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The Tree of Life (dir. Malick; Pitt, Penn)

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ezekial45 said:
What the hell kind of movie is this?
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It's something of an experimental film. Terrence Malick does whatever the hell he pleases. Since he's an actual genius (a Rhodes Scholar, in fact), he can pull it off.
 
Screened!

RT @palacefilms seething with jealousy that someone in the office just watched *** **** ** ****

they also followed up that there are dinos and the person liked it.
 
Expendable. said:
According to someone that has seen it people will say "what the fuck was that?" and that it will "change the language of cinema."

So, there you go.
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That reminded me of when I saw The New World at the theater on opening weekend and when the film ended I was absolutely ecstatic and pretty much bounced around in my seat for a moment when some guy in the row behind me blurted out, "What...the...fuck." On a side note, that moment was my first introduction to Malick. I didn't know who he was before the film, but by the end I think I had an idea. :)
 
Scullibundo said:
Thanks once again Plainview for spoiling yet another release I've been anticipating for ages. I don't know what I'd do without you.
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Who has a gun to your head forcing you to watch anything?
 
Peru said:
Well it's on the poster so you'd have a hard time avoiding it.
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Wait, people honestly didn't know about the
dinosaurs
? It's been widely reported for the last two years and it is in the middle of the freaking poster for the movie.

And how are you supposed to "spoil" a Malick film? As Kubrick said "it doesn't matter what happens, it's HOW it happens."
 
Expendable. said:
Wait, people honestly didn't know about the
dinosaurs
? It's been widely reported for the last two years and it is in the middle of the freaking poster for the movie.

And how are you supposed to "spoil" a Malick film? As Kubrick said "it doesn't matter what happens, it's HOW it happens."
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Yep. If a movie relies entirely on a surprise plot point to the point where knowing it can ruin the movie; then the movie probably wasn't very good to begin with.

"I AVOID LOOKING AT A MOVIE'S POSTER WHEN ENTERING THE THEATER SO I DONT RUIN THE EXPERIENCE"
 
To be honest this is a Terrence Malick film. Doesn't even matter if you have the script. Someone had spoiled the ending of Days of Heaven for me. Didn't matter at ALL. It's the Malick touch that makes it unique. I was completely blown away, even after knowing the story/ending.
 
Yeah, I must be crazy for wanting to keep the experience as fresh as possible. Why is it so hard for you to post impressions without spoiling plot details all the time. I will never forgive the character death you pasted in the middle of a thread. Some people are crazy for wanting to become invested in the narrative of a film. You're not supposed to care about the characters, you're supposed to care about how those characters were made sympathetic, right?

Eat a dick and learn to be more careful. You only do it all the goddamn time Plainview. This isn't that big a deal this time - since yes, Malick's films aren't often concerned with the surface narrative, but I thought after how many people have complained about you doing it, you might have learned by now. I don't want to know where the director is going to take me, and now when I'm watching the film I already have a map in my head of what I haven't seen that I know will be coming.
 
Scullibundo said:
Yeah, I must be crazy for wanting to keep the experience as fresh as possible. Why is it so hard for you to post impressions without spoiling plot details all the time. I will never forgive the character death you pasted in the middle of a thread. Some people are crazy for wanting to become invested in the narrative of a film. You're not supposed to care about the characters, you're supposed to care about how those characters were made sympathetic, right?

Eat a dick and learn to be more careful. You only do it all the goddamn time Plainview. This isn't that big a deal this time - since yes, Malick's films aren't often concerned with the surface narrative, but I thought after how many people have complained about you doing it, you might have learned by now. I don't want to know where the director is going to take me, and now when I'm watching the film I already have a map in my head of what I haven't seen that I know will be coming.
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woah, which thread was this?
 
Scullibundo said:
Yeah, I must be crazy for wanting to keep the experience as fresh as possible. Why is it so hard for you to post impressions without spoiling plot details all the time. I will never forgive the character death you pasted in the middle of a thread. Some people are crazy for wanting to become invested in the narrative of a film. You're not supposed to care about the characters, you're supposed to care about how those characters were made sympathetic, right?

Eat a dick and learn to be more careful. You only do it all the goddamn time Plainview. This isn't that big a deal this time - since yes, Malick's films aren't often concerned with the surface narrative, but I thought after how many people have complained about you doing it, you might have learned by now. I don't want to know where the director is going to take me, and now when I'm watching the film I already have a map in my head of what I haven't seen that I know will be coming.
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I'm honestly sorry. I think it has to do with the fact I've seen the
dinosaurs
in literally dozens of headlines for major sites for the past two years, that I didn't realize it wasn't common knowledge if you are following the film.

Other than Avatar, which I took as a funny joke Rodriguez said (didn't know it would actually come true), what have I spoiled "all the goddamn time"? I'll try to be more careful, but as I explained above I'm not sure what is and isn't common knowledge and I don't wait to spoiler every single thing I post.
 
