Understanding the Films of Terrence Malick

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Video essay analysis on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and the cinema of Terrence Malick.
Other episodes in the Filmmaker Philosophies series:
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Andrei Tarkovsky - • Praying Through Cinema...
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Martin Heidegger - Being and Time: amzn.to/30MA7uN
Martin Woessner - What is Heideggerian Cinema? Film, Philosophy and Cultural Mobility.
Martin Woessner - Cosmic Cinema: On the Philosophical Films of Terrence Malick
Stanley Cavell - The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film: amzn.to/2zwSBEj
Robert Kolker - A Cinema of Loneliness: amzn.to/2Y0tpzm
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@LikeStoriesofOld 4 жыл бұрын

Terrence Malick is the third director in my filmmaker philosophy series (following Werner Herzog and Andrei Tarkovsky), which filmmaker should I cover next? Let me know below!

@viveksubbarao8474 4 жыл бұрын

PT Anderson

@patriKKrajnc 4 жыл бұрын

Kubrick maybe? Or my personal favorite Mr. Welles.

@nebojsasavic6262 4 жыл бұрын

Go for Kubrick, Bergman, Kurosawa or Woody Allen Btw you are one of the best film channels out there 😁

@simons.6029 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Really looking forward to watch this. :)

@victorarielv7597 4 жыл бұрын

I will love to see your take on Kubrick.

@mkaeterna9161 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, when life becomes too much to bear, I watch 'The Tree of Life' and I feel a little better

@bsku0765 3 жыл бұрын

Fits the title. Doesn't it?

@souldissolve 3 жыл бұрын

Under the benevolent shade of _The Tree of Life_ my weary, parched soul draws much needed aliment.

@pegach4168 2 жыл бұрын

it does the opposite to me for some reason

@Finn10000 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@lightwishatnight 4 жыл бұрын

To me, you're a lighthouse. Through your videos I discovered the works of Carl Jung, of Heidegger, of Malick, and many others. It seems incredible to me that someone whom I've never met had such a profound influence in my life. I am forever grateful to you, my teacher. I hope someday we meet. Cheers.

@theresecibaka6878 3 жыл бұрын

I think I remember you from The School of Life comments section :)

@atulyabharadwaj2279 3 жыл бұрын

@@theresecibaka6878 the begging stations of most people interested in philosophy

@MrAvidLearner 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out a couple of lecture series from The Great Courses called “The Great Ideas of Philosophy” and “The Great Ideas of Western Civilization”. I think you’d love them. Happy learning, fellow autodidact!

@Groovy_Bruce 3 жыл бұрын

man crush

@toplists8419 2 жыл бұрын

Wow such a great comment 😀

@KinemaReviews 4 жыл бұрын

I think this is very interesting. It is important not to forget Malick's deeply Christian themes, that invite us, not to accept our demise and nihilism, but to persist in our search for the eternal, the true and the beautiful.

@lizc6393 4 жыл бұрын

Amen! As a philosophy major and christian it is so refreshing to have at least one filmmaker who's work is relatable.

@captpschar 4 жыл бұрын

For me, his great and most unique structure is the story of heaven touching earth, being felt by the characters, and then that heaven being driven away by the sin of the world, the characters then carrying that touching of heaven in their memory and hearts, and that lost heaven pointing their heart's way to a greater heaven. His characters live in Eden for a time and love it fully, and then are driven out, and thereafter they seek after God, and struggle to make an Eden out of the fallen world, which they often do through love, devotion to the truth, and self sacrifice. This structure is strongest to me in The Thin Red Line and in A Hidden Life, and it's perhaps unfair to call it a Christian structure, as he points to the structure that the Christian symbols and stories also describe, a truth of human living bigger and deeper than any account of it.

@vladimirsolovyov666 4 жыл бұрын

If Jesus really wanted to save the world, he failed to do so.

@tysonsmith9711 3 жыл бұрын

Hellebrok Jesus is God. Look at the crucifix, God hold nothing back from you.

