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"To the Wonder" by Terrence Malick

I wish the iTunes/Amazon versions were 1080p. Better than nothing I guess. Renting it today.
 
Jeremy Torrie said:
I suppose I will be the lone dissenter on your comment Tom.

First off, the question may arise: Is Torrie a disgruntled filmmaker who's jealous of Malick's success?

To answer, not at all. Would I like to have $20 Million or more to play in the sandbox and have a few famous friends come along for the ride? Sure, but I would feel insanely guilty as I'd feel an obligation to be responsible to those who financed such an excursion.

When you're using other people's money it ought to weigh heavily upon you. Some may argue such awareness may destroy the purity of creation, but it's been proven time and time again the best innovations occur when we have something to lose.

If one needs to be inspired by someone else's self-indulgence to spur oneself to action then perhaps it's the filter with which one sees the world that needs changing. I find beauty and fulfillment every day -whether it's my wife's generous and kind nature or the whimsical comments from any of my children, or the way the sun hits a melting icicle as spring comes to yield a new season of growth and hope. Those things inspire me.
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Malick's self indulgence and personal interests are what investors bank on, they won't have it any other way. Have you ever heard of the Arthouse Market. The company magnolia films is a day and date distributer. Meaning the movie is released in all mediums at the same time, theater, TV, Internet, DVD etc. They believe in Filmmakers like Malick. He was a genius filmmaker before his parents conceived him
 
dino g said:
enjoy...

let me add, if you make more money than you require to live and have the lifestyle you desire and you are not giving some of it to the arts and artists without concern for ever getting it back, then brother, you are not on the right forum.
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Dude, you should be on TED talks
 
I Love Malick, I really do.

But its a shame that he keeps doing the same film over and over again... and if money wasn't an issue (as if...) , then people like Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt or Colin Farrell didn't need to be in his films. He will only be financed if there's star power, otherwise I don't think his indulgence alone would be enough to convince the moneymen.

Just sayin'...
 
António Fagundes said:
I Love Malick, I really do.

But its a shame that he keeps doing the same film over and over again... and if money wasn't an issue (as if...) , then people like Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt or Colin Farrell didn't need to be in his films. He will only be financed if there's star power, otherwise I don't think his indulgence alone would be enough to convince the moneymen.

Just sayin'...
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Agreed totally.

Wife and i wathed it on demand last night and we were both convinced itvwas just like TOL.

Only finished it by brute force.
 
Don't read this if you have not seen "To The Wonder" and plan to.


IMHO, TOL is from a child's perspective, TTW is from an adult perspective (mostly olga's) but dealing with adult issues, where tree was more of a father son, mother son dynamic. the medium was similar the message was coming from a different angle and dealing with more adult themes. but that is why these movies are so great because everyone watches them and interprets them from their own perspective. it may be hard to comprehend some of this if you did not grow up in a christian faith because even though i do not understand scripture as well as terry does, or even history for that matter, there are deeper overtones that deal with our place in existence that references those that thought about this long before us. those references come in the cinematography, the art direction, the locations, the score and the narration.
 
Don't read this if you have not seen "To The Wonder" and plan to.

Interesting perspective, can I add to one aspect of it? I saw it here at the Landmark on Friday.

(disclaimer: I loved Tree of Life. One of my all time faves.)

TTW does attack an adult issue but (imho) the protagonists have a somewhat childlike perspective, specifically Olga. To me it seemed that she was the least mature/developed person in the story. She spent most of the movie twirling, indulging whatever emotion struck her at whichever moment, hanging out with her petulant and immature friend. Even her daughter was more mature than she was, and was able to identify "Hey there's something missing here. We need to go back", making the adult decision that Olga couldn't. That last video-chat between them made it clear (to me) that the roles had reversed.

By the end of the film she's back at Mont Saint-Michel, ostensibly repeating the cycle that she's familiar with, rather than maturing and growing up. Mont Saint-Michel is the perfect location for this of course because the tides there which roll in and out an endless cycle, surrounding that (castle?) which is (much like Olga) isolated from the rest of humanity.


dino g said:
Don't read this if you have not seen "To The Wonder" and plan to.


