68-664: Terrence Frederick Malick ( / ˈ m æ l ɪ k / ; born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include Badlands (1973); Days of Heaven (1978); The Thin Red Line (1998), for which he received Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award nominations and won the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival ; The New World (2005); The Tree of Life (2011), which garnered him another Best Director Oscar nomination and
136-596: A Bachelor of Arts , summa cum laude , and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa . He received a Rhodes Scholarship , which he used to study philosophy at Oxford University 's Magdalen College . After a disagreement with his advisor, Gilbert Ryle , over Malick's thesis on the concept of world in Kierkegaard , Heidegger , and Wittgenstein , Malick left Oxford without a degree. In 1969, Northwestern University Press published Malick's translation of Heidegger's Vom Wesen des Grundes as The Essence of Reasons . After returning to
204-460: A 15-year old who goes on a killing spree with her partner, Kit Carruthers (Sheen). The film also stars Warren Oates and Ramon Bieri . While the story is fictional, it is loosely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate , in 1958. Badlands was released in 1973 to positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised its cinematography, soundtrack—which includes pieces by Carl Orff —and
272-489: A cameo as the man at the rich man's door, while Sheen's sons – Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez – appear briefly as two boys sitting under a lamppost outside Holly's house. Malick, a protégé of Arthur Penn (whom he thanked in the film's end credits), began work on Badlands after his second year attending the American Film Institute . In 1970, Malick, at age 27, began working on
340-537: A certain kind of lyricism that just strikes some deep part of you and that you hold on to." Martin Sheen commented in 1999 that Badlands "still is" the best script he had ever read. He wrote that "It was mesmerising. It disarmed you. It was a period piece, and yet of all time. It was extremely American, it caught the spirit of the people, of the culture, in a way that was immediately identifiable." Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts ( MFA or M.F.A. )
408-952: A geologist. His paternal grandparents were of Lebanese and Assyrian descent from Urmia , while his mother was an Irish Catholic . Malick attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas , while his family lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma . Malick had two younger brothers, Chris and Larry. Larry Malick was a guitarist who went to study in Spain with Andrés Segovia in the late 1960s. In 1968, Larry intentionally broke his own hands due to pressure over his musical studies. Their father Emil went to Spain to help Larry, but his son died shortly after, possibly by suicide. The early death of Malick's younger brother has been explored and referenced in his films The Tree of Life (2011) and Knight of Cups (2015). Malick graduated from Harvard College in 1965 with
476-536: A lyricism that films have only once in a while, moments of a transcendental nature.... There's this wonderful sequence where the couple have been cut adrift from civilisation. They know the noose is tightening and they've gone off the road, across the Badlands. You hear Sissy narrating various stories, and she's talking about visiting faraway places. There's this strange piece of classical music [an ethereal orchestration of Erik Satie 's Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire], and
544-407: A majorette, he worked a twirling routine into the script. Several up-and-coming actors were auditioned for the part of Kit Carruthers. When Martin Sheen was suggested by the casting director, Malick was hesitant, thinking he was too old for the role. Spacek wrote in her autobiography that "the chemistry was immediate. He was Kit. And with him, I was Holly." Sheen based his characterization of Kit on
612-521: A much tighter script." In August and/or September 2016, Malick directed a commercial, "Notes of a Woman", released on February 26, 2017, for Mon Guerlain perfume. Starring Angelina Jolie , it was shot at her and Brad Pitt 's Château Miraval estate in Correns and photographed by Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger . On June 7, 2019, Malick reportedly started shooting his next film, code-named The Last Planet , near Rome , Italy. The film will tell
680-565: A nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for the former film. He was awarded the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival for The Thin Red Line , and the Palme d'Or at the 64th Cannes Film Festival for The Tree of Life . Badlands (film) Badlands is a 1973 American neo-noir period crime drama film written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick , in his directorial debut . The film stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek , and follows Holly Sargis (Spacek),
748-425: A pop-culture sensibility and played out against a midwestern background, which is breathtaking both in its sweep and in its banality." Spacek later said that Badlands changed the whole way she thought about filmmaking. "After working with Terry Malick, I was like, 'The artist rules. Nothing else matters.' My career would have been very different if I hadn't had that experience". In 2003, Bill Paxton said: "It had