@christinefarquharson8358 2 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirsolovyov666 as the words to the song say, 'its not over, not over, not over yet.' x

@deterytorializacja8522 4 жыл бұрын

I rarely comment on videos, but this time I have to. This channel feels like home to me. I listen to your words and feel at peace. Thank you for doing such a consistently great job.

@Erik-um7hq 4 жыл бұрын

Oh well said, I feel the same thing. Mysterious....

@bernardwind1633 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@nyachan321 4 жыл бұрын

Lars von tier please, i know he is not very likely, terrence malick and lars von tier are my two favourate director, and some times it seem to me that malick is talking to my spriritual/intelectual part and showing me heaven, while Lars is talking to my fisical/intelectual part and showing me how human true nature is. We humans want yo get to the spiritual way, but we are mostly stuck in the biological fisical way. I will try to spam this everywhere so you can see it, and see if is a interesting idea yo you. Sorry if my english is not good, i am spanish

@dimitrisgiannopoulos3824 4 жыл бұрын

I came here to say exactly the same thing. The analyses are always thought provoking and calming at the same time. I savor every video for moments when I can take in every bit of the pieces of art you create. Every time I feel like I am aimlessly wondering this Earth, one of your videos is sure to remind me who I am and what I care for. Thank you very much for the content. I'm sure it takes a lot of research, time, effort and heart to make and I appreciate it greatly.

@pasisovi 3 жыл бұрын

I liked this very much, Many thanks! The only part Malick mistook was to place the 3rd Reich German as an evil machine. This mistake is common among many intellectuals, as they themselves were educated on a sea of historical information, many truthful but many also also distorted by heavy heavy bias. At the present we have a completely wrong reading of the recent wars, as the winner has consecutively written the history. For a philosopher to write within the context of the official history, at least the recent one, many folds of cautions should be taken, and a thorough sceptical revision work be done before state or refer to it.

@JoshuaFagan 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you or anyone will read this, but this video inspired me to read through Being and Time, a book that fundamentally transformed my life for the better during the dark year of 2020. Thank you so profusely for that.

@MiloMay 3 ай бұрын

I'm actually learning German in order to read Being and Time, may I ask how the book changed you and how you were even able to get through it?

@user-tr7nx5sr7w 3 жыл бұрын

Malick's art is pure poetry. It saved my soul so many times.

@eldorados_lost_searcher 4 жыл бұрын

Malick's films feel like a distillation of a particular moment if you had perfect awareness of everything around you. At least, that's how they feel to me. You never disappoint, LSOO.

@paulbanks2573 10 ай бұрын

100%

@kh884488 9 ай бұрын

To me, Malick's films are the closest thing to experiencing a dream while conscious and awake.

@Evanderj 4 жыл бұрын

"If I never meet you in this life, let me feel the lack. A glance from your eyes... and my life will be yours." Thank you Terrence Malick, Thank you @Like Stories of Old.

@PossibleCinema 4 жыл бұрын

The multilayered richness of your scripts, followed by the fluent and subtle, yet highly complex editing, is a cocktail of skills, one can`t get enough of. Thanks.

@JoyfulUniter 4 жыл бұрын

He's one of a kind

@nyachan321 4 жыл бұрын

@p.b4287 4 жыл бұрын

PossibleCinema This fellow is extraordinary gifted. I never get enough.

@gabrielhorn8093 4 жыл бұрын

Every one of your videos I feel in the pit of my stomach. After Finishing everything around me seems covered in a golden hue. Finishing your videos doesn’t make me want to watch more it makes me want to turn my phone off and take deep breaths. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos, a source of wonder.

@rsmania01 2 жыл бұрын

A friendly reminder: Turn your phone off!

@eladgolan1 4 жыл бұрын

There very few pieces of art that made such an impact on me as "the thin red line". It moved me in so many levels bypassing the conscious mind. I cried and laughed but most of all. it instilled in me a deep silence which resonated long after the film ended.

@marionow6227 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It just blew me away.

