...so slowly, unfortunately.
Now, you guys are all here for one reason: Movies. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Everybody has their own peeves when it comes to the movie business. Some can't stand movies over two hours. Others can't stomach remakes or sequels (so, what? you see three movies a year? teehee).
Two of my biggest peeves are release dates (a frequent topic of anger at Stale Popcorn) and directors who take too long between movies. I though I'd take a look at three of my favourite directors and their movie-making habits. Feel free to comment at the end about your favourite time-wasting directors. Do they do it to torture us? Do they it so we savor their films moreso? Eitherway, it frustrates me. I want more of the people I adore.
...Read the rest as part of my guest blogging stint at The Film Experience.
Showing posts with label Terrence Malick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrence Malick. Show all posts
April 15, 2007
April 15, 2006
Glenn's 'Top 5 Movies That Changed My Life' List - #5
I'm bored and am deliberately not doing homework! Let's start at #5!
5. Days of Heaven (1978, dir. Terence Malick)
This movie wasn't on my radar at all, ever. It was on television one day and I noticed it starred Richard Gere and was directed by Malick - who I had heard of because of The Thin Red Line being released a few years prior - but never seen anything of. I thought I'd give it ago and from the very first frame I was entranced by it's oddly stoic-yet-inviting beauty. The movie starts and then within about 2 minutes it had already surprised me (remember I had zero idea what it was all about).
I continued watching and revelled in it. The movie was existing only for me at that moment. The second that Ennio Morricone's Oscar nominated score (one of my all-time favourites) merged with the Oscar-winning images (who knows who they're by, there's so many conflicting stories - but Nestor Almendros was the one with the statue) I new I was viewing something special.
It showed me that you didn't need specifically words or powerful acting to create a masterpiece. I am a very visual person and when I saw the images of a dusk sky saturated in locusts it just hit me extremely hard. I don't really know how to explain it. But it's something I've been in love with ever since. I always think a movie that can show us and not tell us is interesting. The other one's that come to mind are Gus Van Sant's recent death trilogy. He may very well have been taking a page out this this movie's book (in fact, Last Days I think does so very much). When the movie was over I really liked it but it to is a movie that really grows with you. You remember the images, the music, the everything. It has since become a strong favourite of mine, as you can see in the sidebar. But why can't I find the soundtrack anywhere?
5. Days of Heaven (1978, dir. Terence Malick)
This movie wasn't on my radar at all, ever. It was on television one day and I noticed it starred Richard Gere and was directed by Malick - who I had heard of because of The Thin Red Line being released a few years prior - but never seen anything of. I thought I'd give it ago and from the very first frame I was entranced by it's oddly stoic-yet-inviting beauty. The movie starts and then within about 2 minutes it had already surprised me (remember I had zero idea what it was all about).
I continued watching and revelled in it. The movie was existing only for me at that moment. The second that Ennio Morricone's Oscar nominated score (one of my all-time favourites) merged with the Oscar-winning images (who knows who they're by, there's so many conflicting stories - but Nestor Almendros was the one with the statue) I new I was viewing something special.
It showed me that you didn't need specifically words or powerful acting to create a masterpiece. I am a very visual person and when I saw the images of a dusk sky saturated in locusts it just hit me extremely hard. I don't really know how to explain it. But it's something I've been in love with ever since. I always think a movie that can show us and not tell us is interesting. The other one's that come to mind are Gus Van Sant's recent death trilogy. He may very well have been taking a page out this this movie's book (in fact, Last Days I think does so very much). When the movie was over I really liked it but it to is a movie that really grows with you. You remember the images, the music, the everything. It has since become a strong favourite of mine, as you can see in the sidebar. But why can't I find the soundtrack anywhere?
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