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#1732852505502816-560: A script about Jerry Lee Lewis ; and a stage adaptation of the Japanese film Sansho the Bailiff that was to be directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda , in addition to continuing work on the Q script. Although Q has never been made, Malick's work on the project provided material for his film The Tree of Life and eventually became the basis for Voyage of Time . Jack Fisk, a longtime production designer on Malick's films, has said Malick
884-405: A very long-lens shot. You see something in the distance – I think it's a train moving – and it looks like a shot of an Arabian caravan moving across the desert. These are moments that have nothing to do with the story, and yet everything to do with it. They're not plot-orientated, but they have to do with the longing or the dreams of these characters. And they're the kind of moments you never forget,
952-433: Is a terminal degree in fine arts , including visual arts , creative writing , graphic design , photography , filmmaking , dance , theatre , other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts administration . It is a graduate degree that typically requires two to three years of postgraduate study after a bachelor's degree , though the term of study varies by country or university. Coursework
1020-754: Is a family drama spanning multiple time periods; it focuses on an individual's struggle to reconcile love, mercy and beauty with the existence of illness, suffering and death. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Palme d'Or . It later won the FIPRESCI Award for the Best Film of the Year. At the 84th Academy Awards , it was nominated for three awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture , Best Director for Malick, and Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki . A limited theatrical release in
1088-491: Is a most important and exciting film." In April 1974, Jay Cocks wrote that the film "might better be regarded less as a companion piece to Bonnie and Clyde than as an elaboration and reply. It is not loose and high-spirited. All its comedy has a frosty irony, and its violence, instead of being brutally balletic, is executed with a dry, remorseless drive." According to executive producer Edward Pressman , apart from Canby's New York Times review, most initial reviews of
1156-443: Is credited with the screenplay for Pocket Money (1972). Malick also co-wrote The Gravy Train (1974) under the pseudonym David Whitney. Malick's first feature-length work as a director was Badlands , an independent film starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as a young couple on a crime spree in the 1950s Midwest. It was influenced by the crimes of convicted teenage spree killer Charles Starkweather . Malick raised half
1224-499: Is primarily of an applied or performing nature, with the program often culminating in a thesis exhibition or performance . The first university to admit students to the degree of Master of Fine Arts was the University of Iowa in 1940. A candidate for an MFA typically holds a bachelor's degree prior to admission, but many institutions do not require that the candidate's undergraduate major conform with their proposed path of study in
1292-435: Is the filmmaker most frequently "granted genius status after creating such a discontinuous and limited body of work". Malick makes use of broad philosophical and spiritual overtones, such as in the form of meditative voice-overs from individual characters. Some critics feel these elements made the films engaging and unique, while others find them pretentious and gratuitous, particularly in his post-hiatus work. Michaels believed
1360-769: The 1950s Holly Sargis narrates the film as a 15-year-old living in Fort Dupree , a dead-end South Dakota town. She has a strained relationship with her father, a sign painter, since her mother's death from pneumonia years earlier. Holly meets Kit Carruthers, a 25-year-old garbage collector, troubled greaser and Korean War veteran. He resembles James Dean , an actor whom Holly admires. After Kit charms Holly, he takes her virginity. As they become closer, his violent and antisocial tendencies are gradually revealed. Holly's father disapproves of Kit and kills her dog as punishment for seeing him. Kit breaks into Holly's house and insists she run away with him. When her father threatens to call
1428-404: The 73rd Venice International Film Festival . The IMAX version was released on October 7, 2016, by IMAX Corporation and Broad Green Pictures. Malick's next film, A Hidden Life , depicts the life of Austria's Franz Jägerstätter , a conscientious objector during World War II who was put to death at age 36 for undermining military actions, and who was later declared a martyr and beatified by
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#17328525055021496-667: The Catholic Church . Starring in the film as Jägerstätter is August Diehl , with Valerie Pachner as his wife, Franziska Jägerstätter. The film was shot in Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam , Germany, in the summer of 2016, and in parts of northern Italy, such as Brixen , South Tyrol , and the small mountain village of Sappada . A Hidden Life was released in 2019. Malick has said that, compared to his more recent films, with A Hidden Life he had "repented and gone back to working with