@Reverend_Nada 3 жыл бұрын

The only movie that makes me cry with every watch

@mjolninja9358 4 жыл бұрын

Your essays are my meditations bro

@daviddesconnet 4 жыл бұрын

Same for me

@copywriter83 3 жыл бұрын

What a line! What a fuckin' line! Wish I had said that.

@btverdam 3 ай бұрын

I've come back to this video over the years, watching it over and over again, showing it to friends, relishing in it. For me, this - not Heidegger, not Malick, but your video - is one of the most important exploratory works of art to communicate the meaning of life. Thank you

@dons1932 2 жыл бұрын

This is literally some of the best content in existence. Almost as defining as the films and lessons you are teaching. Speechless. So beautiful.

@CYI3ERPUNK 4 жыл бұрын

The Thin Red Line is one of the best films ever created , sadly i rarely ever run across anyone who has ever seen it or has any appreciation for it =/ ; thank you LSOO, finding your videos has been one of the singular joys of my life

@AnHonestDoubter 4 жыл бұрын

@John wayne and the one he chose as #1 was from 1989, so that's a well deserved win for Thin Red Line in my book! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9mFoJeTr6e4kmg.html

@brendangray 3 жыл бұрын

I think the same about The Thin Red Line.

@brendangray 3 жыл бұрын

CYI3ERPUNK I actually met ben chaplin who was one of the main guys in the movie. Just saying. Met him a few times, actually. 🙏

@Llllltryytcc 3 жыл бұрын

The shot of the buddha statue among the flames of the burning village towards the end will stay with me forever, i'm sure of it.

@dons1932 2 жыл бұрын

@@Llllltryytcc It's the Han Zimmer melanesian choir for me. I'm so grateful Hans did a Thin Red Line piece when I saw him live. The whole thing is just a beautiful piece of art. They don't make films like that any more. 1917, maybe.

@TheBritomart 4 жыл бұрын

Another jewel in a catalogue of brilliance. Your earlier forays into Malick are stunning but you, again have taken his work to an even greater level of luminosity & have captured the nuanced genius of his work. When many criticize his work for pretension & self indulgence, you have shown the complexity & humanity amidst his wonder of the natural world. Thank you, LSOO for what you gift us with . You always bring a pang to my heart & more than a tear or two. But you always manage to spark hope. That is what I take away from every video you post. Thank you for helping us to remember what truly matters.♥️

@peaceandleisure3105 4 жыл бұрын

with a tear in my eye, I must say I couldn't have said it better myself.

@breannaxo 4 жыл бұрын

I woke up this morning feeling like I had to watch The Tree of Life again, almost like Terry had something to teach me, or there was something I needed to know about his works. Then I found you had uploaded this :) So very timely. Beautiful analyses as always.

@jessicanussbaumer8668 4 жыл бұрын

A very relevant film for the current times.

@StillnessFilms Жыл бұрын

This video gets at the heart of why I love the films of Terrence Malick; for me how deeply they speak to me. Their importance lies in the fact that they are contrary to every trend in society. In our worldly madness, how urgently we all need to be reminded "Know thyself". Seek yourself, in that is all Creation. Awaken. Thank you for the substance of your analysis, and thank you Terrence Malick for the substance of your films, and their authentic, almost painful beauty.

@oberstul1941 4 жыл бұрын

Somebody once said that you could pause a Malick film almost at any time and get a perfect desktop wallpaper. Your videos are awesome, man. Thank you so much for making them.

@DaviMartins99 4 жыл бұрын

That is 100% true for A Hidden Life, soooo many gorgeous wideshots througout the movie.

@oberstul1941 4 жыл бұрын

@@DaviMartins99 can confirm this for Tree of Life and New World, too :)

@birajsingha9879 4 жыл бұрын

You have to watch days of heaven ❤️😍

@oberstul1941 4 жыл бұрын

@@birajsingha9879 ilr, those wavy like the ocean fields of wheat were something.

@hopelessent.1700 2 жыл бұрын

My friend just said this when I shared them The Tree of Life.

@GrainneMhaol 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! An unexpected pleasure. A Hidden Life was astounding to me. An analysis of the work of Hirokazu Koreeda would be amazing too.

