Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps bring a wondrously perverse love story to life in 'Phantom Thread'
One of the most exquisite moments in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread," a film composed entirely from exquisite moments, features a delicious riff on boy-meets-girl.
The boy is having breakfast at a country inn; the girl is waiting on him. She trips, charmingly, on her way to his table, then jots down his order - a feast of Welsh rarebit, scones and sausages - while returning his warm smile with a nervous, playful one of her own.
"Will you remember?" he asks, confiscating her notes. She will indeed.
Much of the pleasure of this spellbinding movie, set in England during the 1950s, lies in how lovingly Anderson stitches together those throwaway details. Even in this sweet first encounter between fashion designer Reynolds
