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Lex, in Hollywood when a "cool" director like Terence Malick makes a picture that nobody can figure out the mass of "cool" people in the industry touts it because anybody "cool" can't admit how crappy the picture really is and thus would be drummed out of the "cool" group.

I agree that it was a mess but then again I'm not cool. I still can't figure out what the hell "Last Year at Marienbad" was about but I bet I'm not alone.

I did like "The Thin Red Line." Combat is real and he absolutely got it. I give him a pass on the dreamlike flashbacks. But the picture is an anomaly in his career IMO.

I agree with what you're saying, however I thought Days of Heaven was a really good movie. He became less accessible later in his career.

[DC 86]

Lex, in Hollywood when a "cool" director like Terence Malick makes a picture that nobody can figure out the mass of "cool" people in the industry touts it because anybody "cool" can't admit how crappy the picture really is and thus would be drummed out of the "cool" group.

I agree that it was a mess but then again I'm not cool. I still can't figure out what the hell "Last Year at Marienbad" was about but I bet I'm not alone.

I did like "The Thin Red Line." Combat is real and he absolutely got it. I give him a pass on the dreamlike flashbacks. But the picture is an anomaly in his career IMO.

I agree with what you're saying, however I thought Days of Heaven was a really good movie. He became less accessible later in his career.