Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick is perhaps the greatest of the 1970s "New Hollywood" direction, an era which afforded time, money and resources to areas which may not have been otherwise explored in Hollywood fiction. Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdanavich and many others studied under Roger Corman. They learned the minutaie of film production, the tediousness which should be left to itself. When Hollywood was turned over to them in 1969, with Easy Riders done and Mean Streets and The Godfather to come, nothing could go wrong. It never could. William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese......

One of those names can make a film on his back now. Scorsese; and he's built a style and a brand. His style is important, it's what he is. But the Scorsese's "brand" is what he has. Terrence Malick is the only American film-maker of the past century with a clear vision, whose films may not be fully realised yet may be understood within the context of their viewing and the accrued appreciation of their stunning cinemotagraphy and ethereal, astounding soundtracks.