Scullibundo said:
Yeah, I must be crazy for wanting to keep the experience as fresh as possible. Why is it so hard for you to post impressions without spoiling plot details all the time. I will never forgive the character death you pasted in the middle of a thread. Some people are crazy for wanting to become invested in the narrative of a film. You're not supposed to care about the characters, you're supposed to care about how those characters were made sympathetic, right?

Eat a dick and learn to be more careful. You only do it all the goddamn time Plainview. This isn't that big a deal this time - since yes, Malick's films aren't often concerned with the surface narrative, but I thought after how many people have complained about you doing it, you might have learned by now. I don't want to know where the director is going to take me, and now when I'm watching the film I already have a map in my head of what I haven't seen that I know will be coming.
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Something like a character death is undeniably wrong for a person to post in a thread before a film's release, though I think that a person can still let a director take them even knowing parts of the plot.

The presence of dinosaurs in this film, however, is NOT a spoiler. Not only is one on the poster (have you seen the poster, or do you avoid those, as well), it has been one of the most heavily-advertised aspects of the film almost since it was first discussed. If you're going to come into the official thread for something, it's a bit dickish to bitch about somebody discussing a common bit of knowledge about the film in question.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
Something like a character death is undeniably wrong for a person to post in a thread before a film's release, though I think that a person can still let a director take them even knowing parts of the plot.

The presence of dinosaurs in this film, however, is NOT a spoiler. Not only is one on the poster (have you seen the poster, or do you avoid those, as well), it has been one of the most heavily-advertised aspects of the film almost since it was first discussed. If you're going to come into the official thread for something, it's a bit dickish to bitch about somebody discussing a common bit of knowledge about the film in question.
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DID THIS MOVIE JUST BECOME EVEN BETTER EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET

Tim-E said:
To say that he ruined Avatar's plot for you would imply that the film's plot wasn't garbage to begin with.
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And while I think spoiling ANY movie is dogshit, in my heart of hearts, I agree.
 
Antimatter said:
I'm guessing it's early life forms replicating.
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Ah, insane. It looks so detailed. I hope we get it in IMAX format.

modulaire said:
Are the clips rehosted somewhere else?

For some strange reason I can't access twowaysthroughlife.com...
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I posted direct links here, maybe more luck? Right click & save as. If that doesnt work, I have them all on my computer. I could zip them and upload.
 
guidop said:
Anyone know what they are shooting this on?
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They used a mix of technology. Malick said he even incorporated footage he shot in the 1970's from this. Here is what IMDb says:

Camera
Arri/Zeiss Master Prime Lenses
Arricam ST & LT
Arriflex 435
Red One Camera (some shots)

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm
65 mm (some segments)
Redcode RAW

Cinematographic process
Digital Intermediate (5.5K)
Super 35

Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
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traveler said:
I thought this was confirmed for IMAX? Is it still up in the air?
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Nope, rendered in IMAX resolution. Doesn't mean it will be shown in IMAX. It would be a waste if it wasn't. AT LEAST show it in the museum IMAX's, where they do the nature specials and stuff.
 
Expendable. said:
They used a mix of technology. Malick said he even incorporated footage he shot in the 1970's from this. Here is what IMDb says:

Nope, rendered in IMAX resolution. Doesn't mean it will be shown in IMAX. It would be a waste if it wasn't. AT LEAST show it in the museum IMAX's, where they do the nature specials and stuff.
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I don't think 5.5K necessarily means "rendered in IMAX resolution." I believe IMAX is quite a bit larger.

It does look like, however, according to something I believe was originally on your site, an IMAX camera was used at some point:
“He might shoot something on a Super 8 camera, then an IMAX camera, then on a digital camera. [...] All of the work in Tree of Life is done to 5 1/2 K resolution… There’s a genuineness to that; it’s really trying to more closely represent the photography of the real thing.”
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Regardless, I would love to see this transferred and projected in IMAX. Sucker Punch has long overstayed its welcome.
 
[Sculli Spoiler Warning in Effect]

All the quotes from the interactive site:

Mother Cycle

Clip 1: He watches as his brother sets an offering at the base of an oak tree.

Clip 2: Into the world.

Clip 3: He admires his father.

Clip 4: He wanders through the desert.

Clip 5: They do not endure by maintaining their rigidity

Clip 6: There is another spirit in his brother.

Clip 7: Not only competition, but cooperation, plays a part in the ascent of life.

Clip 8: He grieves for her more than himself.

Clip 9: She thought it would last forever.

Clip 10: Who is this stranger?

Father Cycle

Clip 11: Our sun has become a white dwarf. A remnant of earth trails behind it.

Clip 12: The innocent one has no defense.

Clip 13: When someone hits you, do you hit back?

Clip 14: Until now, his eyes have been shielded from the sight of evil, suffering and death.

Clip 15: The Father returns from his travels.

Clip 16: A large asteroid slams into earth.

Clip 17: What if?

Clip 18: He turns from her way of doing things to his father’s.

Clip 19: Molecular clouds gather to form galaxies.

