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"The Tree of Life" written and directed by Terrence MalickKierkegaard vs. Nietzsche, the Big Bang vs. the Book of Genesis, in The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick tackles the age old questions of “What is the meaning of life?” and “Is there life after death?”, and portrays them in an operatic, naturesque, supernova artform, while transcending philosophy, religion, nature, innocence, success, violence, and sterility, on to the big screen. The film starts off with a verse from The Book of Job 58: 4, 7, “Where were you when I laid the foundations on Earth?”, in which Job frequently uses an analogy from nature and compares his own situation to some animal or phenomenon of nature to argue his innocence despite the allegations of his friends. The movie continues on with the sound of the ocean waves roaring, seagulls screeching, waterfalls cascading, volcanic lava flowing into the ocean, outer space nebulae, the sun breaking through underwater, desert sands blowing, and camera shots from the ground up staring at the trees and skyscrapers while passages including: “Brother, it was they who led me to your door”, “There are 32 ways through life, the way of nature and the way of grace. Choose which one you’ll follow”, and “Lord, who are we to you?”, are being whispered, and classical music is playing. When Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien, an All-American family living in the suburbs of Waco, Texas in the 1950′s, receive a telegram stating that one of their three sons has died, they try to make sense of why the Lord giveth and taketh away, meanwhile, one of the three remaining O’Brien sons, an adult now (Sean Penn) reflects back on his upbringing while trying to make sense of all the conflicting emotions he experienced during his childhood. From his modern day corner office in the sky, he ponders their hypocritical religious upbringing, a strict father who brought him and his brothers to church, yet taught them that, “You can’t be too good in order to succeed. It takes fierce will to get ahead in this world, because if you are too good people take advantage of you”, his loving, sincere mother who never talked back, and the death of one of his brothers. 17.05.2011 | Editor's blog Cat. : American Film Institute Badlands Cinema of the United States Epic films Existentialism Film Harvard University Harvard University Illinois Los Angeles MIT Oklahoma Oxford University Oxford University Person Attributes Person Career Person Education Person Location Person Party Person Travel Sean Penn Sharon Abella Stanley Kubrick Terrence Malick Terrence Malick Texas The New World The New Yorker The Thin Red Line The Tree of Life Tree of Life Waco |
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