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David Aaronson
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The brother didn't die in Vietnam, I don't think. It's highly likely that he committed suicide, which is consistent with Malick's own biography. He had a brother who studied guitar with Andres Segovia in Spain, and was supposedly severely depressed and his father asked him to go other there and help him, which he

The brother didn't die in Vietnam, I don't think. It's highly likely that he committed suicide, which is consistent with Malick's own biography. He had a brother who studied guitar with Andres Segovia in Spain, and was supposedly severely depressed and his father asked him to go other there and help him, which he

This guy totally is the Joe Gallo of our era.

This guy totally is the Joe Gallo of our era.

The thing I love about this film, and most of Malick's films, is how it captures how a person FEELS. The old truism is that movies can't show interior reality, but I think this is false. Montage can depict how a person experiences the world much more so than literature, it's just rarely used in such a way. But Malick

The thing I love about this film, and most of Malick's films, is how it captures how a person FEELS. The old truism is that movies can't show interior reality, but I think this is false. Montage can depict how a person experiences the world much more so than literature, it's just rarely used in such a way. But Malick

Individualism is a very American ideology. It's spread around the world now, of course, but it's still very much entrenched into American culture, going back to Horatio Algier.

Individualism is a very American ideology. It's spread around the world now, of course, but it's still very much entrenched into American culture, going back to Horatio Algier.

Never mind the Lake Trout!

Never mind the Lake Trout!

Fuckin' rare.

Fuckin' rare.

No way was he dreamier in Skyfall. You're a crazy person. In Cloud Atlas, Whishaw managed to make a scene where he might kiss Jim Fucking Broadbent hot.

No way was he dreamier in Skyfall. You're a crazy person. In Cloud Atlas, Whishaw managed to make a scene where he might kiss Jim Fucking Broadbent hot.

That's all he needed to do.

That's all he needed to do.

"29…Clinging to the youth you no longer have…"

"29…Clinging to the youth you no longer have…"

You've never heard of "Look Homeward, Angel" or "You Can't Go Home Again"? What in the fuck?

You've never heard of "Look Homeward, Angel" or "You Can't Go Home Again"? What in the fuck?