Terrence Malick Appreciation Thread (1 Viewer)

[Fullback Fro]

Known For

The Thin Red Line (1998)

The New World (2005)

Badlands (1973)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Terrence Malick's Tree of Life is due out in December and I am so excited. He is by far my favorite movie director.

Sean Penn

Brad Pitt

Kari Matchett

Jessica Chastain

Tree of Life is a period piece centered around three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son (Hunter McCracken none SAG) of two characters (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain) witnesses the loss of innocence.

We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, Jack, one of three brothers. At first all seems marvelous to the child. He sees as his mother does, with the eyes of his soul. She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world's way, of putting oneself first. Each parent contends for his allegiance, and Jack must reconcile their claims. The picture darkens as he has his first glimpses of sickness, suffering and death. The world, once a thing of glory, becomes a labyrinth.

Framing this story is that of adult Jack, a lost soul in a modern world, seeking to discover amid the changing scenes of time that which does not change: the eternal scheme of which we are a part. When he sees all that has gone into our world's preparation, each thing appears a miracle precious, incomparable. Jack, with his new understanding, is able to forgive his father and take his first steps on the path of life.

The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family -- our first school -- the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life's single most important lesson, of unselfish love.

 

[saintfool]

in.

 

[Guest]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

 

[Fullback Fro]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

Loved Days of Heaven. Watching Badlands tonight for the first time in a decade. Just arrived from NF yesterday.

 

[saintfool]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

:thumbsup:

 

[Fullback Fro]

Tree of Life Trailer! released.

:giddy:

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

C'mon, you worked on this movie? Get outta here. I'm not buying it. I have been waiting for this movie to come out forever.

 

[Guest]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

C'mon, you worked on this movie? Get outta here. I'm not buying it. I have been waiting for this movie to come out forever.

Not a ton of work on it... Been helping them out with their new Malick directed project lately. I work on movies. It's what I do. I've worked on hundreds. Some I'm there for the entirety of production, like the Narnia that came out last week... Others I'm there for awhile and others I just pop in and out...

 

[saintfool]

Tree of Life Trailer! released.

:giddy:

this looks like a malick film. lots of potential here!

 

[Andy Dufresne]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

But given that, and even though it stars Sean Penn, this looks promising.

 

[Fullback Fro]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

But given that, and even though it stars Sean Penn, this looks promising.

You didn't like "Thin Red Line". I absolutely loved it. This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

 

[saintfool]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

But given that, and even though it stars Sean Penn, this looks promising.

You didn't like "Thin Red Line". I absolutely loved it. This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

Another gem?

Private Jack Bell: You see that hill?

Second Lieutenant Whyte: Yeah.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Nick Nolte's performance in TRL is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen in a movie.

 

[Ripley]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

This.The Thin Red Line was one of the worst big budget major hollywood release movies I've ever seen. Couldn't wait for it to be over. And I'm not generally a harsh critic. I like most movies.

 

[RudiStein]

Not a fan. I think the only thing by Malick that I've really enjoyed was "Badlands". "Days of Heaven" was pretty decent but "Thin Red Line" and "New World" were horrible.

 

[saintfool]

Not a fan. I think the only thing by Malick that I've really enjoyed was "Badlands". "Days of Heaven" was pretty decent but "Thin Red Line" and "New World" were horrible.

"days..." is far and away his best, imo. "badlands" is good but never great for me. "thin red line" has those moments of greatness, i think, and would be keen to see the completed director's cut. it'll be like 8 hours long, i know, but it teases me with potential. "new world" just didn't work for me. it was almost a parody of his earlier films, i thought.

 

[RudiStein]

Not a fan. I think the only thing by Malick that I've really enjoyed was "Badlands". "Days of Heaven" was pretty decent but "Thin Red Line" and "New World" were horrible.

"days..." is far and away his best, imo. "badlands" is good but never great for me. "thin red line" has those moments of greatness, i think, and would be keen to see the completed director's cut. it'll be like 8 hours long, i know, but it teases me with potential. "new world" just didn't work for me. it was almost a parody of his earlier films, i thought.

