True, but The film blurs the line between what violence comes from civilization and what violence exists in a state of natural innocence.  The birds death cannot be the result of war without war being somehow tied to the dual nature of the divine..

True, but The film blurs the line between what violence comes from civilization and what violence exists in a state of natural innocence.  The birds death cannot be the result of war without war being somehow tied to the dual nature of the divine..

I've seen the 135 minute and the 175 minute one, and despite the huge difference in the running time, for what I confess was a rather cursory viewing of the longer version, I didn't feel that there was a substantial difference in the overall effect that the movie delivered.  My guess is that Malick sort of disowned…

I've seen the 135 minute and the 175 minute one, and despite the huge difference in the running time, for what I confess was a rather cursory viewing of the longer version, I didn't feel that there was a substantial difference in the overall effect that the movie delivered.  My guess is that Malick sort of disowned…

While THE NEW WORLD tends to see conflict between man as a violation of nature, I've never felt that that was the case in THE THIN RED LINE, despite many reviewers' assertion to the contrary.  Most of the natural beauty of the earliest film depicts nature as a violent state, reveling in sensuous images of predatory…

While THE NEW WORLD tends to see conflict between man as a violation of nature, I've never felt that that was the case in THE THIN RED LINE, despite many reviewers' assertion to the contrary.  Most of the natural beauty of the earliest film depicts nature as a violent state, reveling in sensuous images of predatory…

We are not your grandfather's NRA

We are not your grandfather's NRA

I've been having the same issue with THE MASTER David—it speaks in a language that at times I feel like I only understand.

I've been having the same issue with THE MASTER David—it speaks in a language that at times I feel like I only understand.

In the 40s a large number of his films had female protagonists, but after STAGE FRIGHT his point of view shifted to men for about a decade.

In the 40s a large number of his films had female protagonists, but after STAGE FRIGHT his point of view shifted to men for about a decade.

I agree about its rigor, but Hitchcock suppresses much of what made him such a great entertainer in the process.  If Stanley Kramer's name was on the Credits It would probably be a masterpiece.

I agree about its rigor, but Hitchcock suppresses much of what made him such a great entertainer in the process.  If Stanley Kramer's name was on the Credits It would probably be a masterpiece.

UNDER CAPRICORN kind of works for me—the camera movement and oversaturated color (by the great Jack Cardiff)  compensates for a rather thin GASLIGHT melodrama.

UNDER CAPRICORN kind of works for me—the camera movement and oversaturated color (by the great Jack Cardiff)  compensates for a rather thin GASLIGHT melodrama.

Hipness was the key to Wilder's celebrity, and it feels kind of sad that he felt that he had to resort to using forced nudity and lines like Lemmon having to boast that he'd seen CARNAL KNOWLEDGE to keep up his image.  It's particularly ironic since, as with KISS ME STUPID, AVANTI's sour assessment of marital fidelity…

Hipness was the key to Wilder's celebrity, and it feels kind of sad that he felt that he had to resort to using forced nudity and lines like Lemmon having to boast that he'd seen CARNAL KNOWLEDGE to keep up his image.  It's particularly ironic since, as with KISS ME STUPID, AVANTI's sour assessment of marital fidelity…

I think you nailed it.  The characters seem to be honestly represented here, in all of their chauvanism and naivete,  and Wilder extends a certain generosity to them here whereas in his dramas they'd be punished.

I think you nailed it.  The characters seem to be honestly represented here, in all of their chauvanism and naivete,  and Wilder extends a certain generosity to them here whereas in his dramas they'd be punished.