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Terrence Malick is one of American cinema's most celebrated filmmakers. His films-from Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978) to The Thin Red Line (1998), The Tree of Life (2011), and, most recently, A Hidden Life (2019)-have been heralded for their artistry and lauded for their beauty, but what really…
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1 author picked Terrence Malick and the Examined Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I liked most about Martin Woessner's book is how he avoids the narrow film-studies approach in favor of a conversational one, where Malick’s pictures serve as reminders that the unexamined life – as Socrates famously suggested – is not worth living. An intellectual historian, Woessner visits several archives and carefully reads his subject’s extensive writings. The story he shares is full of detail. Malick fans will find fascinating anecdotes in the book, including his appearance on a Carly Simon album cover or his basketball game with Fidel Castro. But Terrence Malick and the Examined Life is not just for…
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