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In Reply to: RE: "The Tree of Life" just hit possum holler . . . posted by mr grits on August 20, 2011 at 18:15:11
The film is a modern version of the book of Genesis. Dad as Adam, Mom as Eve, and their three sons. Hence, the creation bit makes perfect sense. Note Sean Penn as Cain and his "coming home" to his family at the end of the film. Many more bits and parallels can support this interpretation.As it is one of the best films ever made, there are, of course, other plausible interpretations.
And besides, don't enjoy looking at beautiful non CGI effects? That was less than twenty minutes of the film.
I have found the criticism of the film amusing. I have seen it twice and both times people walked out. Have a look around...most people either don't appreciate art or only look to cinema as superficial entertainment. None of that is the fault of Malick.
P.S. After the first time I saw it, I didn't think it fit either.
Edits: 08/20/11Follow Ups:
"The film is a modern version of the book of Genesis. Dad as Adam, Mom as Eve, and their three sons. Hence, the creation bit makes perfect sense. Note Sean Penn as Cain and his "coming home" to his family at the end of the film. Many more bits and parallels can support this interpretation.".
That is a very interesting take.
guys abandoned after sophomore year at college. "Gee, the universe is a cold place, yet we're warm-blooded: what's that about?"
As far as your grand allegory interpretation, that hardly makes the work novel or necessarily "deep."
Frankly, I think the narration is a large failure. Film, I'd argue, is a visual medium. If you cannot communicate your story visually, you're admitting defeat from the get-go.
i would agree...allegory alone does not make a film.i think anyone who labels the film pretentious is projecting and cannot explain in a detailed paragraph or two specifically why the film is pretentious. It's a frickin film. I am amazed at the anger something like this generates.
Edits: 08/25/11
You arew talking to a guy who thinks Rise fo the Planet of the Apes is an intelegent film.....
....a poetry, 4 dimensional poetry, involving time sequence. I think I am beggining to 'feel' and understand what Malick was after.
feel guilty placing it in the same reference. The faux-intellectualism of the narration is enough to drive anyone mad. Anyone, that is, that doesn't like complex issues reduced to hippie-like sentiments commonly repeated during drug-induced illumination.
...what Kubrick did. '2001' did involve time sequence, but limted to one character and more 'linear' chronological form.
'Tree of Life' time sequence involved time sequence with multiple characters and in 'non-linear' chronological form.
It's not meant to be 'analyzed', it was meant to be 'felt'.
Btw. I remember what a pretentious bore I thought '2001' was when I first
saw it. I was 25 and expecting a 'Star Wars'!
Only when I saw it on big scree and when I was 42, then I got it.
That is a very interesting take. My take was that it was there as a juxtaposition aginst the smallness of our place in the universe. But as with so many great films you get from it what you bring to it.
IMO this film is a msterpiece. I've seen it twice as well and found the second viewing better than the first
Certainly. I thought that was more or less what it was about also. And then I had a week to think about all the religious imagery and I saw it again. I dunno but it's awesome. Would like to see it again, actually.
.......something else. I think he wanted the audience to see and feel why and how the characters do what they do, not 'analyze' or 'understand', but 'feel'.
still doesn't. I would like to see a viewer's cut which would take out your 20 minutes. That last part is easy...the heavenly reunion of family. I think people can live with that.
"That last part is easy...the heavenly reunion of family. I think people can live with that."
I loved that scene, especia1ly father played by Brad Pitt, and the son played by Penn, confronting one another, but without any melodrama.
It reminded me Fellini's '8 1/2' last scene, except more mature.
Would you like to have met your father today when he's around your age today?
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