"New World" was slow and dull but made up for it by being dull and slow. You know it's a crappy movie when you make a History teacher lose interest.

 

[jdoggydogg]

That trailer looks incredible.

I love trailers as much (or more) than I love movies, and that is some beautiful editing and sound design.

I've only seen two Malick movies (The New World and Days of Heaven), but I am a huge fan of The New World.

 

[El Floppo]

 

[Fullback Fro]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

So in other words - I need to be hopped up on Prozac to enjoy Malick.

 

[eoMMan]

wat

 

[Fullback Fro]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

So in other words - I need to be hopped up on Prozac to enjoy Malick.

This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

 

[El Floppo]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

So in other words - I need to be hopped up on Prozac to enjoy Malick.

This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

so that's a yes?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

So in other words - I need to be hopped up on Prozac to enjoy Malick.

This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

.... I'm sorry. Did someone say something.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Thin Red Line, Badlands, Days of Heaven all rule

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

C'mon, you worked on this movie? Get outta here. I'm not buying it. I have been waiting for this movie to come out forever.

Not a ton of work on it... Been helping them out with their new Malick directed project lately. I work on movies. It's what I do. I've worked on hundreds. Some I'm there for the entirety of production, like the Narnia that came out last week... Others I'm there for awhile and others I just pop in and out...

Not exactly scorching the US box office and bad reviews to boot.

 

[Guest]

Did some work on this. I to this day defy anyone to show me a movie more beautifully shot than Days of Heaven. I didn't see much of Tree of Life, but what I saw was gorgeous.

C'mon, you worked on this movie? Get outta here. I'm not buying it. I have been waiting for this movie to come out forever.

Not a ton of work on it... Been helping them out with their new Malick directed project lately. I work on movies. It's what I do. I've worked on hundreds. Some I'm there for the entirety of production, like the Narnia that came out last week... Others I'm there for awhile and others I just pop in and out...

Not exactly scorching the US box office and bad reviews to boot.

It did open #1. I like the filmmakers quite a bit and thought they added to the franchise.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

So in other words - I need to be hopped up on Prozac to enjoy Malick.

This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

.... I'm sorry. Did someone say something.

One of Malick's favorite films is Zoolander. Fullback Fro just quoted what Terry said when production for Zoolander 2 was delayed yet again!

 

[17seconds]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

But given that, and even though it stars Sean Penn, this looks promising.

You didn't like "Thin Red Line". I absolutely loved it. This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

what soldier talks like that?that was the problem with TRL. just came across as really pretentious.

 

[El Floppo]

After Thin Red Line, I thought I'd never see another Malik film.

But given that, and even though it stars Sean Penn, this looks promising.

You didn't like "Thin Red Line". I absolutely loved it. This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

what soldier talks like that?that was the problem with TRL. just came across as really pretentious.

They all talked like that in the 40s.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

Watching The New World, you can see that Malick is very contemplative. He lets shots linger on and on. Personally, contemplative is a quality I really enjoy in movies. But I can understand why that style would frustrate some viewers.

 

[El Floppo]

I feel sorry for people that don't understand Malick. They are slow for a reason. You need to breathe in his imagery not wait for the storyline to lead you. The story is a by product of his mastery. The imagery is his medium and film is his canvas.

Watching The New World, you can see that Malick is very contemplative. He lets shots linger on and on. Personally, contemplative is a quality I really enjoy in movies. But I can understand why that style would frustrate some viewers.

I'm excited about the new film also because he rode the nature vs/with humanity theme a little too long.

 

[Fullback Fro]

Without Ever Showing Up, Malick Is Talk of Cannes

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CANNES, France — Terrence Malick, the reclusive filmmaker who dislikes having his photograph taken and has not given an interview since the 1970s, could hardly be more out of place than amid the swarming media circus that is the Cannes Film Festival. But thanks to his scarcity of output, his sphinxlike reticence and the near-religious fervor of his fans, the elusive Mr. Malick also provides exactly what Cannes thrives on: mystique and anticipation.

