Tree of Life-stunning!

[konstantinos stagikas]

This was actually the best film i 've for a long time.It was a visual experience.I don't think much stuff was shot on red though.Which really doesn't matter.The cinematography was stellar.Best Mallick film so far for me.

[axel ebermann]

Saw it last night.
INCREDIBLE FILM.

'nuff said :-)

[David Mullen ASC]

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.)

[Curran Giddens]

It's an amazing cinematic experience, to be sure, reminded me of "2001" at times.

Maybe because Doug Trumbull helped with the visual effects. Doing it the old fashioned way without CGI.

There is also going to be a screening of "Brainstorm" at the Trumbull tribute event. Can't wait!

[Chad Lancaster]

Great movie, I loved the volcano scene!

[Julio Quintana]

I was involved with Tree for the past three years (I shot VFX plates on my RED and my wife was the post-production coordinator). I can honestly tell you that neither of us were prepared for the overwhelming power of this movie. Although I understand the comparisons to 2001, I consider Kubrick's film to be an intellectual masterpiece, whereas Tree is a spiritual and emotional one. As mainstream cinema transforms into a mindless assembly line of action figure commercials, The Tree of Life was for me a ray of light piercing an otherwise gloomy horizon. Not everyone at the screening had the same reaction. Mine was an intensely personal experience. But I do think the majority of viewers could sense they were witnessing something truly unique, a film that nobody else on earth could have made, and we all found that very inspiring.

[Tom Lowe]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Julio. I am hoping to see it soon.

[konstantinos stagikas]

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.

[Curran Giddens]

Wow! Stunning!

[Tom Lowe]

I'm finally seeing it tomorrow evening!