Terrence Malick

143 Pages·2008·5.842 MB·English

by  Lloyd Michaels

Terrence Malick
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Contemporary Film Directors
Edited by James Naremore
The Contemporary Film Directors series provides concise,
well-written introductions to directors from around the
world and from every level of the film industry. Its chief
aims are to broaden our awareness of important artists,
to give serious critical attention to their work, and to il-
lustrate the variety and vitality of contemporary cinema.
Contributors to the series include an array of internationally
respected critics and academics. Each volume contains
an incisive critical commentary, an informative interview
with the director, and a detailed filmography.
A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book.
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Terrence Malick
Lloyd Michaels
UniversiTy
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illinois
Press
UrbaNa
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ChICago
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© 2009 by Lloyd Michaels
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
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∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Michaels, Lloyd.
Terrence Malick / Lloyd Michaels.
p. cm. — (Contemporary film directors)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-252-03385-8 (cl : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-252-07575-9 (pbk : alk. paper)
1. Malick, Terrence, 1945– I. Title.
pn1998.3.m3388m53 2009
791.43023'3092—dc22 [B] 2008012689
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For Mary and Jack
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | xi
terrence malick:
a cinema in front of our eyes | 1
Badlands | 20
Days of Heaven | 39
The Thin Red Line | 56
The New World | 78
interview by beverly walker
in sight and sound (1975) | 101
interview by michel ciment in positif (1975) | 105
Filmography | 115
Bibliography | 117
Index | 121
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