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Terrence Malick: The Reluctant Auteur

24 November 2009 4:02 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

The furious way that the beautiful free flowing style which Terrence Malick has curated over his career is talked about often disguises the fact that he has made just four features and one (some people say two), rare as hens teeth, shorts. So, after only a hand full of features in 37 years what is it about the director that has celluloid lovers chomping at the bit. Until very recently there were only 2 published interviews with the modest director in existence and only a handful of photographs. His stubbornness with the press is legendary. His Tom Sawyer like trademark themes of innocents somehow lost within harsh mother nature, the beautifully paced editing and pitch perfect scores, his poetic and naturalistic voice overs and consistently jaw dropping cinematography has helped the film maker achieve a level of awe and mystery perhaps only reserved on a comparable level for one Stanley Kubrick. The »

- Neil Innes

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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #17

15 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

This week I'm on time and have more than just one movie to discuss as I finally finished watching both Terrence Malick and Paul Weitz's filmography, caught another Christmas film I had not seen and refreshed my memory on a Spielberg sci-fi.

As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. I now have 51 friends on the movie rental site and would love to have a few more if those of you out there with accounts are interested. Now, here's the recap of my week in movies...

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Quick Thoughts: For no real reason whatsoever other than the fact this film had landed on my radar over the past few months, I finally decided to watch A.I. since first watching it back in 2001. I remember not being blown away after seeing it the first time and again I wasn't bowled over, but »

- Brad Brevet

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Review: Fantastic Mr Fox - neither fantastic nor a failure

30 October 2009 3:08 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

Known for his stylish comedies about dysfunctional families, American auteur Wes Anderson shifts his focus to the field of animation and rural England in this unlikely adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book. Tackling animation means that Anderson has complete control over his environment to the smallest detail and can let his imagination run riot - much of the film takes place against a lush sunset backdrop, like Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven remade with puppets. Somewhat unusually, much of the animals' world is kept at a distance from the audience, instead of being brought in on their level the camera observes them often from a human perspective. This, coupled with occasional flirtations with the grotesque (unlike the average anthropomorphised animal tale Mr Fox presents nature as red in tooth and claw) makes the film oddly reminiscent of Victorian Taxidermist Walter Potter's tableaux. With its jokes about middle class »

- Mark Davison

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Motorcycle Diaries Duo to Adapt Novel American Rust

19 October 2009 8:37 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

The novel American Rust is on track to be turned into a film, and while the subject matter and tone are called "unrelentingly downbeat," reporting on the forward movement gives me hope. Because I see a cousin to films like Days of Heaven in this story of friends trying to escape both an accidental murder and their a decaying Pennsylvania town. With the writer/director duo behind The Motorcycle Diaries tackling the book, I hope the eventual film will have some of the same uncanny beauty that made the downbeat films of several decades back so great. Variety reports that Walter Salles and Jose Rivera are attached to direct and write the script from Philipp Meyer's debut novel. Scott Stuber is producing and he's got a first-look deal with Universal, though if the book and eventual film are as downbeat as most say, I'd be surprised if Universal picked up »

- Russ Fischer

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 18, 2009

18 October 2009 2:08 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

This week:

The box office gets Wild; a Vampire Chronicles star moves to Cradlewood; Everything Must Go for Will Ferrell; Owen, Keener and Schwimmer Trust each other and Terrance Mallick’s Tree of Life withers in 2009.

 

Box Office

After a few years in post-production, Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are took the top spot with a mighty $32.4 million over the weekend. Catering to children and adults alike, it looks like this adaptation of the children’s book might make it to the century barrier.

Law Abiding Citizen came an impressive second with $21 million. The thriller has given a boost to the careers of Jamie Fox and Gerard Butler whose last movies underperformed.

Paranormal Activity scared up $20 million from only 760 screens for a $33 million total. It looks like the sky is the limit as Halloween approaches.

Couples Retreat plunged 47% giving the comedy a weekend take of just under $18 million. »

- Niall Browne

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Tree of Life Not to Grow Until 2010

16 October 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

New distributor Apparition has managed to maintain incredibly tight-lipped about Terrence Malick’s upcoming film Tree of Life. Very little is known even in regards to the plot of the film, which would seem unusual with just over two months remaining until the film’s original release date of December 25th.

However, Bob Berney, head of Apparition, has announced that the film remains unfinished and won’t be released until an unknown date in 2010. Berney also admitted he has not yet seen what has already been done on Tree of Life, which shows a certain faith in Malick’s abilities.

Malick earned such acclaim as a director with Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, that actors are always eager for the opportunity to work with him. Although not much is known about Tree of Life, it is known that Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain are »

- Carly

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Tree Of Life Held Back Until 2010

16 October 2009 4:28 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

The upcoming fifth film from perfectionist director Terrence Malick has been pushed back to an undertermined release date in 2010. Tree Of Life stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn in a heartfelt story about the loss of a son's innocence and the struggle to come to grips with it into adulthood. Other than that, details on the film have remained a mystery, as the director has managed to keep a tight lid on the whole thing. Already, Malick has been in the editing room for nearly a year.

The information was released by new distributor Apparition, whose new head Bob Berny said, "It's definitely not going to come out this year... I can't tell you when it will come out."

The acclaimed director of Badlands and Days Of Heaven conceived of the story for Tree Of Life nearly thirty years ago. He has decided to accompany the film in some way »

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'Tree of Life' Uprooted from 2009

15 October 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

The Tree of Life, the new film from legendary director Terrence Malick, is not coming out in 2009. Exactly when it will be released remains up in the air.

While that should hardly be surprising, given Malick’s reputation for taking extended periods of time to piece together his movies, it does mean one sure-sounding Oscar bait is officially out of this year’s race. The Tree of Life has been described as a family drama about grief set in the 1950’s, and stars Sean Penn and Brad Pitt.

Apparition had scheduled a December 25 release date, but studio chief Bob Berney said it was "wishful," and confirmed, "It’s definitely not going to come out this year." The reason, Indiewire reports, is that Malick hasn’t finished the movie yet. Indeed, after more than a year of fussing in the editing room with his footage, shot in and around Austin back »

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Music: Review:Megafaun

3 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Americana has always been a troublesome genre tag, both too broad in the wide range of roots music it covers, and too narrow when it comes to all-American sounds not made by bearded Caucasian folkies. Megafaun fits squarely in the bearded Caucasian folkie camp, but the ethereal Gather, Form & Fly is far too extraterrestrial-sounding to be bound to this planet, much less this country. Evoking a warmly inviting yet mysteriously alien countryside terrain reminiscent of those gorgeously golden wheat fields from Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven, Gather, Form & Fly has a psychedelic mind and a Pentecostal heart, applying raggedly ... »

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