Clip 20: All a chaos.

Fetts_Jets said:
I don't think 5.5K necessarily means "rendered in IMAX resolution." I believe IMAX is quite a bit larger.

It does look like, however, according to something I believe was originally on your site, an IMAX camera was used at some point:
http://ramascreen.com/there-will-be-dinosaurs-in-imax-in-terrence-malicks-the-tree-of-life/Regardless, I would love to see this transferred and projected in IMAX. Sucker Punch has long overstayed its welcome.
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Yeah, they definitely used IMAX cameras at one point, but not for everything. ALL of the visual effects were rendered in IMAX though. They could at least upconvert the regular footage, like most films shown in IMAX do. And, it will look much better since there is some IMAX footage mixed in.
 
I'm pretty happy this movie seems to be a lot stranger than I had anticipated. I think I grasp the general concept, and if it's executed properly this could strike a very powerful chord with me.
 
another person saw it (via IMDb boards):
Saw it at a distributer screening last night as i am in a lucky position that my brother is part of the icon new Zealand distributor team. All i can say is that pitt is gonna win an oscar but this is too out there for best picture. i cant say anything else....
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I wonder how old this info is:

Nigel Ashcroft is the natural history producer of Tree, he has this as part of his recent bio:
"Currently, Nigel is working on 2 major projects with an iconic American feature film director. As well as producing an extensive natural history segment for a feature film, Nigel is also making a 15/70 Imax film alongside the feature, shooting in extreme locations in 11 countries."
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http://www.skills2film.com/Nigel+Ashcroft
 
Solo said:
Someone on IMDb said Pitt has the Oscar in the bag. Might as well go to Vegas and bet everything on it.
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I'm simply posting the very first impressions we've ever got from the final cut of the film.
 
two new photos of the day:

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also, we will be seeing THE TREE OF LIFE and THE VOYAGE OF TIME in 70mm, according to an IMDb user who did post-production work on both. Take that one with a grain of salt, but all of his previous posts have been accurate.
 
another update from said user:
i don't work at Double Negative full-time, i freelanced there for this film and consulted on two others. i came on this board because of finerfilms' posts, shown to me by a colleague who's worked on tree of life.

i was able to see the film in december, and feel lucky enough to have contributed to some of the most memorable cinematic images of recent time. the online hype does the film no justice whatsoever, it's truly unlike anything i've ever worked on. the film is as unlike as 2001 as it can be, but its craft and emotional ambiguity are as singular as 2001. whenever you're involved with a film, it can be hard to separate your blood and sweat from the final viewing. however, terry fashioned a working relationship in which he kept us as far away from the big picture as much as he could. and for that, as i was watching this film for the first time, i was a lucky technician admiring and sweating over my work one second, but less than sixty five seconds later, at a simple cut, i was a boy watching a brush stroke questions i'd never considered. you will see tree of life on 70MM, no digital projection whatsoever. you will see the tree of life.
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Expendable. said:
also, we will be seeing THE TREE OF LIFE and THE VOYAGE OF TIME in 70mm, according to an IMDb user who did post-production work on both. Take that one with a grain of salt, but all of his previous posts have been accurate.
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So they're separate again?
 
Blader5489 said:
iirc, the most recent news was that they had been edited together into one.
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It was always the plan that some footage would be shared between the two projects. But The Voyage of Time is meant to expand on those cosmic/creation sequences quite substantially.
It still hasn't been officially announced though, and given how close we are to the TToL release date, that lead to speculation that it's been cancelled.
 
Desplat's score out May 24th - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V9J4L2/?tag=neogaf0e-20


Blader5489 said:
So they're separate again?
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Dead said:
When were they ever not?
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We just hadn't heard anything about Voyage of Time for quite awhile. Then, when the universe imagery showed up on the trailer, it seemed like they had been combined. This guy seems to think we'll be seeing Voyage of Time, but since he seems to be guarded from the project...who knows? I'd have to bet we'll find out in a month or so.

It's just odd when DP's like this list them as separate projects: http://paulatkins.com/about_paul.php?cat_id=29

You have to think they either know more than we do, or they were contracted for two separate projects that have since been combined.
 
That would seem extremely unlikely I think since the running time is apparently only ~135 minutes or so

I think VoT was always meant to be an expansion/companion piece to the Creation/Space/Time stuff from ToL

ToL as we know it (lol) was always supposed to have Universe stuff, so I dont know where the confusion arose from.
 
Solo said:
Someone on IMDb said Pitt has the Oscar in the bag. Might as well go to Vegas and bet everything on it.
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lol, Pitt's performance as the harsh dad seems like something award shows will eat up.

But if Penn is anything like Elias Koteas or...Penn in Thin Red Line then he will be the star of the film for me. Not watching any clips but damn I'm excited to see this one.
 
Yeah as much as I'd love to see those dudes in a Malick film (well...Mortensen at least) I don't really mind. From the outtakes Mickey Rourke's scene wasn't even that big of a deal anyways.
 
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