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His new film, "The Tree of Life" — which had been expected to show at last year's festival and is only his fifth feature in 38 years — was finally unveiled on Monday to an eager press corps, before its U.S. release on May 27. "The Tree of Life" has big stars, celestial spectacles and a few digital dinosaurs, but it is no one's idea of a summer blockbuster. Even more elliptical than Mr. Malick's previous two films, "The Thin Red Line" (1998) and "The New World" (2005), the film tells the story of a 1950s Texas family (the parents are played by Brad Pitt and the relative newcomer Jessica Chastain) whose oldest son grows up to be a morose Sean Penn. But it also tackles, metaphysically speaking, the whole kit and caboodle: the origins of life and the history of the universe. The intrigue surrounding "The Tree of Life" has much to do with the stories and rumors of its long gestation. Before he vanished off the filmmaking map in the late '70s, after two well-received films, "Badlands" (1973) and "Days of Heaven"(1978), Mr. Malick, who turns 68 this year, had been developing a movie called "Q," for which he reportedly dispatched cameramen to far-flung corners of the world to capture an array of natural phenomena. (The cinematographer of "The Tree of Life," Emmanuel Lubezki, confirmed that some images in the new film date from earlier periods of exploration.)

Mr. Malick's films have returned to the mythic scenario of a lost Eden, but while they have linked the metaphorical Fall with historical eras — the advent of the industrial age ("Days of Heaven"), the establishment of the American colonies ("The New World") — "The Tree of Life" treats the loss of innocence as part of the eternal human condition. The available evidence suggests that this passion project is also, for its fiercely private auteur, a deeply personal film. Some aspects of the movie correspond with the morsels of biography that have surfaced over the years: the Texas childhood, a strict father, the death of a brother.

"I was shocked by how personal the story was when I first read it," said the production designer Jack Fisk, who has worked on all of Mr. Malick's films and has known him since they were students at the American Film Institute. "But when I watched the film I just think how universal it is." A recurring refrain among Mr. Malick's collaborators was the degree to which the script is a mere starting point, extensively revised, even discarded, once shooting begins. Bill Pohlad, a producer of "The Tree of Life," compared Mr. Malick's screenplay to poetry; Mr. Lubezki likened it to a Russian novel.

Since "The Tree of Life" is less bound to dialogue and plot than Mr. Malick's previous films, Mr. Lubezki, who also shot "The New World," said he was able to more fully embrace Mr. Malick's preferred approach, avoiding traditional camera set-ups and instead emphasizing handheld mobility, natural light and the search for the unrepeatable moment. Because the interior spaces are not lighted, Mr. Fisk typically adds windows to houses or cuts holes into ceilings on Mr. Malick's sets; on "The Tree of Life" Mr. Lubezki consulted paintings by Vermeer, in which shadowy rooms are illuminated by a window's soft light. Three houses were used for the principal location; the production moved from one to another depending on the direction of the sun. "Terry's not really a stickler for continuity," Mr. Fisk said.

Despite his reputation as a perfectionist, Mr. Malick by all accounts strove for a documentary-style spontaniety on "The Tree of Life." "It's more found than planned," Mr. Lubezki said. "Terry would say, don't worry about getting a piece of dialogue or an interaction of the actors, but try to get the feeling of the first time being in a room with them."

The mood on the set matched the subject of the film: a heightened alertness to the world. "When you're shooting with Terry, everybody's very aware of their surroundings," Mr. Lubezki said. With their birdsong soundtracks and their signature images of nature and the elements — light through tree tops, windblown grass, flowing water — Mr. Malick's movies are more concrete and more abstract than most. They pay close attention to the sensual materiality of flora and fauna, places and things ("Tree of Life" locations include the California redwood forest and the Utah salt flats), but they also seek "to put emotions on film," Mr. Lubezki said, "which is something there's no manual for."

It can be hard for actors to find their place within the willful, perpetual flux of a Malick production — some cast members were unexpectedly sidelined amid the large ensemble of "The Thin Red Line," or even eliminated.

