely sensual, thanks to Vicky Krieps, who is beautiful in a plain, but perfect way.

Vicky plays a waitress with an inner strength, yet a poor view of herself, that begins to be overcome, when a sour-hearted clothing designer (Daniel Day Lewis) brings her into his domain as his muse.

Thanks to the music of Composer Jonny Greenwood, Anderson’s Cinematography and Mark Tildesley’s Production Design what might have been a television event is an excellent filmic production.

Supposedly, this is Daniel Day Lewis’s last film, but I hope it is the blossoming of Vicky Kriep’s career.

The story may challenge your values, but it resolves your sentiments in a most interesting way.

Phantom Thread is for intelligent viewers and gets a 4 out of 5.