@garyr6097 4 жыл бұрын

A hidden life...was the best movie I've seen in a long time....probably the best anti war movie ever made along with a thin red line...but will never get the recognition it deserves ..but then who cares

@jonruffolo 3 жыл бұрын

I just finished A Hidden Life a few hours ago and I've been in almost a constant state of near tears. Nothing has ever shaken my soul as powerfully as that film did. I am truly just at a complete loss for words. This film is the true powerful of cinema; in the power of the universal language of images and sounds. Nothing can compare to the awe of nature and all her magnificence. This is one of the biggest things I always take away from his films and it's been with me ever since I first saw The Thin Red Line in high school. Malick is as much of a philosophy teacher to me as any of the philosophers we've read in class.

@mindpalace7242 4 жыл бұрын

With this video, you've set the benchmark for essay channels. People really appreciate the insane amount of editing that goes into something like this.

@playermartin286 4 жыл бұрын

Watching a terrence malick movie is like going to an esoteric fair

@squatch545 4 жыл бұрын

No, it's like going on the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at the amuesment park.

@OUTBOUND184 4 жыл бұрын

Esotericists have fairs?????

@demiiiii 3 жыл бұрын

Odi et Amo they do and it’s as funny and as scary as you probably imagine

@OUTBOUND184 3 жыл бұрын

@@demiiiii in London? I'm intrigued

@benp4877 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best channel on KZfaq. Every time I watch one of these videos I get the feeling that I have found my people.

@DonaldAMisc 4 жыл бұрын

Terrence Malick is one of my all-time favorite film directors! I am so happy to see you've made a video on his work! ^_^

@vaipesz 4 жыл бұрын

As a former Philosophy student, an individual, a person and Malick fan, I love this, thank you.

@althenimble 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful piece! Thank you for the time and care you put into it.

@ivanstyles2065 4 жыл бұрын

Spectacular work as always. I’ve been looking forward to a comprehensive video on Malick, and my goodness did you deliver. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.

@victorarielv7597 4 жыл бұрын

I am happy to se another video so early after the much demanding three video series you completed just weeks ago. I love your work!

@cosmicslopass 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite visual essay on film and philosophy ever. Thank you, keep up the great work.

@anthonygregg9988 4 жыл бұрын

The consistent quality of your content and the frequency that you are able to release videos is really something special. Well deserved of everything that comes your way. Ty

@rishirajmukherjee6894 4 жыл бұрын

i just want to say thank you mate.thanks for making me feel so small and wide eyed all over again.thanks for letting me feel awed by all that i dont know,all that is beyond me instead of being daunted by them as often is the case.thanks for imbuing the unknown with sweetness and joy.i have nothing but gratitude

@DaviMartins99 4 жыл бұрын

I was so waiting for this video! Thank you, LSO!

@Helios_zm 4 жыл бұрын

normally I do not comment on youtube but I just have to say that I love your videos so much. The way you talk, the images of the movie and the short sequences of the people in the movie talking are so well connected. and of course also the connection to the philosophical questions of life. keep it up❤️

@davedogge2280 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting chap. He turns up every 7 years or so makes an Indie movie with a big Hollywood budget with top actors that are scrambling to work with him and then he returns to lecturing or academia until the next one.

@qendrimsyla6495 4 жыл бұрын

Lecturing or academia?

@nyachan321 4 жыл бұрын

@OntologicalCatastrophe 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by lecturing?

@hakahey 4 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? He released 5 feature-length films in the 2010s...

@zanderzephyrlistens 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a fun life

@emmettkowalski1332 3 жыл бұрын

just finished my Terrence Malick binge, I must say, this is a phenomenal study of his work. these analyses are concise and derived meanings that I myself had not yet considered. thank you for the essay, it has left me with a greater appreciation for Malick's craft

@nathanw11 4 жыл бұрын

Every addition to your catalogue blows me away more than the last. Thoughtful, intricate, and irresistibly captivating.

