https://L0g.is/tags/terrance-malick/ Recent content in Terrance Malick on L0G.is Hugo en-us Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/to-the-wonder/ Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/to-the-wonder/ <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p>The first time I watched a Terrence Malick film, it was Tree of Life a few years ago and I couldn’t last any longer than 45 minutes. My problem was I didn’t understand how to specifically watch a Terrence Malick film. This is because his movies don’t follow the linear storytelling motif. To The Wonder doesn’t necessarily feel like a movie, with a plot, rising action, and an eventual climax. It feels almost like a reflection of life, it feels more like a memory, or how I would perceive my own life if I was sitting at the end of it looking backwards. Impressionistic, visual poetic moments dancing around as if they were stones skipping across a lake. The story jumps around and the scenes aren’t structured in a way that moves the movie along like baby steps. There are a few times the characters are what appears to be mindlessly wandering around fields with the camera rotating around them. In my opinion, even though this is literally happening in the movie, this is a far more allegorical presentation of the character’s interactions with one another. These moments become more intriguing when there’s an emotional struggle that arises between them.</p>