Mr. Malick often calls for his actors not to create a character so much as embody a concept or a feeling. Ms. Chastain said that her audition consisted mainly of "acting out behaviors, like putting a baby to sleep or looking at someone with love and respect."

It also falls upon the cast to deliver Mr. Malick's distinctive voiceovers. In "The Tree of Life," as in "The Thin Red Line" and "The New World," the hushed, dazed narration — handed off from one actor to another — has the tone of a a prayer. From the start Mr. Malick has tried to find uses for voiceover that go against and beyond the traditional explanatory purpose. "When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in clichés," he said in a 1975 interview with Sight & Sound, referring to Sissy Spacek's narration in "Badlands." "That doesn't make them laughable; it's something tender about them."

Ms. Chastain recalled that when she told Mr. Malick she wouldn't have time to memorize the long monologues that he would present to her minutes before shooting, his response was that she should "just say whatever you remember because that'll be enough." But Mr. Malick's insistence on freedom does not preclude obsessive fine-tuning: after the shoot, he called her in — by her count, more than 30 times — to record new lines and re-record old ones.

As Mr. Malick's films grow increasingly allusive and amorphous, he seems more than ever to find them in the editing. "Our focus was to make it more of an experience and not about plot," said Mark Yoshikawa, one of the five editors who worked on "The Tree of Life." "The flow of the film was an ever-changing animal." Without a linear story to guide them, the editors had to integrate live-action scenes that shift between two time periods (and more than one reality) with nature shots and special-effects sequences. Mr. Malick, an avid bird watcher, had previously used computer-generated effects only once, to add a now extinct parakeet to the Virginia wilds of "The New World." "The Tree of Life," which depicts the Big Bang, the beginning of pre-cellular life and the Mesozoic age of dinosaurs, called for extensive effects work. Dan Glass, the senior visual effects supervisor, said that the guiding principle was realism: "There's not a shot that doesn't have something natural or organic in it." Even though entire movie worlds are now routinely digitzed from scratch, Mr. Glass and his team worked with existing satellite and space-probe imagery, and used optical tricks, like manipulating film speeds and camera lenses.

For the astrophysical sequences, Mr. Malick turned to the filmmaker and special effects veteran Douglas Trumbull, best known for his work on "2001: A Space Odyssey." They set up a lab in Austin, Tex., where Mr. Malick lives, and essentially conducted chemistry experiments: photographing paints and liquids (like fluorescein dyes and half-and-half) in tanks of water at high speeds, which produced images that could be digitally composited to resemble astronomical phenomena like interstellar clouds. "With computer graphics everything is based on some algorithm and there's often a predictability to it," Mr. Trumbull said. "Terry and I wanted randomness and irregularity that seemed truly natural."

"The Tree of Life" deepens and complicates Mr. Malick's view of nature. Detractors make him out to be a moony New Ager, but his films are not just awestruck paeans to nature, nor are they simple assertions of man's place in nature. "The Tree of Life" distinguishes the way of nature (equated with the father) from the way of grace (the mother). Ms. Chastain interpreted her character as a personification of "the spiritual world," a contrast to the natural world, "which is all about survival of the fittest," she said, and which in "Tree of Life" takes the form of both Darwinian natural selection and American bootstrap capitalism.

Mr. Malick's work has long been discussed in philosophical terms — his background as a Heidegger scholar is often invoked — but increasingly his films bespeak an unfashionably overt interest in spirituality. Biblical references run through the films, and "The Tree of Life" opens with a quotation from the Book of Job. But Ms. Chastain, who prepared for her role by studying paintings of the Madonna and practicing meditation, said she does not see it as a film about Christianity. "I consider him more of a spiritual person than a religious person," Mr. Fisk said.

Mr. Malick has already shot — and is starting to edit — his sixth feature. Set in the present day, the still-untitled film stars Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams, and has been described as a romance. As always with Mr. Malick, everyone involved is tight-lipped, but Mr. Lubezki and Mr. Fisk, who both worked on it, said it is his boldest film yet. "It makes 'Tree' almost seem old-fashioned," Mr. Fisk said.