@Maros_Mari 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I am speechless. It is hard for me to find words, to put down my thoughts. I could feel again what I feel when I watch his films, the touch deep down, resonating with my soul. I do not know why that is happening but I can feel his movies, I can feel his images, I can feel the ideas, not on philosophical level but deeper on the level of heart. I really enjoyed this essay and it inspired me and gave me some ideas for my film analysis which I am writing on Thin Red Line for the film school. So I wanted to say thank you for this and that it is great that there are such channels one can get inspired and learn something new at the same time. Keep it up!

@MrJ.S.R 4 жыл бұрын

The New World introduced me to Terry. He is legitimately one of the best filmmakers of all time

@Csilaverte 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably the most profound video essay i have ever seen, as was The tree of life my most profound film-experience i have ever had; not the best, not my favourite, not even the most memorable ( indeed, i do not like at least half of Malick's filmography, and i did not think about the film for years hitherto), but one that affacted my understanding of existence. I have became one who deals with philosophy( i would not dare call myself a philosopher), at least partially because of that picture, therefore it will always have a special place in my hearth. Thank you for the video. I only wish you could have mentioned Kirkegaard who is most famous for his understanding of anxiety and undoubtedly influenced Heidegger. Keep up the good work. This platform needs this kind of content.

@13krava 4 жыл бұрын

You just continue to do these fantastic, beautiful, insightful, deep videos. I am completely baffled every time I watch one of your videos man. Just beautiful. KZfaq has become such a crude, rude, utilitarian place, but you manage to keep the poetry alive here. My favorite video so far was the one on the shawshank redemption, but this one is very close. Keep it up man and many thanks from Croatia.

@pyrrhicv 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I just ran into a really obscure paper on Philosophy of Cinematography yesterday and I was awestruck and confused at the same time (despite being a Philosophy major). But this video resonates with me immediately and I certainly love your editing. Glad I came across your channel!

@foglias 3 жыл бұрын

The Tree of Life is one of the most beautiful films ever made. Such a masterpiece! Thank you so much. Love this video!!

@EpicBeard815 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to say, yours is a true video essay. Most of the youtube essayists kind of meander, circling the drain of making a point. But what you make is structured and researched, and exact in its goal. Good stuff.

@boonebrannon539 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos seem to find me when I need them most my friend. Thank you for comforting me with beauty

@zacharyfarr5044 4 жыл бұрын

Best Malick content I've seen on youtube. Amazing stuff!

@ArryAller 4 жыл бұрын

A great analysis and one of the best videos I've ever watched. Absolutely clarifying, inspiring and on point. Congratulations!

@sbliim72 3 жыл бұрын

This was my most favourite of all your analyses so far! Please keep it up!

@shanehudson6969 4 жыл бұрын

I have been following your channel for a long time and I am always excited to see your analysis videos subsequently coming away from each video more enlightened. I can't for the life of me understand how your channel has not climbed into the million subscriber mark, it is by far the most deserving channel on this site of having millions of subscribers. Thank you for your videos and thoughts.

@shashikumar-ud8ro 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best video I've ever seen on films in my life so far. Thank you!

@samar1462 2 жыл бұрын

I just love you brother. Your videos capture the human experience in all its ways. They are profound just as our lives. Never have I ever seen video essays like yours which hit right in the heart! They are so intense, and emotional that after watching them I'm left with a shiver of immense beauty that is utterly inexplicable.

@roquevera9831 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! You, my friend, are like Malick, doing philosophy with your art. It is so intimate, like whispering in my ears. So intense...

@musicalgetaway387 4 жыл бұрын

Your content is consistent and top notch. I like the fact that I always come away with a new perspective that challenges how I previously viewed things. I really appreciate your work.

@Shel44411 Жыл бұрын

The phrase : " if I never meet you in this life - let me feel the lack", hit me to my core

@sunshineosorno_ 4 жыл бұрын

Your voice is so soothing. Thank you for this.

@lukasoc1518 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful as always 😢 Thank you! 💓💗

@JorgePerez-ix5dg 3 жыл бұрын

I think this is your best video so far. Simply amazing. Thanks.

