Extended Reading
  • Natalia 2021-12-31 08:02:00

    Reposted from the film review of the New York Times that year

    Terrence Malik, this cold and talented, but hideous film most of the time, is his debut as a director. In the film, Kit and Holly drove across the Midwest of the United States, eventually ending the lives of more than a dozen people. When filming ``Poor Mountains and Bad Waters'', Malik was a...

  • Olin 2021-12-31 08:02:00

    Calm killer and his girlfriend

    At the beginning of the film, you can't see the plot direction at all. If you don't read the introduction, you probably won't guess that it will be related to crime. After Holly's father was shot, he lay on the corpse that hadn't cooled down and spoke softly without panic. Kit killed the old man,...

  • Archibald 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    (8.5/10) As a director in the New Hollywood era, Malick is different from most stories focusing on cities, streets, crime, and rebellion in the same period. He is more interested in romance and crime in natural field scenery. The plot of the escape is more like The continuation of "Bonnie and Clyde", but it pays more attention to a "spiritual escape", like the presentation of the collective bewildered spirit in the 1960s and 1970s on the individual, just like the appearance of James Dee En's male protagonist, Martin Sheen, conveys similar emotions. The fascination with empty shots is one of Malick's hobbies.

  • Scarlett 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    "In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people." It's the most romantic road crime movie ever, with just the right rhythm, and the soundtrack and the scenery of the American South are so beautiful. The male lead is like James Dean.

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Badlands quotes

  • Kit Carruthers: I always wanted to be a criminal, I guess. Just not this big of a one.

  • Kit Carruthers: Hi, I'm Kit. I'm not keeping you from anything important, am I?

    Holly Sargis: No.

    Kit Carruthers: Well, I was just messing around over there, thought I'd come over and say hello to you.

    [smiling]

    Kit Carruthers: I'll try anything once.

    [pause]

    Kit Carruthers: What's your name? I said mine.

    Holly Sargis: Holly.

    Kit Carruthers: Listen, Holly, you want to take a walk with me?

    Holly Sargis: What for?

    Kit Carruthers: Well. I got some stuff to say. Guess I'm kind of lucky that way. Most people don't have anything on their minds, do they? Oh incidentally, my last name is Carruthers. Sounds a little too much like "druthers," doesn't it?

    Holly Sargis: It's okay.

    Kit Carruthers: Well, nobody asked me what I thought. They just hung it on me.