Days of Heaven (Criterion)
The Criterion Collection
One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting movies of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steel worker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and little sister (Linda Manz) to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating at once a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
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Pour les amateurs d'abstrait - Tigidou
Si vous avez aimé d'autres films de Mallick, vous aimerez probablement celui-ci. Mais si vous n'êtes pas familiés avec le genre, attention. Le rythme est lent et les coupures fréquentes. Cependant, les images sont superbes et ça fait fait du bien de sortir des balises habituelles.fantastic! - rolz64
This is by far one of the most gorgeous I have ever saw in my life. Trully a great movie with music of the great Enio Morricone. A most see for everyone who likes cinema. Terrence Malick is a master and his movies must be seing. Also, the HD transfer is really good!not for fans of Michael Bay movies - clauditorium
The first thing I can think of when trying to describe this movie is that it's like an impressionist painting, especially as it begins. We're shown a series of vignettes, and the story seems to emerge from the images. This technique can make it look like it will be difficult to become engrossed in the movie, but soon that is exactly what happens, and those seemingly inconsequential scenes end up enriching the experience.
The story is a very simple one, but told with a great deal of visual and emotional texture, and at the same time without sentimentality (as evidenced by the performance of child actress Linda Manz), and it is this combination which lends the movie its realism and depth. It soon becomes apparent that the real story here is the one of the characters' feelings, and as such it progressively becomes more compelling and affecting.
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Pour les amateurs d'abstrait - Tigidou
Si vous avez aimé d'autres films de Mallick, vous aimerez probablement celui-ci. Mais si vous n'êtes pas familiés avec le genre, attention. Le rythme est lent et les coupures fréquentes. Cependant, les images sont superbes et ça fait fait du bien de sortir ...fantastic! - rolz64
This is by far one of the most gorgeous I have ever saw in my life. Trully a great movie with music of the great Enio Morricone. A most see for everyone who likes cinema. Terrence Malick is a master and his movies must be seing. Also, the HD transfer is really ...not for fans of Michael Bay movies - clauditorium
The first thing I can think of when trying to describe this movie is that it's like an impressionist painting, especially as it begins. We're shown a series of vignettes, and the story seems to emerge from the images. This technique can make it look like it ...