IMHO, TOL is from a child's perspective, TTW is from an adult perspective (mostly olga's) but dealing with adult issues, where tree was more of a father son, mother son dynamic. the medium was similar the message was coming from a different angle and dealing with more adult themes. but that is why these movies are so great because everyone watches them and interprets them from their own perspective. it may be hard to comprehend some of this if you did not grow up in a christian faith because even though i do not understand scripture as well as terry does, or even history for that matter, there are deeper overtones that deal with our place in existence that references those that thought about this long before us. those references come in the cinematography, the art direction, the locations, the score and the narration.
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Hey, guys. Finally saw the movie last night so I'm just checking in as promised to comment on the Red-MX footage. Like Dino said, there is very little. In the case of my camera, it probably amounted to two minutes, specifically the footage of Bardem in the prison, nursing home, hospital rooms, and a couple of home interiors. The great news is that the footage cut seamlessly and even I was hard-pressed to spot the obvious differences from 35mm film.
You should all go experience it if you haven't already. Terry Malick is at a very prolific stage in his career right now, and he is paving the way for any young filmmaker who ever dreamed of making their art on a decent budget. We all owe him our gratitude as well as our support.
 
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I'm pretty sure the RED footage was shot in Paris. Specifically the scenes towards the middle after she has returned when it's raining outside and she's in the subway.

Just finished watching the film. Loved it! Olga Kurylenko really is amazing in this. I felt more of a connection to the characters in this film than I did with the characters in Tree of Life. I really hope it makes it to theaters here. Watching the iTunes version just doesn't do the film justice...
 
the footage shot at night in paris and in the subway was all shot with red one #0031 and a prototype epic in november of 2010, but mostly the red one, some of the shots during the day on the high speed train from monte saint michel to paris also may have been digital. as julio said, it is hard to tell. which is a great thing.
 
dino g said:
as julio said, it is hard to tell. which is a great thing.
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It is hard to tell. I read a post you made about filming in Paris in the rain. Otherwise I wouldn't have known.
 
Tom Lowe said:
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"To the Wonder" is a beautiful, poignant, haunting, soul-wrenching, wondrous, and supremely honest film. This is easily Malick's most personal film -- that much is obvious to me. For those who are looking for traditional narratives and spoon-fed "stories", you will not find them here. Some critics have criticized Malick for "directorial indulgence," as if a director's job is to make art of the masses and if he "indulges" himself too much, this is somehow a sin. I do not believe in that. I believe a director should make art for himself, and for no one else. In this sense, Terry excels and with this film is truly flourishing :)

Godfrey Reggio once told me that the highest aim of art is not to tell stories, but to evoke emotions that lead to greater, unspeakable truths. Malick is not interested in structures; he is interested in truths discoverable through emotions. He is seeking to catch glimpses of the mystery of what it means to be a human being in this universe....and those fleeting glimpses, to me, are magic.

BTW... this film includes some gorgeous, sumptuous Red imagery shot by our own Dino G.. mainly shots of Paris subways and night scenes. The Red stuff looks very clean and fits the movie beautifully. Hooorraah, Dino! :beer:
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That is a beautifully shaded, textured and colored shot. The woman also looks like a close friend of mine.
 
I watched the film yesterday I and think it's a great companion to "The Three of Life", though less ambitious and less innovative, because most techniques and narration forms were already in the previous film and even on "The New World". But I loved the use of extreme wide-angle lenses (12mm Master Prime?), which works better in the Super 35 2.40:1 ratio of this picture than in the standard 1.85:1 used for "The Tree of Life". I saw it digitally projected and I was able to tell the night scenes in Paris, and Javier Bardem's visits to the hospital and prison were where they used digital adquisition. But I could spot it because I already knew some bits of the picture had been shot digitally and was looking for them (the Red footage seemed a bit softer and cleaner in comparison).

Dino, can you tell us why they shot this stuff digitally? Reshoots or additional shots? Lubezki's use of both the toe and the shoulder of the negative almost in every shot of this picture to handle extreme ranges of contrast isn't the ideal scenario to shoot Red MX (even though it had the widest dynamic range at the time the picture was shot).
 
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