1564-686: The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia and in the Solomon Islands . The film received critical acclaim, was nominated for seven Academy Awards , and won the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival . The Thin Red Line has since been ranked among the best films of the 1990s in Complex , The A.V. Club , Slant , Paste , and Film Comment . After learning of Malick's work on an article about Che Guevara during
1632-697: The Palme d'Or at the 64th Cannes Film Festival ; and A Hidden Life (2019). Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers with Badlands , about a murderous couple on the run in 1950s American Midwest, and Days of Heaven , which details a love triangle between two laborers and a wealthy farmer during the First World War , before a lengthy hiatus. His films have explored themes such as transcendence , nature, and conflicts between reason and instinct. They are typically marked by broad philosophical and spiritual overtones, as well as
1700-462: The 1960s, Steven Soderbergh offered Malick the chance to write and direct a film about Guevara he had been developing with Benicio del Toro . Malick accepted and produced a screenplay focused on Guevara's failed revolution in Bolivia . After a year and a half, the financing had not come together entirely, and Malick was given the opportunity to direct The New World , a script he had begun developing in
1768-596: The 1970s. He left the Guevara project in March 2004, and Soderbergh took over as director, leading to the film Che (2008). The New World , based on the story of John Smith and Pocahontas in the Virginia Colony, was released in 2005. Over one million feet of film were shot, and three different cuts of varying length were released. While the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography , critical reception
1836-606: The 50 greatest American films ever made in a 2015 critics' poll published by the BBC . Following the release of Days of Heaven , Malick began developing a project for Paramount, titled Q , that explored the origins of life on earth. During pre-production, he suddenly moved to Paris and disappeared from public view for years. During this time, he wrote a number of screenplays, including The English Speaker , about Josef Breuer 's analysis of Anna O. ; adaptations of Walker Percy 's novel The Moviegoer and Larry McMurtry 's The Desert Rose ;
1904-538: The MFA program. Admissions requirements often consist of a sample portfolio of artworks or a performance audition . The Master of Fine Arts differs from the Master of Arts in that the MFA, while still an academic program, centers-on professional artistic practice in the particular field, whereas programs leading to the MA usually center on the scholarly, academic, or critical study of
1972-473: The United States began on May 27, 2011. Malick scholars Christopher B. Barnett and Clark J. Elliston wrote that it became "arguably [Malick's] most acclaimed work". It was voted the 79th greatest American film of all time in a 2015 BBC Culture poll of 62 international film critics. The work was also ranked the seventh-greatest film since 2000 in a worldwide critics' poll by BBC. Malick's sixth feature, To
2040-746: The United States, Malick taught philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while freelancing as a journalist. He wrote articles for Newsweek , The New Yorker , and Life . Malick started his film career after earning an MFA from the brand-new AFI Conservatory in 1969, directing the short film Lanton Mills . At the AFI, he established contacts with people such as actor Jack Nicholson , longtime collaborator Jack Fisk , and agent Mike Medavoy , who procured for Malick freelance work revising scripts . He wrote early uncredited drafts of Dirty Harry (1971) and Drive, He Said (1971), and
2108-487: The Wonder , Knight of Cups ). Though Malick paid close attention to period detail, he did not want it to overwhelm the picture. "I tried to keep the 1950s to a bare minimum," he said. "Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything. I wanted the picture to set up like a fairy tale, outside time." At a news conference coinciding with the film's festival debut, Malick called Kit "so desensitized that [he] can regard
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2176-527: The Wonder , was shot predominantly in Bartlesville, Oklahoma ; a few scenes were filmed in Pawhuska, Oklahoma , and at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. The film stars Ben Affleck , Rachel McAdams , Olga Kurylenko , and Javier Bardem . To the Wonder had its world premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2012, and opened theatrically in the U.S. on April 12, 2013. Critical response to
2244-570: The actor James Dean . Principal photography took place in Colorado starting in July 1972, with a non-union crew and a low budget of $ 300,000 (excluding some deferments to film labs and actors). The film had a somewhat troubled production history: several members of the crew clashed with Malick, and another was severely injured when an explosion occurred while filming the fire scene. Malick's first cinematographer, Brian Probyn, quit mid-shoot after balking at
