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In Reply to: RE: Terrence Malik's Days of Heaven posted by townsend on May 20, 2007 at 15:05:08

Malick's first two films were and are so loved that the queue of actors for TTRL must have gone round the block.
Malick, of course, hated the closed in way that he was offered endless variations on these stories and, as far as I know, left for Paris where he occasionally emerged to rewrite scripts as long as his name never appeared. I was told this by writer Robert Shelton who interestingly wrote the famous first New York review of a young Bob Dylan that lead to him getting a recording contract.
If he has a fault it's that he has an almost mescaline view of the natural world (and its people) and that can take over as it may do in The New World, although I enjoyed that film a lot as I do, say, House Of Flying Daggers, by letting it wash over me.
In The New World, his subject is that "natural" world and the meeting of that with his obsession seems to detract from the effect.
Maybe it's his blind spot.
I find that these films stand repeated viewing and am about ready to give TNW another go...

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RE: Malick - townsend 15:26:16 05/20/07 (3)
I may have to give TNW a second try.

But have you seen Black Robe? An unheralded movie from director Bruce Beresford, who directed Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies and Breaker Morant (a big two-thumbs up for Breaker, and the newest DVD release dramatically improves the picture).

BR set in the rugged 17the century Canadian wilderness, where Father Laforgne (Lothaire Bluteau), a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness to convert Huron Indians.
- Glad you know some Aussies! - dave c 22:06:21 05/20/07 (0)
  Bruce (what other name would be possible) has been a famous Aussie film maker since the days of Barry Mckenzie.
  I haven't seen or even heard of The Black Robe but I will hunt it out.
- Breaker and BR are superb, five-star films. nt - tinear 15:57:13 05/20/07 (1)
  loijaxdfg
  - As are the TM films mentioned... - sjb 17:26:35 05/20/07 (0)
    to people with good taste that is!
    
    ;-)
    
    Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.

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