Tree of Life-stunning!

[dino g]

I don't see the resemblance.It reminded me more of ''Stalker'' and Tarkovskiy's poetic universe.But I think his influences are not from within the cinema as they are from other visual arts and from literature.At the end i was left with this feeling i have when i finish a book.

interesting observation as i think, based on my time spent with terry, that is exactly the feeling he is trying to convey. IMHO had he been born in another time, he for sure would have been purely a writer, but our technology and social mores place the feature film director above all others in the hierarchy of story telling conventions. thus he is a writer /director.

and tom...are you kidding me, you have waited this long, i am very surprised... i was at the first show in north america! 2 hours early! it was three days before the cast and crew screening, so why not...well worth it. i am sure you have a valid excuse and a note from your director, but dont let it happen again...i want you at the first screening for the next one or i am not introducing you to any other directors!

[dino g]

I'd guess that 95% of the movie was shot on 35mm, not counting the purely visual effects sequences. That's just a guess though. There was a night shot of modern city traffic early on that looked digital, there were some stand-alone nature shots that could have been shot on the Red One (like the sunflowers in the field, the waterfall maybe), the background plates for the dinosaur sequence looked like a digital camera was used, and I'm sure some other scattered shots here and there were shot digitally (maybe the shot of the bridge at the end), but the bulk of the movie had the same look in terms of dynamic range and grain, and I suspect all that was 35mm, even scenes with Sean Penn. I talked to some Texas crew members who worked on the film and they said that both the Red One and 35mm were used, but mostly the 35mm cameras.

I saw the movie projected digitally at the Landmark in the Westside Pavilion, which was nice because they mostly project film prints there, but have a Sony 4K projector in Theater 1. I'm used to DLP projection, so at first had to get used to the weaker black levels of the Sony projector, but otherwise, it was a very smooth and sharp image. I don't think they used a 4K DCP however, probably 2K.

It's an amazing cinematic experience, to be sure, reminded me of "2001" at times. However, I have to admit that I found the ending less moving than similar endings in movies like "8 1/2" (if you've seen both movies, you know the type of scene I'm talking about.)

99% of what we did for the weeks were we in texas with red#0031, did not make it into the final movie. however, the very first shot, the shot of the images from thomas wilfred's Lumia were shot with red#0031 on two separate occasions as pick up days in los angeles. i will not go into any more detail other than saying when i watched the movie for the first time last thursday night in NY at the first show at midnight, i cheered out-loud the second that image showed up...the people around me must have thought i was some sort of mad man ready to torch the place...needless to say, each additional time it showed up i became more reserved, but inside i was still excited!

glad people are enjoying it!

[Tom Lowe]

Dino, I can provide a note from my director. :)

[kevin squyres]

I don't think this is true. This article is back in 2009. I think they did some Red tests but ended up shooting everything in 35. Although I think that it has been confirmed that Malick is using Red for his next project.

i worked on tree of life . red camera was used !

[dino g]

i worked on tree of life . red camera was used !

kevin, i was on the movie for over a month and i know red#0031 was used to shoot images for the feature, but the question was did any of those red acquired images make it into the final movie...i know for sure some of mine did...how about you?

[kevin squyres]

kevin, i was on the movie for over a month and i know red#0031 was used to shoot images for the feature, but the question was did any of those red acquired images make it into the final movie...i know for sure some of mine did...how about you?

DINO, I MEANT YOU . I REMEMBER YOU WITH YOUR RED . I WORKED ON THE MOVIE IN TRANSPO ,JUST TO ME MALICK AND THE DP. I HAD NOT GOTTEN MY RED CAMERA YET . CHEERS KEVIN

[Tom Lowe]

The best film I've ever seen. I'm still in a daze.

[Julio Quintana]

The best film I've ever seen. I'm still in a daze.

I knew you would like it! I saw the Austin premier on Wednesday, then re-watched it Friday night. I can't stop thinking about it.

[Tom Lowe]

I'm sitting under the stars right now trying to come to terms with what I have just seen.

[AnthonyFlores]

Geez Tom, you are really hurting me man -- since the film doesn't show in the country I'm staying currently. Will have to wait a few weeks I guess :)