2312-448: The birth and death of the known universe. The Hollywood Reporter called it "a celebration of the Earth, displaying the whole of time, from the birth of the universe to its final collapse." The film is the culmination of a project Malick had been working on for over 40 years, and has been described by Malick as "one of my greatest dreams". It features footage Malick and collaborators shot over
2380-536: The budget by approaching people outside of the industry, including doctors and dentists, and by contributing $ 25,000 from his personal savings. The rest was raised by executive producer Edward R. Pressman . After a troubled production that included many crew members leaving halfway through, Badlands drew raves upon its premiere at the New York Film Festival . As a result, Warner Bros. bought distribution rights for three times its budget. Malick's second film
2448-465: The characters, and the resulting emotional detachment of the audience." Reverse Shot journalist Chris Wisniewski regarded both Days of Heaven and The New World not as "literary nor theatrical" but "principally cinematic" in their aesthetic, intimating narrative, emotional, and conceptual themes through the use of "image and sound" instead of "foregrounding dialogue, events or characters". He highlighted Malick's use of "rambling philosophical voiceovers;
2516-517: The director's unorthodox methods. He was replaced by Tak Fujimoto then by Stevan Larner who finished the film. "Amazingly, despite the input of these different hands, the film looks remarkably seamless," said producer Edward R. Pressman . The Frank G. Bloom House in Trinidad was used for the rich man's house. Malick himself had an uncredited cameo after the actor hired to play 'Caller at Rich Man's House' failed to show up. The script's beginning
2584-425: The film at the festival debut, called it a "cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film"; according to Canby, "Sheen and Miss Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time, as are the members of the supporting cast, including Warren Oates as Holly's father. One may legitimately debate the validity of Malick's vision, but not, I think, his immense talent. Badlands
2652-452: The film holds a weighted score of 93 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Variety stated that the film was an "impressive" debut. Roger Ebert added it to his "Great Movies" list in 2011. Badlands was the closing feature film at the 1973 New York Film Festival , reportedly "overshadowing even Martin Scorsese 's Mean Streets ." Vincent Canby , who saw
2720-569: The film was markedly divided, and the work has been called "arguably [Malick's] most derided". On November 1, 2011, Filmnation Entertainment announced international sales for Malick's next two projects: Lawless (later released as the film Song to Song ) and Knight of Cups . Both films have large ensemble casts, with many of the actors appearing in both. The films were shot back-to-back in 2012, Song to Song primarily in Austin, Texas , and Knight of Cups in Los Angeles and Las Vegas . During
2788-476: The film were negative, but its reputation with critics improved over time. David Thomson conversely reported that the work was "by common consent [...] one of the most remarkable first feature films made in America." Writing years later for The Chicago Reader , Dave Kehr wrote: "Malick's 1973 first feature is a film so rich in ideas it hardly knows where to turn. Transcendent themes of love and death are fused with
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2856-528: The grandeur and untouched beauty of nature, the competing claims of instinct and reason, and the lure of the open road". He named Days of Heaven as one in a group of acclaimed films from the 1970s that were intended to revolutionize the American film epic . Like The Godfather films (1972, 1974), Nashville (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978), Michaels argued that the movie delves into "certain national myths" as an idiosyncratic type of Western, "particularly
2924-469: The gun with which he shoots people as a kind of magic wand that eliminates small nuisances." Malick also pointed out that "Kit and Holly even think of themselves as living in a fairy tale", and he felt this was appropriate since "children's books like Treasure Island were often filled with violence." He also hoped a fairy tale tone would "take a little of the sharpness out of the violence but still keep its dreamy quality." The film makes repeated use of
2992-766: The lead performances. At the 28th British Academy Film Awards , Spacek was nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles award, and at the San Sebastián International Film Festival , Sheen won the Best Actor award. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In
3060-507: The migration westward, the dream of personal success, and the clash of agrarian and industrial economies". Roger Ebert considered Malick's body of work to have a unifying common theme: "Human lives diminish beneath the overarching majesty of the world." In Ebert's opinion, Malick was among the few remaining directors who yearned "to make no less than a masterpiece". While reviewing The Tree of Life , New York Times critic A. O. Scott compared Malick to innovative "homegrown romantics" such as