Growing more radical with age, Mr. Malick seems intent on evolving the language of narrative cinema, on finding a form free and flexible enough to encompass the big, unanswerable questions of human existence. "Every film now is almost a frustration, because Terry doesn't know if he's said enough," Mr. Fisk said. "But I also think he's finally making movies exactly the way he wants to."

 

[El Floppo]

I... what.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

That ******* still owes me money for Sitting through The Thin Red Suck.

 

[saintfool]

That ******* still owes me money for Sitting through The Thin Red Suck.

oh, see, i dug that movie. i had such high and unrealistic expectations for it in the theater that i was pretty conflicted by the result. it took a 2nd and 3rd viewing before i appreciated it. it's very different from the book. it's also something that likely could benefit from a director's cut with all 8 hours included like some bela tarr flick.i will always seek out his films because "days of heaven" earned that from me. i did much the same for orson welles because of "citizen kane" come to think of it...

 

[Rohn Jambo]

I want to see the 20-minute Cosmos and dinosaur sequence in a theatre.

 

[Fullback Fro]

That ******* still owes me money for Sitting through The Thin Red Suck.

Thin Red Line is a masterpiece. It pains me to hear this come out of your mouthhole. I thought I liked you. Do yourself a solid and watch it again. Embrace the conflicted hearts.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I've watched The Tree of Life trailer five times now. Just incredible.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

That ******* still owes me money for Sitting through The Thin Red Suck.

Thin Red Line is a masterpiece. It pains me to hear this come out of your mouthhole. I thought I liked you. Do yourself a solid and watch it again. Embrace the conflicted hearts.

Awful!!!!!!!!!'nnn

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

That ******* still owes me money for Sitting through The Thin Red Suck.

He almost killed Adrien Brody's career with that movie.Malick told him that he was the star of the movie and kept the poor bastage down in Australia for almost a year and a half, preventing Brody from taking on any other projects.Then Malick proceeds to cut almost all of his scenes

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Winner of the Palme D'Or at Canne.

 

[El Floppo]

Winner of the Palme D'Or at Canne.

Then it must be SUPER good.Frogs aside, I can't freaking wait for this.

 

[Twilight]

Winner of the Palme D'Or at Canne.

However, it was also loudly booed by a decent portion of the audience at it's airing.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Onion AV Club gives an A grade to Tree of Life

 

[njherdfan]

Has anyone seen this yet? I'm going to see it tonight, and I'm very excited for it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Has anyone seen this yet? I'm going to see it tonight, and I'm very excited for it.

My buddy saw it in Los Angeles, and said it was beautiful.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

Known For

The Thin Red Line (1998)

The New World (2005)

Badlands (1973)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Terrence Malick's Tree of Life is due out in December and I am so excited. He is by far my favorite movie director.

Sean Penn

Brad Pitt

Kari Matchett

Jessica Chastain

Tree of Life is a period piece centered around three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son (Hunter McCracken none SAG) of two characters (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain) witnesses the loss of innocence.

We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, Jack, one of three brothers. At first all seems marvelous to the child. He sees as his mother does, with the eyes of his soul. She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world's way, of putting oneself first. Each parent contends for his allegiance, and Jack must reconcile their claims. The picture darkens as he has his first glimpses of sickness, suffering and death. The world, once a thing of glory, becomes a labyrinth.

Framing this story is that of adult Jack, a lost soul in a modern world, seeking to discover amid the changing scenes of time that which does not change: the eternal scheme of which we are a part. When he sees all that has gone into our world's preparation, each thing appears a miracle precious, incomparable. Jack, with his new understanding, is able to forgive his father and take his first steps on the path of life.

The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family -- our first school -- the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life's single most important lesson, of unselfish love.

as as Ive been to see a new movie in a long time

 

[jdoggydogg]

as as Ive been to see a new movie in a long time

Same here. Mrs. Dogg is even excited, and she never sees movies in the theater.