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Trailer Exam | Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

To say we here at Filmdogs are fans of director Terrence Malick is a bit of an understatement. Days of Heavenis one of my top 10 favorite films of all time, and I eagerly anticipate each of his films with eager excitement. So Terrence Malick fan boy would be more appropriate. With every film, from Badlands to The Thin Red Line and The New World, Malick hones his poetic vision offering stories that connect with me on existential levels. Well now we finally get a look at his long awaited new film, The Tree of Life. Words cannot express how I feel about this trailer, so I will just recommend you watch it yourself. The Tree of Life stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain.

Synopsis via Imdb:

The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

My top 50 films of the past decade


I’ll always look back on this past decade in film as the one in which I as a film junkie plunged head first into the world of cinema. In 2000 “Gladiator” became the blueprint to which all other films in the following decade would have to live up too. Granted I was 16 at the time and could only hope to live a life interesting as Maximus. Read the rest of this entry »