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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens /forum/post/20859248
Whatever. Rant over.
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Originally Posted by Shaded Dogfood /forum/post/20860112
I liked it. Slow. Obscure. Lotsa poetry.
Malick has become the filmmaker's filmmaker, apparently.
Always has been.
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens /forum/post/20859248
I don't get how people continue to invest in his films. They do not make money. TREE OF LIFE cost 32 million and made just under 40 million worldwide. The studio keeps about 60% of that. After DVD and TV it might break even or make a little bit of green.
THE NEW WORLD cost 30 mil and made 30 mil. Major ouch.
With TREE, had Malick not edited himself to the point of insanity, he could have made something special. The same goes for The Thin Red Line. I am one of the lucky ones who saw an early edit that was not filled with tons of fractured and meaningless narrative speechifying. The early cut I saw was one of the best war films ever made and so vastly superior to the theatrical cut that it is a crime against audiences Malick was allowed to ruin it.
Whatever. Rant over.
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Originally Posted by foughman /forum/post/20863403
Because they want him to do what he is BEST at. He is probably the best director through history and there's other people that agree with me. Some have money and invests in his movies.