Comments on: 12 Things You Need To Know About The Making Of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/ Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Pg13myass https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96483 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96483 Saw it today. I\’m still at a loss of words as to what I saw. It\’s both beautiful and terrifying to me. I don\’t know how to describe this without giving away anything but at the same time, I don\’t think you can give away anything as it\’s something one needs to see for him/herself to understand where we (who\’ve seen it) are coming from.

If anything, I think it expresses both the beauty and the brutal sides of life. How it can be a wonderful thing and, at the same time terrifying. The scenes of space and the origins of life made me feel how irrelevant we all are and how, in one small fateful gesture of nature we can all be gone.

]]> By: Styles https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96491 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96491 I\’ve seen it and it might be the best movie ever. Loved it!

]]> By: Alex https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96490 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96490 How do you arrive at a conservative $150 million budget estimate? I could understand $50-70 million, but a $100 million more than that seems absurd.

]]> By: JT https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96489 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96489 I don\’t see why I \”need\” to know any of those things. It is possible to see and enjoy a film without knowing/caring about how much it cost, how many years it was in development, or what ideas the director had 20 years ago. but thanks, internet

]]> By: jon https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96488 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96488 You guys do the best coverage on ToL. Looking forward to more articles in this series.

]]> By: The Internet! https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96487 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96487 You\’re welcome!

]]> By: jon https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96486 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96486 Also, I don\’t have the link handy, but I read in another article that the Smithville section of the film cost between $6-8 million, with everything else costing \”tens of millions.\” I can\’t imagine anyone investing $150 million in a Malick film – I\’d guess $50 mil tops, but probably less.

]]> By: hank https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96485 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96485 although I havn\’t seen the film yet, I did read an interview with the cinematographer where he stated that there is footage of an eclipse in \”Tree of LIfe\’ that Malick shot in the 1970\’s.

http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Publications/In_Camera/Web_Exclusives/index.htm

]]> By: blah https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96484 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96484 most of the live action photography for Tree came in under 6 mill total…do you honestly believe they spent 144 fucking million in post, especially when a lot of the special effects budget is shared with voyage.

20 mill tops

]]> By: Christina https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96474 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96474 I think you have something wrong. Larry was the middle boy, Chris was the youngest. I dated larry in high school when he was a senior and I a junior. Chris was a sophomore. After graduation he said he was going to school in Austin to further his music studies and wouldn't be back, so we wouldn't see each other again and he was sorry we wouldn't see each other again. When I was about 21, my mother who lived in Long Beach, California, said she saw Larry playing with Ravi Shankar on TV. At my high school reunion, a mutual friend of mine, and Chris Malick, said Larry died mysteriouly at the age of 25 in Spain. I was a classical pianist and heard Larry play. He practiced 5 hours a day in high school. He was VERY good. My father was a classial and flamenco guitarist who only played by ear, but he had Segovia albums that I had listened to many times, so even though I was young, I was very impressed by his playing. Unless Larry skipped a few grades in high school and lied to me about his age, you've got it wrong.

]]> By: goldfarb https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96482 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96482 haven\’t seen the film yet so I won\’t comment on that…but one thing about Malick has always bothered me…this press shy strangeness, not that /he/ is press shy, but rather why would anyone care? why wouldn\’t a huge crowd of photographers take his picture? Is it likely that he\’ll ever do an interview with Entertainment Tonight? of course not…so why would they care? If I were a print editor or producer of a info-tainment show I\’d say \’fuck it – what\’s he going to do to us?\’…they don\’t hesitate to cover anything…yet everyone seems to \’respect\’ Malick\’s wishes….it\’s weird.

]]> By: Jacqueline https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96481 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96481 I don\’t think I was breathing during the entire film…stunning, wondrous, powerful, etherial, grounding, poetry. I found nothing weird about it and every thing beautiful. I had tears in my eyes in the first two minutes and was crying hard during the final scene where past present and future collapse into one. and all it is is life.

I think if you can understand the humanity it takes to make a film like this you can understand why some people are able to respect others wishes.

]]> By: Jason https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96480 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96480 Just saw it today …lost for words…incredible , beautiful , touching , original…Thats all I can think of….

]]> By: Paul https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96479 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96479 You really ought to have mentioned something about religion!

http://bit.ly/kvkdlZ

]]> By: Silverdolphin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96478 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96478 I think The Tree Of Life is really two films that don\’t gel together – the meditation on life and mortality, and the conflict between father and son. It\’s a shame really because, if the two elements were separated, you could have two really interesting films.

The problem with Malick is that he doesn\’t seem to want to make a film that has a conventional beginning, middle and end. There\’s nothing wrong with that structure because it allows the director to tell a coherent story that connects with the audience. It\’s like a variation on Occam\’s Razor: the simpliest way is often the best.

Stanley Kubrick, probably the director most like Malick, was quite happy to use a conventional narrative structure. Even 2001: A Space Odyssey has a conventional beginning, middle and end structure.

]]> By: Carlos https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96477 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96477 This film is autobiographical, but in a way you are very far from imagining. Who do you think is \”Steve\”? Why the boy has this particular name in the movie?
See this:

http://reviewingtreeoflife.blogspot.com/

\”Terry’s love since childhood of spirituality and religion. He can quote the bible freely\”

And about religion and Terry\’s love for it…

He quotes much more than the Bible.
Do you know from where Malick took the idea of the girl getting to sleep and waking as a woman on a swing (begining of the movie)?

There is just one movie in which something like that happens. Sternberg’s “The Scarlett Empress”.
Not exactly a religious movie… Not exactly…

Maybe it is a way of saying the devil is in paradise.

]]> By: Martha Gray https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96476 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96476 One small correction: Chris Malick was the youngest Malick brother. Larry (the brother who died) was the middle child — just like in the movie.

]]> By: Oogle monster https://staging2.theplaylist.net/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-20110527/#comment-96475 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-making-of-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life-118355/#comment-96475 Whoa that's Ryan Gosling across the aisle from Brad Pitt! What do ya know… a year later… the Gos is working on a film with Malick!

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