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The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick

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Re: The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick

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Like the first line says, he is probably the least known famous director. That is, he is not an activist and not flashy, doesn't make a lot of movies, and the general public simply doesn't know about him. But all the other movie directors and famous actors know him and kind of idolize him.

When Thin Red Line came out in 1998 he hadn't done a movie since 1978 (Days of Heaven) and yet he snagged all the famous actors to play in it: Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel (though he wasn't as famous then), George Clooney, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte, John Travolta and others. It's like they were tripping over themselves to be in his film.

But I can't fault the general public for not knowing him either. His movies are more "artsy" so he is like like an American version of Andrey Tarkovsky -- you have to really be in the mood for his movies, like watching Stalker or Mirror by Tarkovsky.

Re: The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick

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ofrzeta wrote: post #6
barelycompetent wrote: post #4

Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line are simply the most beautiful films ever made.

I don't know if I would call The Thin Red Line "beautiful" but I think it's a great (anti-)war movie.

I think I would call it cinematographically beautiful, and parts of it were meant to be really be visually beautiful. But it all had to be contrasted with carnage, death, fear, and all the ugliness of war.

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Post by haunter »

>There is a new film in the works, The Way of the Wind, about the life of Christ. Géza Röhrig plays Jesus, Mark Rylance is Satan. It was shot in 2019. The word is that it will open at Cannes in May. But I’m not sure they said which year.

Sadly not this year either :(

Probably my most anticipated film of the decade, I loved all the Terrence Malick films I've seen so far.

Re: The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick

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Post by nsxwolf »

ofrzeta wrote: post #6
barelycompetent wrote: post #4

Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line are simply the most beautiful films ever made.

I don't know if I would call The Thin Red Line "beautiful" but I think it's a great (anti-)war movie.

Seeing it in a packed theater with a bunch of teenagers on a Friday night ruined it for me the first time. They were expecting another “Saving Private Ryan” and got something totally different, so decided to entertain themselves through obnoxious behavior and mockery.
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