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John Rolfe: I think you still love the man, and that you will not be at peace until you see him. In my vanity I thought I could make you love me, and one cannot do that or should not. You have walked blindly into a situation that you did not anticipate.
Pocahontas: You are the man I thought you were and more.
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Captain Christopher Newport: Let him go.
Colonist: You said to hang him, sir.
Captain Christopher Newport: Now remember Smith, you've come to these shores in chains. You're under a cloud, which you'll darken considerably if I hear any more of your mutinous remarks. Is that understood?
John Smith: [nods in recognition]
Terrence Malick
Terrence Terry Malick was born on November 30, 1943 in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. He graduated from Harvard University and Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. He is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
In 1969, he filmed his first film "Landon Mills", thus starting his career as a director. In 1973, directed the love crime film " Badlands ". In 1978, with the romantic film " Days of Heaven " won the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival-the best director award
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; after that, Terrence Malick moved to live in France, and ceased his director career
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. In 1998, Terrence Malick officially announced his comeback after 20 years and filmed the action war film " The Thin Red Line ". He was nominated for the best director at the 71st Academy Awards for this film. In 2000, he served as the producer of the documentary "The Endurance: Shackleton ". In 2004, he produced the feature film " The Beautiful Country ". In 2005, he wrote and directed the romantic adventure film " The New World "
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. In 2006, he served as the producer of the biographical romance " Amazing Grace ".
In 2011, the directed feature film " The Tree of Life " won the main competition unit of the 64th Cannes Film Festival-Palme d'Or
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. In 2012, he wrote and directed the romantic film " To the Wonder ", which was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 69th Venice Film Festival
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. In 2014, he served as the producer of the biopic " The Better Angels "
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. In 2015, directed the romance film " Knight of Cups ", which was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival
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. In 2017, he wrote and directed the music film " Song to Song "
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Early Experience
Terrence Malik's father was a senior executive of an oil company and had Assyrian descent, so Terrence Malik later worked in oil fields in Texas and Oklahoma.
After graduating from St. Stephen’s High School in Austin, Texas, Terrence Malik entered Harvard University to study philosophy and studied under Stanley Cavill and Stanley, the author of "The World Seen (Thinking on Film Ontology) " Cavill's attitude and speculation towards movies influenced Terrence Malik.
In 1965, Terrence Malik graduated from Harvard university and went to the University of Oxford with a Rhodes Scholarship for further study. At this time, Terrence Malik has shown his emphasis on independent thinking. He could not agree with the views of his advisor, British philosopher Gilbert Ryle. In the face of differences, Terrence Malik's solution was to abandon his doctorate and leave the University of Oxford
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Performing Experience
In 1969, Northwestern University Press published "The Nature of Evidence" for Terrence Malik, which was his translation of Martin Heidegger's work. In the same year, Terrence Malik started filming his first film "Landon Mills" after receiving a master's degree in artistic composition from the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, thus starting his career as a director
. In 1973, directed the love crime film " Badlands " co-starring Martin Sheen , Sissy Spacek and Warren Mercer Oates .
In 1978, filming the romance film " Days of Heaven " co-starred by Richard Tiffany Gere , Brook Adams, Sam Shepard and others . The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or, the main competition unit of the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival, Terrence. Malick won the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival, the main competition unit-Best Director Award
; after that, Terrence Malick moved to live in France, and ceased his career as a director
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In 1998, Terrence Malick officially announced his comeback after 20 years, and filmed the action war film " The Thin Red Line " based on the novel of the same name by American writer James Jones. The film was co-starred by Sean Justin Penn and Elias Koteas . It tells the story of a war named "Charles Artillery Company" during the Battle of Guadalcanal from 1942 to 1943. It won the main competition unit of the 49th Berlin International Film Festival-the Golden Bear Award, and the 25th French Film Nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Caesars Award, Terrence Malick was nominated for Best Director at the 71st Academy Awards for the film
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In 2000, he served as the producer of the documentary "The Endurance: Shackleton ". In 2004, he produced the feature film " The Beautiful Country " co-starring Michael Douglas and Bai Ling . The film tells the love and life story of a mixed-race Bin Hu on his way to find his relatives.
In 2005, he wrote and directed the love adventure film " The New World " co-starring Colin Farrell , Christopher Plummer , and Q'Orianka Kilcher . Terrence Malick had already completed the script of this movie in the late 1970s. The film described The love story between John Smith of Jamestown and Pocahontas
. In 2006, he was the producer of the biographical romance " Amazing Grace ", which was co-starred by Ioan Gruffudd , Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch , and Romola Garai .
In 2011, directed the feature film " The Tree of Life " with families in the Midwestern United States as the background. The film was starred by Brad Pitt , Sean Justin Penn and Jessica Michelle Chastain , and won the main competition unit of the 64th Cannes Film Festival-Gold Palm Award
. In 2012, he wrote and directed the romance film " To the Wonder " co-starring Rachel McAdams , Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko . The film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 69th Venice Film Festival
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In 2014, he served as the producer of the biopic " The Better Angels ", which mainly took place during Lincoln's "quasi-presidential period" from when he was a teenager to when he took over the presidency
. In 2015, directed the romance film " Knight of Cups " co-starring Christian Charles Philip Bale and Natalie Hershlag . The film tells the story of sexual addiction and betrayal. It was nominated for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival-Golden Bear Award
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In 2016, directed the documentary " Voyage of Time " co-starring Brad Pitt and Catherine Elise Blanchett . This film is a continuation of the part that Terrence Malick did not explore in "The Tree of Life", telling the story from the birth of the universe to The process of final demise, everything that happened in the long Voyage of Time, was nominated for the Golden Lion Award-Best Picture at the 73rd Venice Film Festival
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In 2017, I wrote and directed the music film " Song to Song " with the music festival in Austin, Texas as the background . The film was co-starred by Opie , Rooney Mara and others. It tells the story of sexual addiction and betrayal.
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Character Evaluation
Terrence Malick is a very humble person and very shy . From "Days of Heaven" to "To the Wonder", he has reached the pinnacle in the use of natural light . He is known for his slow work and meticulous work, his works are abstract in style and clever in his thoughts .
Terrence Malick's movies are always expected to be an elegant audio-visual feast. He has always used actors as a tool to convey the themes and ideas of the film, using body language to convey the meaning he wants to express. He puts the exploration of morality and soul at such a central position in his creation. What he focuses on is almost only the inner world of the characters, showing the spiritual connection between individuals and the tragic ending of a life that is constantly dealing with corruption and degeneration .
Terrence Malick has always been low-yield and low-key. He played down the plot of the story and pursued the shooting of the spiritual core of the characters. His always maverick style of work has won him great prestige. Many Hollywood first-line stars are almost free to choose, and they all "crush their heads" just to appear in Malick's movies. His narrative style is fluent and unique. In "Knight of Cups", Malik once again let go of any "clear rules and precepts" related to narration, put people's thoughts on the commanding heights, and created a stream of consciousness-like audio-visual feast, a beautiful illusion like a dream scattered. In the story, the audience accompanies each character to experience love and being loved, and reexamine the true meaning of life together .
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