Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Colby on July 30, 2000 at 21:29:50:

In Reply to: Thin red line posted by Emit on July 28, 2000 at 10:14:28:

This is my first time reading this list.

THE THIN RED LINE is a masterpiece, perhaps the best film of the 1990s. Terence Malick has made three movies. BADLANDS (1973) suggested a promise that was fulfilled in DAYS OF HEAVEN (1976) in which Malick revealed the most rarest of events in the film world: true originality. THE THIN RED LINE is his second masterpiece that stands apart from all other films. Malick is able to capture on film what Steinbeck captured in the brief "universal" chapters of THE GRAPES OF WRATH (e.g., the first chapter) in which he manages to lift us above the earth and give us a glimpse of the gears of the universe, turning inexorably. THE THIN RED LINE is one of the rare occurrences of human creation that provides a universal perspective on worldly concerns. It is not recognized as such by those in whom it did not resonate on a first viewing, but time will grant it stature as a true landmark of film.

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-chris