@mathk1248 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most important video i saw on KZfaq this year, thank you so much! You put the right words on my reflection on the Malick vision.

@dealspeed6756 4 жыл бұрын

The thin red line is such a masterpiece, very few movies make me think and feel like Malicks films

@mcipovic 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I had to stop all of my work to enjoy this look at his work. Bravo!

@neuzethmusic131 7 ай бұрын

This brought me to tears. Thank you.

@mingonmongo1 3 жыл бұрын

Like Kubrick, Malick is one of my all-time favorite 'auteur' directors, who likewise sought the random right 'moment' or spontaneous 'accident' to complete his visual 'tone poems'. And when you intro-ed his films with Praetorius' _Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming,_ I knew you 'get' him too. Insightful, magical stuff, very well done... thank you so much!

@christycm5946 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I was lucky enough to meet Terry in the summer of 2018. He is truly a magical, gracious, elegant person and I love his work so dearly. I remember when I first showed his work to my husband and told him to think in musical terms - to consider Malick's films as tone poems. It worked great but I prefer your analysis as always!

@brutongaster859 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best video essays I have seen. Well done!

@eriktempelman2097 4 жыл бұрын

Just when I thought this channel could not get any better ... it does precisely that. Thank you.

@AndreNMailho 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of Terrence Malick before. And I don't remember watching any of the movies you show us here. But man, with just 1 minute of video, I've decided that I have to watch his whole cinematography. Every shot looks amazing. Thanks again for showing us amazing these "hidden gems", friend.

@ariel6999 4 жыл бұрын

Terrance made a cinematic masterpiece in The Thin Red line. The movie’s script and cinematography is both poetic philosophical and breathtaking. And the icing on the top is the hauntingly mesmerising score by Zimmer. No other film he has done before and has done since reached this level of perfection.

@jonruffolo 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen A Hidden Life yet? It comes reeaaalllyy close. I'm almost inclined to say it's his best movie yet. Coming from someone who hasn't liked Malick's last few films but also The Thin Red Line is top 5 movies all time for me.

@sunofpeter2 3 жыл бұрын

"Poured out like water on the ground..." "The whole world is blowing itself apart as fast as man can arrange it, all a man can do is shut his eyes and let nothing touch him

@ariel6999 3 жыл бұрын

@@sunofpeter2 Love where does it come from, who light this flame in us.. I was a prisoner.. you set me free..

@juanverde1361 4 жыл бұрын

This was SO good, as usual. Thank you.

@jkereno 4 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful. This made me even love Terrence Malick more. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@aminkh6872 3 жыл бұрын

This video and your explanation is like a meditation on life and being, Thank you for your time and effort 💕

@camilahernandez1113 4 жыл бұрын

This video was absolutely beautiful, thank you, keep up the great work!

@moonwatcher2001 3 жыл бұрын

How I came to arrive here so late? This video and channel are like oasis in the desert of surfacial culture. In this time of frivolity, speed, vanity and lie, this is highly valuable. Thanks for this work. Furthermore, it is not only interesting, but also aesthetically sublime. Like poetry, it gives rhythm to meaning. Love this.

@LymerykStudios 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly your most profound work regarding Malick yet. It's a testament to why I love your channel so much, plus why Malick is truly one of (if not my *favorite*) filmmakers out there. What you've accomplished here is something I'm sure most would agree with, and that is how deep down I've known a lot of these things you discuss in some way shape or form, but lacked a framework to articulate it. I've often found myself lacking proper words to *really* describe Malick's body of work to my friends who haven't seen his films, or even heard of them. "He's a philosopher-filmmaker" is what I've usually boiled it down to, along with saying it's best to simply experience his work at face-value. That said however, I'll definitely be sharing this video with them because again, you've really brought a clarity to what I and many others have known and/or felt! On a side note, what did you think of A Hidden Life? I loved it. I saw it twice here in New York City during its limited run, and both times afterwards, I walked out of the theater into a cold and rainy December night. Given that quote on experiencing a film in theaters and then walking back out into the world, it was an interesting contrast to say the least.

