dvd of the week
The winner of the Palm D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Terrence Malick’s tone poem about love, family and the meaning of life is not widely loved. Some people hate it, but I am not one. I think it’s one of the great achievements in film of at least the last decade. Outside the central story of a strained family in 1950s Texas (led by brilliantly sensitive and wrenching performances by Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain), it’s a nearly mystifying collection of images of nature, space, architecture and emotions. It is not a movie to be understood but rather to be experienced. I recommend watching it on a large-screen, HD TV. The Tree of Life
The winner of the Palm D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Terrence Malick’s tone poem about love, family and the meaning of life is not widely loved. Some people hate it, but I am not one. I think it’s one of the great achievements in film of at least the last decade. Outside the central story of a strained family in 1950s Texas (led by brilliantly sensitive and wrenching performances by Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain), it’s a nearly mystifying collection of images of nature, space, architecture and emotions. It is not a movie to be understood but rather to be experienced. I recommend watching it on a large-screen, HD TV.
