Review by Stephen Tronicek
Terrence Malick makes films that are almost all ambient which means they are almost all mood, and as mood pieces they are masterpieces. Starting with 2012’s To The Wonder, (The Tree Of Life still being firmly rooted by a script and still containing a semblance of pre-planned structure) Malick has started to move away from the more focused narrative efforts that defined his early career and find himself in a more ambient experimental territory. Both Knight Of Cups and Song To Song find themselves deeply nestled in a lack of cohesion, but this lack of cohesion allows both films to present the emotions of their characters with striking clarity. Whether or not you’d like to experience those is up to you.
Song To Song is a frustrating film, that is intentionally so to give its audience emotional clarity. The film focusses on the relationships of four individuals in the Austin,...
Terrence Malick makes films that are almost all ambient which means they are almost all mood, and as mood pieces they are masterpieces. Starting with 2012’s To The Wonder, (The Tree Of Life still being firmly rooted by a script and still containing a semblance of pre-planned structure) Malick has started to move away from the more focused narrative efforts that defined his early career and find himself in a more ambient experimental territory. Both Knight Of Cups and Song To Song find themselves deeply nestled in a lack of cohesion, but this lack of cohesion allows both films to present the emotions of their characters with striking clarity. Whether or not you’d like to experience those is up to you.
Song To Song is a frustrating film, that is intentionally so to give its audience emotional clarity. The film focusses on the relationships of four individuals in the Austin,...
- 3/25/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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