@wrenlittle8826 2 жыл бұрын

I cry. Tears of joy of longing of loss of hope. When I listen to, emerge into this voice that provides me with sustenance after days of famine, I cry. Thank You.

@9000ck 4 жыл бұрын

You are truly one of, if not the best youtube video producers out there. Amazing!

@akamaldoror 4 жыл бұрын

It perfectly catches my journey on philosophy and how Malick achieved to incorporate that in his works. Stellar video. You are an account i'm gonna binge

@4comment0nly76 4 жыл бұрын

this is your best film essay yet!

@BadassRaiden 4 жыл бұрын

A Lament for Peace has got to be my favorite piece of music without lyrics.. It never fails to bring me to tears when i hear it. Keep on keepin on brother!

@Timcoe4 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! I appreciate your work on this.

@sebastianklimaszka6850 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to say thank You. You keep on giving my introspection a high quality jet fuel of content ;)

@aine7173 3 жыл бұрын

He is trying to make us look at the majesty of life. He is like a dead man remembering life, longing for it.

@benzilla127 4 жыл бұрын

Where were you when I was writing my dissertation on this very topic last year! Brilliant stuff, thank you for sharing.

@azulceleste7202 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. I love Malick, I love philosophy, and I love you. This video is incredible. And you know quite well how to appeal to metaphysics without getting too corny, which is an astounding achievement. Thank you so much for this video, it has given me so much insight into Malick's cinema.

@St.Arthur 3 жыл бұрын

I crave connection that I wish will provide meaning, I endure anxiety but forget to search for the meaning of it, as if I had accepted life as a burden to carry and death as meaningless. I sometimes think that joining the army might get me back in touch with the world or sever my connection to it completely. Beautiful video. Thank you.

@peeetteerr 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully done. I will soon watch ones I have not seen, as I have marveled some at times with the more well-known films. Thank you for bringing him again, and them, to my attention.

@jaylucas8200 4 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful. Thank you for making this.

@Joechipp 4 жыл бұрын

This is exceptional, but I have to comment on your editing, it is marvelous. Top quality content right here. You have a new fan.

@kristoffersolheim8467 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! This really resonated with me, I think because of the distancing we experience during Corona, and the public uncertainty we feel today. I try to stay open, but sometimes, i forget. Thank you for reminding me.

@mathewkolakwsk 4 жыл бұрын

That brought the real “feels”, my brother. Thank you for making this video - it put words into the experience of loving Malick’s films but not quite connecting the dots between the filmmaker and his films...

@racewiththefalcons1 4 жыл бұрын

This was very moving. Thank you!

@daniloreis86 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I am a student of Heidegger and a cinema lover and I was in a immersion of Heidegger's philosophy watching this video by the movies art perspective. Greatings from Brazil!

@archananair4685 4 жыл бұрын

I don't usually comment on KZfaq videos ,but your content is always profound ,insightful and engaging,Thank you so much for your efforts.Malick is my favourite filmmaker.

@donalddunlop401 3 жыл бұрын

Consuming content like this, which enables those of us who might not be otherwise capable of even pondering the big questions is in itself an act of "being-there". Thanks for the lesson.

@RizztrainingOrder 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work and infinitely interesting insights! You are positively affecting more people than you know!

@sharadrkushwah 4 жыл бұрын

Its just that I'm curious... and its just that you're the source of those answers.

@trevpeacock8879 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I always feel alone and get like a weird look when I say Malick is my favorite filmmaker! Glad to see more people making videos on him! Great job!

@jkereno 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Many people I know think Malick's films are pretentious and boring. I'm so glad I found this video and the comment section.

@woody3786 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this. This is a beautiful meditation. Thank you!

@igorfrederico2629 4 жыл бұрын

Just have to thank you for this one. What a perfect vídeo. Probably gave you a Lot of work. But Man. As a Phillisophy professor and a fan of Malick, have to say this is beautiful. Thank you for it!