1.13.2013

Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2013)


Even if the film turns out to be disappointing, we'll always have the trailer. Malick's trailers are always so rapturously inspiring (Tree of Life anyone?). The panning fluid cinematic shots, the connection to all things esoteric, the score, the dialogue. As cantankerous as he is, Malick's defining 'film experience' on his own terms. Ugh, I can't get enough of the dialogue in the trailer. I love his trailers which never fail to convey a longing, the poignancy in each moment - a glance, a smile, a laugh, the small moments that make up our entire lives, the moments some people wait forever for. These are the moments we remember, that we live and wait for; and like everything good and bad in this world, happiness in love is fleeting, but love always remains. 

You shall love, whether you like it or not
Emotions, they come and go like clouds
Love is not only a feeling
You shall love
To love is to run the risk of failure, the risk of betrayal
You fear your love has died
It perhaps is waiting to be transformed into something higher
Awake in the divine presence
Which lives in each man, each woman
Know each other in that love, that never, changes.

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