3128-418: The opinions Days of Heaven continues to elicit among scholars and film enthusiasts exemplify this: "The debate continues to revolve around what to make of 'its extremities of beauty', whether the exquisite lighting, painterly compositions, dreamy dissolves, and fluid camera movements, combined with the epic grandeur and elegiac tone, sufficiently compensate for the thinness of the tale, the two-dimensionality of
3196-456: The placid images of nature, offering quiet contrast to the evil deeds of men; the stunning cinematography, often achieved with natural light; the striking use of music". While the perception of Malick as a recluse is inaccurate, he is nevertheless famously protective of his private life. His contracts stipulate that his likeness may not be used for promotional purposes, and he routinely declines requests for interviews. From 1970 to 1976, Malick
3264-470: The police, Kit fatally shoots him. After Kit and Holly fake suicide by burning the house, they head for the badlands of Montana . They build a tree house in a remote area and fish and steal chickens for food. They flee when found by three men (who Kit later tells Holly were bounty hunters ) whom Kit shoots dead. They seek refuge with Kit's former co-worker, Cato, but when he attempts to summon help, Kit shoots him, too. A young couple arrive and are forced into
3332-423: The production crew quitting before shooting was finished, mainly due to disagreements with Malick's idiosyncratic directorial style. The film likewise had a troubled post-production phase. Billy Weber and Malick spent two years editing it, during which they experimented with unconventional editing and voice-over techniques once they realized the picture they had set out to make would not fully work. Days of Heaven
3400-403: The run, refuses to go with him and turns herself in. Kit leads the police on a car chase, but is soon caught. He charms the arresting officers and National Guard troops, tossing them his personal belongings as souvenirs of his crime spree. Holly reveals at the end that she received probation and married her defense attorney's son. Kit was executed for his crimes. Director Terrence Malick makes
3468-475: The screenplay during a road trip. "I wrote and, at the same time, developed a kind of sales kit with slides and video tape of actors, all with a view to presenting investors with something that would look ready to shoot," Malick said. "To my surprise, they didn't pay too much attention to it; they invested on faith. I raised about half the money and executive producer Edward Pressman the other half." Malick paid $ 25,000 of his own funds. The remainder of his share
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#17328525055023536-504: The short composition Gassenhauer from Carl Orff 's and Gunild Keetman 's Schulwerk , and also uses other tunes by Erik Satie , Nat "King" Cole , Mickey & Sylvia and James Taylor . Warner Bros. purchased and distributed the film for just under $ 1 million. Warner Bros. initially previewed the film on a double bill with the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles , resulting in very negative audience response. The production team
3604-477: The storm cellar. Kit shoots into the closed cellar door and leaves without knowing if they are dead. Law enforcement pursue Kit and Holly across the Northern Plains. They stop at a rich man's mansion and take supplies, clothing, and his Cadillac , sparing the man and his deaf housemaid. As they drive across Montana to Saskatchewan , the police find and chase them. Holly, who has grown tired of Kit and life on
3672-588: The story of Jesus 's life through a series of parables. On September 8, the cast was revealed to include Géza Röhrig as Jesus, Matthias Schoenaerts as Saint Peter , and Mark Rylance as four versions of Satan . On November 20, 2020, it was announced that the film's name would be The Way of the Wind . Critics have noted the philosophical themes of Malick's films. According to film scholar Lloyd Michaels, Malick's main themes include "the isolated individual's desire for transcendence amidst established social institutions,
3740-509: The use of meditative voice-overs from individual characters. Malick's style has polarized scholars and audiences; many praise his films for their lavish cinematography and aesthetics, but others fault them for lacking plot and character development. His work has nonetheless ranked highly in retrospective decade-end and all-time polls. Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois . He is the son of Irene (née Thompson; 1912–2011) and Emil A. Malick (1917–2013),
3808-679: The weekend of September 16, 2011, Malick and a small crew were seen filming Christian Bale and Haley Bennett at the Austin City Limits Music Festival as part of preliminary shooting for Song to Song . Malick was also seen directing Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara at the Fun Fun Fun Fest on November 4, 2011. Knight of Cups had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015, and
3876-558: The writers Walt Whitman , Hart Crane , James Agee , and Herman Melville , in the sense that their "definitive writings" also "did not sit comfortably or find universal favor in their own time" but nonetheless "leaned perpetually into the future, pushing their readers forward toward a new horizon of understanding". Malick's body of work has inspired polarized opinions. According to Michaels, "few American directors have inspired such adulation and rejection with each successive film" as Malick. Michaels said that in all of American cinema, Malick
