Tree of Life, The (Malick, 2011) — Youth in a Snapshot
Poetic snapshots of a boy's youth in "The Tree of Life."
- from The Tree of Life (2011)
- Creator: Terrence Malick
- Distributor: Fox Searchlight
- Posted by Danny Baldwin
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Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" shows the childhood of a boy through an extended sequence of vignettes, separated by hard cuts and presented in linear order. The sequence takes on some of the traits of a musical montage, albeit a musical montage set to classical music — a staple of Malick's films.
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