Fwd: NP - OMFG, I HATE Terrence Malick Films!

[David Morris]

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From: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: NP - OMFG, I HATE Terrence Malick Films!
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>


Yeah, I was going to describe it as verite documentary-like then thought
WTF, it's incredibly, immaculately styled. I don't know how it can feel
both at once.

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 9:59 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:

> The cinematography is stunning.  The tone is hard to describe, almost
> "real," like a documentary, but too beautiful for reality.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Roma broke me a bit. There are currents within it that build up such
>> force and you only later realise how powerful they are. If it's playing in
>> a local cinema go the extra distance.
>>
>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 9:28 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> You want sublime?  Try Roma on Netflix.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:34 AM <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I once had a first date going to to see The Thin Red Line. I actually
>>> > enjoyed the movie. The date didn’t. He kept sighing very loudly
>>> throughout
>>> > and asking when someone was going to die (also very loudly). Now that I
>>> > think about it, it would be wise not to use Mallick films as a
>>> relationship
>>> > ink blot test. His films are a tad pretentious to say the least, but
>>> then
>>> > so is Tarkovsky (just the first that comes to mind) in a similar vein.
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> > > On 23 Dec 2018, at 03:55, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Have you seen days of heaven? That one is pretty watchable. I agree
>>> with
>>> > > you in general, but am glad that someone can get films like his made.
>>> > >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:20 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Tried watching Knight of Cups.  Drove me crazy in 30 minutes.  The
>>> most
>>> > >> pretentious film making ever!  Droning inane narrator is not
>>> sublime.
>>> > >> Flickering memory visions get old really fast.  I don't think I will
>>> > ever
>>> > >> be tempted to give TM another try, and I've given him many tries.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> David Morris
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