The Missing Matisse: A Memoir
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Nazi planes were bombing Paris the day a lifelong, more personal war began for Pierre. It was the...
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Jul 7, 2019
In or around 1916 middle America, an expansive wheat farm is worked for harvesting by hoards of day laborers. The landowner takes a fancy to one of his prettiest workers and asks her to stay on along with her brother and little sister. Little does the man know the other man is indeed her beau instead of her brother. A love triangle develops after she marries the rich man that slowly builds in tension until the poor couple's relationship is uncovered.
Peril comes to the farm in the form of locusts which threaten the crops and a subsequent fire which could destroy the fields completely.
I have found when I watch a Malick film, an very important supporting character is the landscape, atmosphere and world of nature around their human counterparts. In this film, the majestic fields are supplemented with shots of animals in the fields, vast sky and cloud formations and even unseen plants fighting to break through the soil.
I think these elements add much to deepen the immersion of the audience into the story Malick is telling and helps you accept the world around them quickly.
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams and the handsome Sam Shepard (they all looked so young) were beautifully photographed and played their parts well as we believed their emotions completely.
A truly magnificent film!
The Penguin Lessons
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Letters 1941-1985
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The extraordinary letters of Italo Calvino, one of the great writers of the twentieth century,...
Mo'Wax: Urban Archaeology: 21 Years of Mo'Wax Recordings
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Founded in England in 1993 by the young DJ and promoter James Lavelle, the record label Mo'Wax would...
Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis
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America stands at a precipice; limitless consumption, reckless economics, and disregard for the...
Barkskins: Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
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Read our exclusive interview with Annie Proulx LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...
The Awakening and Selected Stories
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The Awakening and Selected Stories is Kate Chopin's groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to...
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City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
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A defining American story of millions of immigrants, hundreds of languages, and one great city ...
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