There Will Be Blood is a published work.
There Will Be Blood . Other qualities of the film , such as its cinematography , direction , and screenplay , were also lauded and received numerous awards and nominations . The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards , including Best Picture , winning Best Actor for Day-Lewis and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit . There Will Be Blood is now widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the 2000s , and was among the highest-ranking 21st century films in the British Film Institute 's 2012 Sight & Sound polls .