Paul Thomas Anderson has made an unexpectedly charming film. I didn't think so and then I read the synopsis on Wikipedia and it said he died. The new Paul Thomas Anderson film, “Phantom Thread,” is about many things: clothing, sewing, driving, the risk of love, the exercise of power, and, above all, breakfast. About that ending of 'Phantom Thread': Paul Thomas Anderson and Vicky Krieps discuss the climactic power play Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a sly, beguiling look at a very unconventional romance. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread features one of the most fascinating onscreen relationships of 2017, between Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day Lewis), a controlling, fastidious London couturier (also, our ideal shopping buddy), and Alma (Vicky Krieps), a young immigrant from some unnamed European … By Scott Meslo w By Richard Lawso n. December 19, 2017. The Phantom Thread Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. However I have one friend who insists he did die, even though now the Wikipedia synopsis has been changed: it says he didn't die. Were any of you guys there with me? April 25th 2012 at the Williamsburg Hall of Music. Major spoilers for Phantom Thread belowRead at your own risk. Phantom Thread Review: The Most Surprising Love Story of the Year. My prized possession: one of the signed set-lists from our boy’s first show in NY. I asked several friends who saw the film and they all said he definitely didn't die. Phantom Thread Review: An Unexpected, Unpredictable Masterpiece from P.T. Does Reynolds die at the end of Phantom Thread?