942 The Tree of Life

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Re: The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)

#1101 Post by hanshotfirst1138 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:09 am

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The less you understand, all things you thought you'd figured out, you have to learn again.



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Re: Forthcoming: Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#1104 Post by solaris72 » Mon Oct 31, 2016 12:53 pm

That same page broke the news regarding The New World before it was rumored anywhere else, so I think it's probably legit. (And very welcome news to me!)

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Re: Forthcoming: Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#1105 Post by tenia » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:32 pm

* sigh *
* start counting days before triple dip * (I bought the US disc and the French disc for its extra features)

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1106 Post by Costa » Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:28 pm

Οοοοh!

I hope it is legit because honestly I cannot wait any longer.. :D
(haven't bought the movie yet)

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1107 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:33 pm

Any chances it will contain all three cuts, just as this year's set for The New World did?

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1108 Post by domino harvey » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:34 pm

I imagine it will be loaded with as many cuts as Malick wants to sign off on

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1109 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:43 pm

Maybe even Malick's version of Jurassic Park.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1110 Post by Jeff » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:05 pm

I hope there's a Pennless cut!

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1111 Post by domino harvey » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:12 pm

Jeff wrote:I hope there's a Pennless cut!
So, the release cut then


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Re: Forthcoming: Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#1113 Post by pzadvance » Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:28 am

tenia wrote:
* sigh *
* start counting days before triple dip * (I bought the US disc and the French disc for its extra features)
Are the extras on the French disc substantial?

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Re: Forthcoming: Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#1114 Post by tenia » Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:55 am

pzadvance wrote: Are the extras on the French disc substantial?
There is the same 30 min Exploring The Tree of Life featurette, but also a 22 min ITW with Desplat, 25 min with Michel Ciment and 18 min with Yvonne Baby. Michel Ciment has produced one of the longest written ITW ever with Malick and Baby knows Malick personally through her husband (who seems to know directly Malick).

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1115 Post by PfR73 » Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:46 pm

DVDCompare states the additional interviews are in French, with no English subtitle options, is that correct?

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1116 Post by tenia » Tue Nov 01, 2016 3:38 pm

PfR73 wrote:DVDCompare states the additional interviews are in French, with no English subtitle options, is that correct?
I would need to check to be 100% sure but I think this is correct.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1117 Post by solaris72 » Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:55 pm

Traveled up to New York yesterday to see this with live accompaniment at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Truly wonderful. All the music (both diegetic and non-diegetic) was performed live except for the brief usages of Desplat's score (which I think amounts to about 2 minutes total in the film); apparently Desplat requested that they not perform his music live and instead use the recording.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1118 Post by Malickite » Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:57 am

From Paul Maher (author of One Big Soul: An Oral History of Terrence Malick) on Facebook: The Tree of Life extended is a definite... heard it from the man himself. Look for it either midsummer to fall. He told me about a sequence he is adding involving
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a 3 legged dog and young Jack and what it teaches him.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1119 Post by whaleallright » Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:04 am

I hope the dog gets his own voice-over.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1120 Post by dex14 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:16 am

In October, I went to a screening in NJ where Malick was in attendance. Afterwards, I had a walk and talk with him on the street. I asked about a Criterion version of Tree of Life, and he told me the same thing... this coming summer.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1121 Post by colinr0380 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:30 pm

dex14 wrote:In October, I went to a screening in NJ where Malick was in attendance. Afterwards, I had a walk and talk with him on the street. I asked about a Criterion version of Tree of Life, and he told me the same thing... this coming summer.
Its perhaps just my overactive imagination but I kind of hope that Malick did a grandiolquent hand gesture to the skies as he whispered in awe "This coming summer! When the planets have revolved around the solar system into a new conjunction that causes the leaves on the trees to come fully into bloom and the cycle of life to reach its apex, thens't willt my Brad Pitt dino movie finally get the Blu-ray edition it deserves!"

EDIT: And then over that scene we can layer a distracted voiceover: "Did I mean what I said?.... Had I even told the people at Criterion to start work on the film?...I think I might have, a couple of years ago??...Only time will tell, but for now at least everything was happy and covered in a wonderful golden glow of anticipation"

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1122 Post by tenia » Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:57 pm

And then, suddenly, some random classical music was playing very loud.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1123 Post by hearthesilence » Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:48 pm

I imagine this conversation happened 30 to 40 minutes before sunset.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1124 Post by dex14 » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:43 am

This is a recap of the event: https://thefilmstage.com/features/terre ... ppearance/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

He was very nice and soft spoken. After the screening and Q&A... he hung around for a bit talking to people in the theatre. I followed him and his wife (plus theatre staff and Princeton security) out. On the street, I just walked up to him and asked him some questions. We walked and talked down the streets of Princeton, NJ. A nice and crisp fall night. Lit by the streetlamps. He was very forthright about answer regarding the Criterion. He thought the process was interesting and liked have time in between releasing and going back so he could have time to reflect on it.

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Re: Forthcoming: The Tree of Life

#1125 Post by Omensetter » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:54 pm

crossposted from the Forthcoming thread:
Minkin wrote: I remember reading that Tree of Life was supposed to be a July title. I suppose Malick put things on hold.
...or it was never in the hopper. I don't think there is enough to suggest in this thread that The Tree of Life is forthcoming. I waded through the One Big Soul Facebook page (as much as I love Malick, that endeavor was more a descent into a sort of antizone) and its unsurprising cult of personality fodder. Two posters in this thread have claimed it is coming: "Malickite"---registered in December 2016---who claims to have heard it from Paul Maher, editor of a Malick oral history, whose veracity is questionable given his lack of access to Malick outside the anecdotal. (There is nothing on Maher's Facebook page regarding a Criterion edition, so presumably Malickite messaged him or is him.) And "dex14," who met him at a Princeton screening in October. The film may or may not be coming from Criterion and the New Year's Clue may or not be strictly for Good Morning.
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