The Genius Of Terence Malick

Tenence Malick has only ever made 4 commercial movies, but they are astonishing movies:

- Badlands
- Days Of Heaven
- The Thin Red Line
- The New World

It's no surprise that a man who was educated at Harvard and Oxford University, taught philosophy at MIT and attended the American Film Institute, has made movies deemed 'intelligent'. Some people find him pretentious, but the ethereal beauty of his cinema should dissolve any accusations of this kind. He makes movies like moving paintings, but he infuses them with unrelenting critique of humanity's folly.

Here are some beautiful stills - and covers/posters - from his movies:

Badlands:

Days Of Heaven:

The Thin Red Line:

The New World:

So, anyone else a fan?

EDIT: Oh, man! I spelt his name incorrectly in the title! Can anyone amend that for me? Amen.

I haven't seen 'The New World' yet, so I shall reserve my vote until then...

I really liked 'The Thin Red Line'. It had an A-cast, and Nick Nolte really showed a good acting side. 'The Thin Red Line' was shot differently than any other Vietnam, or even war flick for that matter. It was with such beauty, It was really something I didn't expect from a war flick. But it came out for the better.

The New world Looks promising, But I Dislike Colin Farrel (sp). He hasn't had a good reputation in my book.

Never heard of him or seen his films but from what you just gave me sounds like a bore. No offence intended. It just sounds soooo pseudo intellectual. If I ever see one of these films in the video store I'll give them a watch to actually see what they are like.

Intelligent films aren't for everyone. Stupid people generally find them to be a little over their heads. Give his movies a try, then you can see which category you fall into...

Originally posted by DarkWizard
I really liked 'The Thin Red Line'. It had an A-cast, and Nick Nolte really showed a good acting side. 'The Thin Red Line' was shot differently than any other Vietnam, or even war flick for that matter. It was with such beauty, It was really something I didn't expect from a war flick. But it came out for the better.

The New world Looks promising, But I Dislike Colin Farrel (sp). He hasn't had a good reputation in my book.

It was the Pacific War.

It was a very solid movie.

I wonder why he doesnt do alot of movies?

Originally posted by Smasandian
It was the Pacific War.

(AKA WW2 for those not in the know..) 😄

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Intelligent films aren't for everyone. Stupid people generally find them to be a little over their heads. Give his movies a try, then you can see which category you fall into...

Just because a person may not like an "intelligent" film doesn't mean they are any less intelligent than you. They may simply not like the story, acting or whatever. I hate it when people do the "If you didn't like it, you didn't get it thing" with movies.

I see you didn't get my post, so you must be stupid.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
I see you didn't get my post, so you must be stupid.

I understood your reply and I just was making a point. Your previous post suggestively stated that If people didn't get it they were stupid. I retorted by saying that wasn't the case. Because it already sounded like you were doing the "If you didn't like it, you didn't get it" thing.

Read my previous post again. My sentiments remain the same.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Read my previous post again. My sentiments remain the same.

Wow, you've just proven you can post without saying anything at all. Congrats.

Once, twice, three times a lady? It is to you that I doth my hat, ma'am.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Once, twice, three times a lady? It is to you that I doth my hat, ma'am.

Read my previous post again. My sentiments remain the same. 🙄

Yawn. I see that irony doesn't knock at your door, so I shall have to go remedial on your ass...

Your very first post is a perfect example of redundancy. First, you state that you have not seen any of Malick's movies. Then, you state that - in your infinite comprehension - you have garnered from two positive posts that the movies will most likely be 'pseudo-intellectual' and boring. You say this with no prior knowledge of either the director or the movies! Now, please explain to me again where the posts lacking in worthy content lie...

In response, I'm hoping that you quote my posts and wittily state 'here'.

My cousin actually worked on the editing in The New World, and he said the movie was surprisingly bad.

Really? It looks fantastic, but the presence of Colin does indeed bode ill.

Yeah, my cousin said he was surprised at how bad it was, since he knows some of the directors previous works. But, he's an editor so he has to watch movies like 100 times while putting them together, so maybe he just got really really really sick of it and it put a bad taste in his mouth.

I hope so. I haven't been disappointed in any of his other 3(!) movies.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Yawn. I see that irony doesn't knock at your door, so I shall have to go remedial on your ass...

Your very first post is a perfect example of redundancy. First, you state that you have not seen any of Malick's movies. Then, you state that - in your infinite comprehension - you have garnered from two positive posts that the movies will most likely be 'pseudo-intellectual' and boring. You say this with no prior knowledge of either the director or the movies! Now, please explain to me again where the posts lacking in worthy content lie...

In response, I'm hoping that you quote my posts and wittily state 'here'.

1. I was in the middle of writing my post before DW had posted. So I had only your post to go off from.
2. I gave an opinion of what I thought they might be like from your description. Not my fault you sold me a review that sounded utterly pretentious.
3. Yeah, I posted saying the movie most likely will be etc etc. It's called a first impression. People do it with reviews (like your own) or trailers. It's how people decide whether or not to see a movie.