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Malick is also unique in that while I love his work, I understand anyone who can't get into them and finds them dull or pretentious. It's as if some people are
by julianpye 9mo ago
Malick is also unique in that while I love his work, I understand anyone who can't get into them and finds them dull or pretentious. It's as if some people are tuned to his frequency and others just receive white noise.
When you're tuned to it, it's a timeless meditative, spiritual experience. Our wedding bands carry the words of the Tree of Life's 'Mrs. O'Brien': 'Unless you love, your life will flash by'.
I hope he can finish 'The Way of the Wind' in times for Cannes this year.
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoNot many directors able to produce fully avant-garde work with those budgets and that mainstream distribution. Closest I can think of is Harmony Korine around his commercial peak but that lasted a few years not decades.
- tpm 9mo agoDavid Lynch perhaps.
- stoneforger 9mo agoDino de Laurentis wants his money back
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoKorine and Lynch both had to retreat to independent distribution. It's amazing that Malick continues to have major studio support
- jjulius 9mo agoTo be fair, The Return, which is an entire 18 hours of avant-garde Lynch heroin, was distributed by Showtime.