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 Triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis plays fastidious 1950s London
fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock whose self-centered life is
disrupted when his latest muse, Alma (played by newcomer Vicky
Krieps), falls in love with him and matters take an unexpected
and sinister twist.
The movie, arriving in U.S. theaters on Dec. 25, took two years
to research and write in what Anderson says was a collaborative
effort with Day-Lewis.
"It was always my intention to make a romantic film. The kind of
things we talked about are the classic gothic romances like
'Rebecca,' 'Gaslight' and 'Vertigo'," Anderson said.
"'Vertigo' is really about obsession and that fever that comes
over you when romance comes your way ... (The movie) gets pretty
complicated and peculiar, as love does," he added.
British-born Day-Lewis, known for his meticulous preparation,
threw himself into the project, studying for months with
designers and making a couture dress himself.
"Everything in the House of Woodcock was so particular - what
chair, what silverware, what teacup. You have to involve Daniel
in every aspect of that. There isn't a piece of furniture or
wall covering that hasn't been approved (by him)," Anderson
said.
Yet after filming was completed, Day-Lewis, 60, shocked the
movie world in June by announcing, without explanation, that he
was retiring as an actor.
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In an interview with W magazine last month, the only man to have won
three lead actor Oscars said the decision was directly related to
shooting "Phantom Thread."
"Before making the film, I didn't know I was going to stop acting. I
do know that Paul and I laughed a lot before we made the movie. And
then we stopped laughing because we were both overwhelmed by a sense
of sadness," Day-Lewis told the magazine.
That sadness has stayed with him, he said. "That happened during the
telling of the story, and I don't really know why."
Lesley Manville, who plays the fictional Woodcock's co-dependent
sister, said the movie's driving theme is "the human condition, and
how we all respond to and deal with love and the lack of love."
"Phantom Thread" goes into Hollywood's awards season with two Golden
Globe nominations and more than 20 awards from film critics groups
in North America.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Tom Brown)
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