3944-484: The years, and expands on the footage that special effects luminaries Douglas Trumbull ( 2001 ) and Dan Glass ( The Matrix ) created for The Tree of Life . The film was released in two versions: a 40-minute IMAX version ( Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience ) with narration by Brad Pitt , and a 90-minute feature-length version ( Voyage of Time: Life's Journey ) with narration by Cate Blanchett . The feature-length version had its world premiere on September 7, 2016, at
4012-493: Was divided throughout its theatrical run; many praised its visuals and acting while finding its narrative unfocused. Five critics later named The New World one of the best films of its decade, and it ranked 39th in a 2016 BBC poll of the greatest films since 2000. Malick's fifth feature, The Tree of Life , was filmed in Smithville, Texas , and elsewhere during 2008. Starring Brad Pitt , Jessica Chastain , and Sean Penn , it
4080-486: Was finally released in 1978 to mostly positive responses from critics. Its cinematography was widely praised, although some found its story lackluster. In The New York Times , Harold C. Schonberg wrote that it "is full of elegant and striking photography; and it is an intolerably artsy, artificial film." It won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the prize for Best Director at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival . Its reputation has since improved, having been voted one of
4148-470: Was forced to book the film into several other theaters, in locations such as Little Rock, Arkansas , to demonstrate that the film could make money. The film has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 8.9/10 based on the reviews of 59 critics, with the general consensus being "Terrence Malick's debut is a masterful slice of American cinema, rife with the visual poetry and measured performances that would characterize his work." On Metacritic ,
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#17328525055024216-725: Was married to Jill Jakes. His companion in the late 1970s was director and screenwriter Michie Gleason. In 1985 in France, he married Michèle Marie Morette, whom he met in Paris in 1980; in 1996, Malick asked for a divorce, which was granted. Afterward he married Alexandra "Ecky" Wallace, his high-school sweetheart. Malick's semi-autobiographical film To the Wonder was inspired by his relationships with Morette and Wallace. Since at least 2011, Malick has lived in Austin, Texas . Malick has received three Academy Award nominations; two for Best Director , for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life , and
4284-430: Was met with mixed reactions. It was released in the U.S. on March 4, 2016, by Broad Green Pictures . Song to Song had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2017, before being released theatrically in the U.S. on March 17, 2017, by Broad Green Pictures, and was met with mixed reactions. Concurrent with these two features, Malick continued work on an Imax documentary, Voyage of Time , that examines
4352-487: Was mostly filmed in the southeastern Colorado towns of La Junta and Las Animas , including the scene in which Holly runs out of the latter town's Columbian Elementary School. The closing credits thank the people of Otero County, Colorado , "for their help and cooperation." Jack Fisk served as art director for the film in his first of several collaborations with the director. During production, Sissy Spacek and Fisk fell in love and were married on April 12, 1974. The film
4420-407: Was originally set to be edited by Robert Estrin. When Malick saw Estrin's cut of the film, he disliked it and removed him from the production. Malick and Billy Weber recut the movie. Estrin remains credited as the sole editor, however, with Weber credited as associate editor. Both Weber and art designer Jack Fisk worked on all of Malick's subsequent features through 2016 ( The Tree of Life , To
4488-482: Was raised from professionals such as doctors and dentists. Badlands was the first feature film that Malick had written for himself to direct. Sissy Spacek, in only her second film, was the first actor cast. Malick found her small-town Texas roots and accent were perfect for the part of the naive impressionable high school girl. The director included her in his creative process, asking questions about her life "as if he were mining for gold." When he found out she had been
4556-464: Was shooting film during this time as well. Malick returned to directing in 1997 with The Thin Red Line , released two decades after his previous film. A loose adaptation of James Jones 's World War II novel of the same name , it features a large ensemble cast , including Sean Penn , Adrien Brody , Jim Caviezel , Nick Nolte , Ben Chaplin , Elias Koteas , Woody Harrelson , George Clooney , and John Travolta . Filming took place predominantly in
4624-567: Was the Paramount -produced Days of Heaven , about a love triangle that develops in the farm country of the Texas Panhandle in the early 20th century. Production began in the fall of 1976 in Alberta, Canada . The film was mostly shot during the golden hour , with primarily natural light. Much like Malick's first feature, Days of Heaven had a lengthy and troubled production, with several members of
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